RA Assistant - Chennai

Overview

Job Title: RA Assistant

Location: Chennai

Objective

The Regulatory Affairs (RA) Assistant is responsible for supporting the regulatory compliance efforts within the region. This involves ensuring adherence to local and international regulatory standards, assisting with product registrations, maintaining documentation, and liaising with regulatory agencies. The RA Assistant plays a key role in helping the business meet compliance requirements and facilitates a smooth regulatory process. The role also provides administrative and operational support to the Regulatory Affairs team for smooth functioning

Responsibilities

• Regulatory Compliance and Documentation Management:
• Maintain accurate knowledge of local regulatory requirements and ensure product compliance with national and/or international regulations.
• Develop and finalize product labels in alignment with country-specific requirements and oversee approval and production processes for India manufacturing.
• Create and maintain primary standard documents (including product specification, SDS, label, etc.)
• Support on BOM, variant and sample code creation.
• Regulatory Registrations, Stakeholder Liaison and Communication:
• Assist in preparing documents for product registrations dossier, imports and exports and custom clearance.
• Support the preparation of bi-annual reports such as heavy metal analyses for submission to FSSAI.
• Assist Manage FSSAI Manufacturing, Import, and Export Licenses for KFT products.
• Act as a liaison with regulatory officials, internally and externally, to ensure smooth information exchange in India.
• Support customer questionnaires, vendor registrations, and other regulatory or compliance tasks as needed.
• Audit and Training Support:
• Participate/support in internal audits and certifications renewal (E.g.: FOSTAC, HALAL, FSSC22000, etc.)
• Project Involvement:
• Support on PTP, PRI, PIP, or any other initiatives under the guidance of the Manager. Conduct research to support regulatory strategies and processes.
  

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Food Science, Chemistry, or a related field with 1-2 years of expereince . Preferably with knowledge of regulatory aspects in the food industry.