Regulatory & Compliance Officer – India

About THG

We're a fast-moving, global technology group that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers. We're home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all of which are powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity.

We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realise our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry.

Location: ICON 1, WA15 0AF

About Central Functions

Central Functions is formed of the teams and people that serve the entire business. These people are integral to the smooth running of the business; ensuring everyone is paid on time, that materials are sourced and arrive promptly, that we meet our legal obligations and that our health, safety, and security is safeguarded.

About the Compliance Team and the Role

The Regulatory and Compliance team's primary focus is to ensure product formulation, specification, labelling and website compliance for all THG Nutrition and Beauty brands globally. THG owns and operates many leading brands including LookFantastic.com, Grow Gorgeous, Mio Skincare, ESPA and MyProtein.

THG is looking to recruit an India Regulatory & Compliance Officer with a good understanding of India Regulations pertaining to labelling of food and food supplements, to join our Regulatory & Compliance Team. The role reports into the Regulatory Manager, ANZ & Domestic Markets.

With a focus on brand protection, the Regulatory & Compliance Team plays a critical role in ensuring that our products can be marketed and sold legally all over the world. The role offers flexible working (1 day working at home a week) from our Head Office near Manchester Airport, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to the Global success of The Hut Group and our market-leading brands.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead role in upholding the local regulatory compliance of all Myprotein, Myvegan and Myvitamins products sold to India via D2C and Retail.
2. Writing and maintaining finished product specifications for India market & reviewing raw material specifications for locally manufactured MyProtein products.
3. Collecting and reviewing nutrition data for NPD/EPD launched in India to ensure labelled values are compliant locally.
4. Reviewing labelling and marketing material to check that they are compliant with India regulatory requirements.
5. Successful pre-market registration of all India products with FSSAI authorities working directly with local consultant.
6. Advising on nutrition and health claims, ensuring they are correctly worded on product labelling and websites.
7. Proactively identifying potential Regulatory / compliance issues and working together with the senior members of the team to reduce and/or eliminate their impact.
8. Working closely with New Product Development (NPD) on new formulations to ensure compliance in India for THG Nutrition Brands including Myprotein, Myvegan, Myvitamins & MyPro.
9. Reviewing company websites to check that content is compliant with India specific regulatory requirements.
10. Upkeep and maintenance of a comprehensive suite of applicable Indian regulations and guidance.
11. Managing and taking accountability of own workload.
12. Establishing and maintaining a strong working relationship with key stakeholders (NPD, Marketing, Brand, Commercial teams etc).

Requirements:

1. Qualification in Food Technology, Food Law, Food Science, Food Safety or other related subject.
2. Ideally 2-3 years' India regulatory experience within a relevant Compliance, Regulatory or specification management role within the food industry, ideally with experience in the food supplements category.
3. Good understanding of regulations regarding Food / Food Supplements and usage of claims in India.
4. Good understanding of food industry standard practices in India.
5. Great attention to detail, strong communication skills, good time management skills.
6. Ability to communicate across different departments e.g. NPD, India Trading, Brand, Marketing, SQA, QA, Packaging Artwork etc to ensure business needs are met.
7. Good IT Skills - (Email, Excel, Word and SharePoint).
8. Usage of product specification systems (especially Oracle Brand Compliance) would be desirable but not essential.

Benefits:

Career Development

1. Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
2. Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.

Enhanced Leave

1. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
2. Don't want to work on your birthday? We don't either! Enjoy your day off on us!
3. Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
4. Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
5. Buy back up to 3 days each year.
6. Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.

Wellbeing Support

1. Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
2. Access our in-house CBT therapist.
3. Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
4. State-of-the-art on-site gym.
5. Access to our on-site physio.

Other Perks

1. Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
2. Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
3. Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
4. On-site staff shop.
5. Access to on-site barber.
6. Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
7. Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.