Regulatory Affairs and Compliance Specialist, North America

Main Functions

The Regulatory Affairs and Compliance Specialist, North America, will report to the Global Regulatory Affairs and Compliance Coordinator and work closely with a team of 12 people.

Key responsibilities include:

• Renewing and maintaining product marketing authorizations, including product registration and import permits.
• Liaising with competent authorities, external regulatory bodies, or trade associations to ensure compliance with all necessary regulatory requirements.
• Collaborating with the marketing team to verify the compliance of marketing advertisements, materials and product labels.
• Writing, sourcing, compiling, and obtaining necessary documentation for registration and submissions covering a wide range of microbial solutions for animal feed, silage inoculants, and environmental applications.
• Ensuring maintenance of internal procedures, tracking regulatory requirements and guidelines, and updating internal registration primarily for the USA, Canada, and Mexico.
• Collaborating with R&D and quality colleagues to maintain all statutory requirements for registration purposes.
• Working closely with country sales managers and the global regulatory affairs team.
• Developing and maintaining strong business relationships with industry leaders and various government agencies to assess and influence the direction of the industry.

Technical skills

Required

• BSc degree in Animal Science, Life Science, Nutrition, Microbiology, or a related discipline.

An asset

• 2-5 years of prior regulatory affairs experience (mid-level).
• Ability to efficiently manage multiple projects and priorities.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of North American Feed regulations/guidelines.
• Strong computer skills with Microsoft Office Suite, Teams and SharePoint.

Personal abilities

Required

• Self-starter with the ability to work independently.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Team player.

An asset

• Problem-solving.
• Leadership.

General criteria

Required

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Spanish.
• Willingness to travel nationally and internationally (up to 10% of the time).

Organization

Lallemand is a privately held Canadian company founded in the late 19th century, which develops, produces, and markets microorganisms for various markets. The administrative offices of the parent company are in Montreal, Canada. Today, Lallemand employs more than 5,000 people working in more than 45 countries on 5 continents.

Lallemand Animal Nutrition is committed to optimizing animal performance and wellbeing with specific microbial product and service solutions. We develop, produce and market silage additives, probiotics, antioxidants and yeast derivatives for animal nutrition, as well as microbial solutions for animal environment. We serve all livestock markets: ruminant, swine, poultry, aquaculture as well as equine and companion animals. We like to define ourselves as a “field-led science supported” company. As such, our solutions are supported by a strong commitment to R&D and technical support with a team of experts in the field. Our solutions are marketed in over 80 countries around the world, through our own sales teams or local distributors.

Please take note that accommodations will be provided in all parts of the hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.