Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Specialist – Africa & Trading

Job DescriptionThe Kraft Heinz Company is looking for a Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Specialist who will support scientific and regulatory activities to help ensure products comply with applicable regulations and internal standards. This role will collaborate cross-functionally to review product formulations, ingredients, labeling, and claims; prepare and maintain regulatory documentation; monitor regulatory changes; and provide guidance to internal stakeholders throughout product development and commercialization. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in food science and regulatory requirements, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to communicate clearly with partners across R&D, Quality, Legal, and Commercial teams.Key Responsibilities:Responsible for providing timely compliance input to all projects and ensure it meets and aligns with food compliance related laws, legislation, and regulations across Africa & Trade marketsResponsible to give compliance guidance in work streams, and to follow up, verify and validate execution of such actions by stakeholdersAccountable for validating that ingredients, formulas, labelling, and claims are in full compliance with laws and regulations in markets been soldCommunicate anticipated issues and provide regulatory support and compliance guidance for projects handled to the relevant stakeholders and forumsSupport a proactive strategic approach in regulatory function to identify, monitor, analyze early signals of upcoming regulations that might have impact in A&T market, categorize them as per their likelihood and potential impact for the business.Build and maintain relationships with the relevant industrial groups and authorities to maintain awareness of new food legislations.Track- monitor and report on the completion of necessary changes that need to be done due to new regulations in order to prevent any penalties from authority.Drive cross-functional cooperation to effectively respond to regulatory related questions, challenges and issues raised for local, import and export products.Proactively identify and communicate SRA risk in any project or work streamAccountable to ensure risk assessment and mitigation plans are communicated to stakeholdersLead the registration process, collecting relevant documents, and keeping track of license expiration for the relevant SSA marketsDrive a culture of scientific and regulatory affairs adherence to internal and external compliance processes and practices, driving continuous improvements opportunitiesProvide technical and legal labelling Information and support artwork approval processEnsure consistency and synergy in label & declarations on packaging across A&T markets (especially shared artworks)Scientific and regulatory affairs representation in all projects driven forumsQualifications:Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, Biotechnology, or Food Science5 years of experience in regulatory compliance/affairs preferably within a food, beverage, or consumer sectorExperience working with Microsoft programs and system tools related to recipes and artworks Experience in translation is preferredFluent in Arabic & English, French is a plusLocation(s)El Tagamoa El Khames Commercial OfficeKraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.