Director Regulatory Affairs South Africa

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

About The Role

Leading all regulatory and market access operations

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and report on Regulatory changes that impact on South Africa Business operations/opportunities for OTC pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food supplements and medical devices; assess and promote compliance with existing and new laws and regulations
• Advise/develop procedures for time and cost efficient local regulatory compliance
• Develop regulatory strategies and implementation plans for the preparation, submission and acceleration of new products/Innovations
• Build relationships with relevant government agencies, notified bodies, local associations
• Respond to inquiries from regulatory authorities
• Provide awareness and training to functional groups in the markets, as appropriate.
• Independently prepares documentation and procedures related to responsibilities; continuously looks for process & resource effectiveness and improvement opportunities
• Establish regulatory priorities or budgets and allocate resources and workloads
• Manage activities such as audits, regulatory agency inspections, or product recall
• Work closely with Haleon local manufacturing site and lead regulatory advice and process
• Implement team goals or objectives, supervise, train, motivate or guide team members clearly if needed, be knowledgeable about each team members job role

Qualifications And Skills

Essential

• A university degree: Faculty of pharmacy or related health sciences
• 15 years and more regulatory experience
• Robust knowledge of industry, business model & core strategic processes and understanding the value-added role of regulatory in strategic brand/portfolio planning
• Robust knowledge of healthcare and regulatory environment, external environment and competitor pipelines/portfolios and ability to use knowledge to weigh up challenges and risks. more accountability for decision making and for solving complicated situations
• We have a strong preference to include and grow our population of South African Professionals.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.

Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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