Regulatory Specialist

Regulatory Specialist

Location:

Hershey, PA (Hybrid) – 08:00 am to 04:30 pm. Duration: 12 months.

This role supports Regulatory Affairs activities for Snack brands, ensuring compliance with U.S. food regulations across the product lifecycle from ideation through commercialization and post‑launch. The position partners cross‑functionally with R&D, Marketing, Legal, Quality, and Supply Chain to deliver compliant ingredients, formulas, labels, claims, and certifications for Salty products.

• Provide regulatory compliance support for Snacks brands, including ingredient, recipe, labelling, and claims reviews.
• Execute finished product labelling activities from creation through final packaging approval.
• Review and assess ingredients, additives, flavours, colours, allergens, and processing aids for U.S. regulatory compliance.
• Support claims substantiation (e.g., nutrition, organic, non‑GMO, vegan, kosher, gluten‑free, whole grain as applicable).
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to support innovation, renovation, and continuous improvement projects.
• Utilise internal systems (SAP‑PLM/PDM, labelling and compliance tools, Webcenter/ESKO) to document regulatory decisions and approvals.
• Support responses to internal and external regulatory questions, including consumer and customer inquiries.

• Support label development, artwork reviews and approvals
• Review recipe submissions for regulatory compliance, work on claims substantiations
• Participate in cross‑functional project meetings for Salty innovation and renovations
• Provide regulatory guidance to R&D, Marketing, and Commercial teams
• Update regulatory systems and trackers (labels, certifications, compliance reviews)

• Attention to detail
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking.
• Comfortable with ambiguity.
• Excellent analytical and research skills
• Excellent communication skills (i.e., verbal, written)
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to self‑manage for managing numerous priorities
• Strong initiative, and the ability to change in a fast‑changing environment.
• Impressive ethics and must maintain a high level of confidentiality

• 2-5+ years Regulatory Affairs experience in food companies
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. food labelling and ingredient regulations
• Bachelors degree in Food Science, Nutrition, Food Regulatory, Biology, Chemistry, or related field
• Experience supporting cross‑functional product development teams

• PLM / PDM- SAP systems ingredient, recipe, and label compliance
• Labeling and artwork systems (e.g., Web Center or equivalent) label development and approvals
• Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint) documentation, summaries, and stakeholder communication Industry
• Experience:
  
  Food, consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry
• Experience with Salty Snacks or baked snack categories strongly preferred