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Area Account Manager

Company: Natural Trade Brokers Ltd

Reports to: Joint Managing Director
Type: Full time position (5 days per week)
Location: Essex, lower counties South East
Salary Range: c £33,000

Job description

Natural Trade Brokers are recruiting an Area Sales Manager to join their sales team with the chance to be part of the leading sales brokerage company in this arena.

Role requirements:

Working with established and new to market brands, you will be self-motivated, have an interest in nutrition and natural health, prepared to represent brands and generate orders from health stores, pharmacies, gift and farm shops as well as deliver car stock deals and POS for food, non-food and supplement brands.

Ideally, you will ideally be based on the territory and covering Essex, lower counties, South East.

A full-time position (5 days per week) based in the field, with regular sales and training meetings. Working as part of a team, you will present high quality food supplements, natural skin care and eco-friendly lines to the independent natural products trade on a three-monthly cycle.

Salary circa £33k plus commission.

Full, clean driving licence required.

Associate Regulatory Adviser

Company: Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA)

Reports to: Senior Regulatory Adviser
Type: Full time, Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm Permanent, after completing 6 months probation period
Location: Remote working, but expected to attend occasional meetings in London and Surrey
Salary Range: £28,000 – £32,000

Job description

Purpose

To operate the HFMA code of advertising practice and give advice to members and non-members on the composition, labelling and advertising of food, food supplements, herbal products, cosmetics and other associated products, and related regulatory issues.
Support the Senior Regulatory Adviser and Regulatory Adviser in providing a professional member and non-member user experience.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Operating the HFMA code of advertising practice.
Review label copy, advertising copy, literature, promotional material, etc primarily about food supplements, but also general foods, herbal products, cosmetics and other associated products
Issue CLEAR CHECK approval stamp in line with HFMA code of advertising practice
Write detailed reports for reviews, liaising with clients by telephone, letter and email
Commenting on product formulations.
Issuing letters of compliance
Keeping up to date with relevant EU/UK legislation and relevant regulatory matters
Commenting on relevant consultations from FSA/MHRA/DEFRA etc. Regularly researching for the latest relevant information
Reviewing the internal Regulatory Compliance Process (RCP) enquiries
Key account/membership management
Actively always promote CLEAR CHECK
Assist with preparing guidance notes on various aspects of legislation
Attending relevant internal and external meetings
Attending industry trade shows
Assisting with delivering talks at workshops/seminars
Assisting with running training seminars
Record hours billed for invoicing and maintaining the billing system
SalesForce management
Miscellaneous tasks related to administration and accounts on an ad hoc basis

Role requirements:

The successful candidate will need to have prior experience directly in this industry sector, and of relevant EU/UK food law and other regulatory matters. Excellent communication and writing skills are an essential requirement, as is the ability to work effectively in a small but efficient team.

The position is based on remote working, but employees are expected to attend meetings in Central London and beyond, according to the needs of the Association, and are expected to attend the HFMA Head Office in Surrey approximately once a month.

Regulatory Manager

Company: Piping Rock UK

Reports to: Managing Director
Location: Leicester Office
Salary: Competitive

Job description

Purpose

Support the monitoring of local Regulatory intelligence for the Consumer Health portfolio responsibilities.
Support the product development function with specification reviews, formula generation and advise on nutritional information to briefs/EFSA approved label claims.
Approval of labels for own brand and customer labels and reviews to enable commercial activation of product launches.
Maintaining and updating product technical files.
Maintain strong awareness/knowledge of current Regulatory legislation.
Ensures Regulatory best practice at all times and promote a constant monitoring program.
Assist in supporting with other product categories as required by business need (For example e.g. Cosmetics, Medical Devices, animal nutrition).
Provide copy and legal information for labels, websites and other platforms as required.
Submission of Trademarking applications and responsibility for the company’s intellectual property.
Maintain and adhere to the high standards we adopt for SOP’s and our BRCSG standard.
Review tasks with constant improvement in mind putting quality and food safety at the forefront of everything we do.
Advise the organisation of potential regulatory risks in normal day to day activities and recommend compliant actions.
Maintaining and updating product technical files.
Work closely with manufacturers to ensure required documentation and compliance evaluations are in place for successful product distribution and notifications.
Ensure formula, ingredient and label compliance as per local regulations.

Role requirements:

Pharmaceutical or scientific university degree.
Strong management and development skills.
5+ years’ experience of working in a Regulatory position.
Works independently to plan, conduct, and manage regulatory and multiple projects to meet department and company objectives.
Project management, understanding of Regulatory environment, interaction with the Regulatory Authorities, commercial / strategic awareness, implement Regulatory strategy, managing and maintaining Marketing Authorisations.
Commercial Awareness.
Experience and knowledge of local UK Regulatory landscape a must.
Experience and knowledge of EU Regulatory landscape nice to have.

Regulatory Manager

Company: Piping Rock UK

Reports to: Managing Director
Location: Leicester Office
Salary: Competitive

Job description

Purpose

Support the monitoring of local Regulatory intelligence for the Consumer Health portfolio responsibilities.
Support the product development function with specification reviews, formula generation and advise on nutritional information to briefs/EFSA approved label claims.
Approval of labels for own brand and customer labels and reviews to enable commercial activation of product launches.
Maintaining and updating product technical files.
Maintain strong awareness/knowledge of current Regulatory legislation.
Ensures Regulatory best practice at all times and promote a constant monitoring program.
Assist in supporting with other product categories as required by business need (For example e.g. Cosmetics, Medical Devices, animal nutrition).
Provide copy and legal information for labels, websites and other platforms as required.
Submission of Trademarking applications and responsibility for the company’s intellectual property.
Maintain and adhere to the high standards we adopt for SOP’s and our BRCSG standard.
Review tasks with constant improvement in mind putting quality and food safety at the forefront of everything we do.
Advise the organisation of potential regulatory risks in normal day to day activities and recommend compliant actions.
Maintaining and updating product technical files.
Work closely with manufacturers to ensure required documentation and compliance evaluations are in place for successful product distribution and notifications.
Ensure formula, ingredient and label compliance as per local regulations.

Role requirements:

Pharmaceutical or scientific university degree.
Strong management and development skills.
5+ years’ experience of working in a Regulatory position.
Works independently to plan, conduct, and manage regulatory and multiple projects to meet department and company objectives.
Project management, understanding of Regulatory environment, interaction with the Regulatory Authorities, commercial / strategic awareness, implement Regulatory strategy, managing and maintaining Marketing Authorisations.
Commercial Awareness.
Experience and knowledge of local UK Regulatory landscape a must.
Experience and knowledge of EU Regulatory landscape nice to have.