Regulatory Affairs Associate

About the company

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. With a fixation on raising the bar with innovation and building belonging through our culture, our team is rallying our company around a unique purpose : to create joy around each table and inspire a healthier tomorrow for every community.

Albertsons Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, with over 2,200 stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia.

Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, Carrs, Kings Food Markets, and Balducci's Food Lovers Market.

We support our stores with 22 distribution centers and 19 manufacturing plants.

Placing a premium on adaptability, safety and family well-being, our work model, Presence with a Purpose, offers a hybrid work environment between remote work and office time.

A one-size-fits-all approach does not apply to everyone, and teams are empowered to make decisions best for them.

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Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table. #LI-MG1

What you will be doing

The Own Brands Technical Services team has an opening for a Regulatory Affairs Associate. This position is located in Pleasanton, CA.

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 with product and package regulations.

Main 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, 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.

The salary range is $69,000.00 to $85,000.00 annually. Starting salary will vary based on criteria such as location, experience, and qualifications.

There may be flexibility for exceptional candidates.

A copy of the full job description can be made available to you.

What we are searching for

Food Service, Food Science, Dietician or Nutrition experience - Formal degree not required as direct experience can provide the necessary knowledge;

BS / BA degree with focus on data mining and business analysis, 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 is preferred.
• 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 with 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.

What is it like at Albertsons?

Our 290,000 associates have a passion for great service and building lasting relationships with our customers. Through a companywide focus on innovation, we are continually enhancing our digital and product offerings, making it easy for customers to get what they need, wherever they are.

Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity / expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law.

Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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