**About Flora Food Group**
We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses.
We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+ProActiv, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.
Integral branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food.
Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.
**R&D; Commercialization Manager - LatAm**
You will help us develop and promote products that deliver on our commitment to great tasting, all natural, plant-based products that are good for the consumers and the planet in a responsible and compelling manner.
A good understanding of the Regulatory environment in Central and Latin America and a proactive cooperation within R&D; as well as being the trusted voice for our marketeers and excellent communication with external regulatory partners and trade associations is key to success.
**Need more details?
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- You will be part of a small central team that collaborates closely with colleagues in different regions around the world and functions.
You will work with externally contracted Regulatory partners as well.
- Work directly with Product Developers and Technical Project Leaders from the start of a project and guide them through the regulatory environment to innovate products with compelling propositions and claims.
- Help our marketing teams to define rules for claims and propositions as well as mitigation plans to ensure compliance in the market.
- Work proactively to ensure our products are compliant with local regulations and that they will continue to be compliant when regulations change.
Which means you need to anticipate, identify, assess impact,



inform stakeholders and initiate implementation of these new regulations.
- Collaborating with external regulatory partners to deliver the necessary regulatory advice for projects and will coordinate sanitary and product registration throughout the region.
- You will also liaise with colleagues outside R&D;, with Legal, External Affairs, Quality, Packaging and Procurement to help addressing questions from, authorities, customers, and ingredient suppliers.
- Work closely with External Affairs to address technical interests as needed in industry associations and/or directly with regulatory bodies and authorities.
**What is your background?
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- Masters Degree in Food Technology/Quality
- Minimum of 7 yrs.
professional experience in a** food, or food ingredient manufacturing company** with relevant international regulatory frameworks supporting product development in the foods industry.
- Expert in food regulations, having good working knowledge of the food regulations for the sector and packaging regulations.
- You have good problem-solving and communication skills; the ability to communicate efficiently with external regulatory partners as well the ability to communicate regulatory information to individuals from other disciplines and from non-technical background.
- Fluency in English is a must.
CDMX - Hybrid
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- Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all.
We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge.
We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias._
- No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group.
We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics._

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