Regulatory Affairs Associate

Albertsons Companies • Pleasanton, CA

8h • Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Regulatory Affairs team, the RA Associate will be responsible for ensuring faultless compliance of product labeling for several brands within Albertsons Own Brands. Interact regularly with many other functions including but not limited to Product Development, Food Safety and Quality, Product Management, Sourcing, and Legal. Conduct daily regulatory activities related to product development such as identification, interpretation, and implementation of all applicable federal, state and local regulations. These include but are not limited to standards of identity, package label requirements, claims identification and validation, preparation and submission of USDA label approval requests and records preparation and retention to comply with regulatory requirements. These activities include oversight and review of regulatory activities for in-house developed and manufactured products and regulatory activities conducted by contract manufacturers of consumer brands products. This position is critical to ensuring regulatory compliance and avoidance of product retrievals and recalls that can result from noncompliance to product and package regulations.

Requirements

• Food Service, Food Science, Dietician or Nutrition experience - Degree in Food Science or nutrition or equivalent is preferred
• Minimum of 2 years of technical data entry or administrative support requiring document preparation and tracking; compliance work within retail industry is preferred.
• Proficiency with MS Office and technical data entry
• Experience in working directly with a technical functional group.
• Must have basic data entry skills with the ability to understand and work with technical information templates, documents, and data systems.
• Must have strong typing skills and be able to handle multiple on-going projects simultaneously, managing own time to complete assignments within the allotted project timelines.
• Must be comfortable with asking questions and having direct discussions of project requirements with peers, supervisors, and product development personnel up to the VP level.
• Must be able to interface directly with product suppliers to obtain compliance to information requests and meet project timelines.
• Strong communication skills (verbal, email and face to face) are required.
• Must be able to communicate cross functionally between directors, managers, technical staff and vendor community daily.

Responsibilities

• Provide regulatory expertise on cross functional project teams and ensure all consumer brands packaging is in compliance with federal, state and local regulations. This involves daily interactions with marketing, graphic design, sourcing and outside design agencies to ensure that all existing, new and revised packaging graphics and placements are in compliance with labeling regulations.
• Create Label copy with ingredient statements, nutrition facts, substantiating complex claims and approving graphics and ensuring the accuracy of the regulatory information in Albertsons databases, on final artwork and in specifications. This interaction is required from the beginning of the design process to review final artwork prior to package production.
• Support commercialization process and ensure timely execution of regulatory related tasks– including co-packer and self-manufactured product label copy review, claims substantiation, maintenance of Checklists, Consumer Brands Style Guide and SOPs. Provide input on nutrition labeling, defining new claim territories and managing packaging timelines.
• Facilitate content management for regulatory systems (Specright, Optiva, Mediabox, Genesis, Smart Label), ensuring accurate information and process are maintained in the systems.
• Require an excellent understanding and application of US labeling regulations (USDA, FDA, EPA) to assure the accuracy of ingredient statements, nutrition facts, allergen declarations and claims.
• Ability to think strategically as well as independently monitor, interpret and ensure compliance with US regulations today and into the future.

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
• Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
• Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
• An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level