Regulatory Affairs & Safety Associate

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.
Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team helps us improve the efficiency, quality, and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develops new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

As a Regulatory Associate, you’re at the forefront of shaping the synergy between our innovative products and the regulatory framework that guides them. Seeking a meticulous and proactive individual, this role offers you the chance to be the regulatory lead on pivotal projects, honing your communication skills, and nurturing robust partnerships — all while delivering critical tasks that influence our global presence. Your contributions will be impactful and meaningful, as you begin to navigate and influence the regulatory scenery that defines our industry.

This is a 6-month contract until October 2025

Your responsibilities

• Develops and executes regulatory strategy to support project deliverables.
• Has an understanding of relevant Canadian regulations and communicates impact to the business.
• Drives regulatory processes and effectively works with authorities to ensure timely filing, registration, approval, and maintenance of product registration in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements and with business objectives.
• Stays abreast of, interprets, and communicates existing and proposed government regulations, registration requirements, and labeling changes that impact business to a diverse audience.
• Applies these changes as necessary to facilitate Reckitt’s business plans and long-term goals.
• Serves as a primary representative of/spokesperson for Regulatory Science on project teams to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Establishes and maintains communication channels and constructive rapport with key partners in R&D/Manufacturing, Marketing, and Supply Chain to deliver regulatory and business outcomes.
• Represents Reckitt in key industry and academic groups.

The experience we're looking for

• Robust regulatory strategy development and implementation.
• Acumen and ability to manage diverse stakeholders.
• High ability to manage multiple complex projects within tight deadlines.
• Minimum 3 years of consumer health product Regulatory Affairs experience.
• A minimum Bachelor's of Science in Nutrition Sciences (Nutrition) or Biological Science with Postgrad Regulatory Affairs Certificate preferred (Health).
• Ability to communicate scientific issues and technical reports to internal and/or external audiences.
• This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.

The skills for success

Task Execution Under Pressure, Business Acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Intellectual Property, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.
We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans, we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognize, appreciate, and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognize that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; color, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.