Colgate Palmolive Hiring Regulatory Affairs Associate

Colgate Palmolive Hiring Regulatory Affairs Associate

Discover an exciting career opportunity at Colgate Palmolive, one of the world’s leading consumer goods companies. This position, based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, offers a chance to make a significant impact in regulatory affairs. If you have a background in pharmacy or life sciences and experience in regulatory processes, this role could be your next big career move!

Colgate Palmolive Recruitment Notification

About Colgate Palmolive

Colgate Palmolive is a global leader in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Operating in over 200 countries, Colgate’s trusted products are a staple in households worldwide. Join a company that prioritizes innovation, sustainability, and a healthier future for people and the planet.

Role Overview: Regulatory Affairs Associate

This position plays a pivotal role in maintaining product compliance throughout its lifecycle. Reporting to the Team Lead, Regulatory Operations, you will support the regional regulatory strategy and ensure adherence to applicable standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with and support the Regional Regulatory Affairs Department in new product registration and life-cycle management of CP portfolio, including but not limited to, product renewals, variations, notifications and/or new license applications.

• Support the regulatory strategy defined at Regional and/or Global level, and report regularly the progress to the Regional Regulatory Affairs Department with relevant important metrics, particularly in terms of timelines, status of encouraging data required from other functions and dossier preparation.

• Compile documents and information required for high quality and successful submissions, license renewals and annual registrations, and maintenance of product registration dossiers for Authorities and Notified Bodies.

• Keep track of outstanding documentation and open queries from Authorities, and notify the relevant Regional Regulatory Affairs manager in a timely manner.

• Update and maintain product registration and ingredients archives, databases and tracking tools.

• Upload and maintain as the need arises by the Regional RA team any documentation supporting the placing of the market of other categories of products eg cosmetics, home care, consumer goods.

• Work closely with Global, European, and third party business partners to acquire the relevant documents and information for product dossiers.

• Assist in the preparation of Regulatory Standard Operation Procedures, and in keeping track of revision dates.

• Handle the distribution lists of SOP and the archiving in the documentation system.

• Artwork Approval:

  • Assist the Regional Regulatory Affairs managers in the preparation and review of list of ingredients for labeling purposes (eg. INCI and INDI).

  • Assist the Regional Regulatory Affairs managers with artwork review and approval

• Regulatory intelligence and product advocacy activities

  • Understand current regulations, guidelines and standards relevant to ensure compliance to the applicable regulatory and corporate standards/requirements (medicinal products, medical devices, cosmetic products, biocides, detergents, consumer goods).

  • Ensure that the content, organization and overall quality of all regulatory documents are adequate and follows local/regional regulatory requirements, commitments and agreements.

  • Supervise Proficient Authority websites and databases for news related to new product registrations and parallel imports from competition.

  • Assist Regional Regulatory team to deliver and handle Regulatory Assessment

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• At least 1 year of experience in regulatory affairs, quality, or product development in the pharmaceutical or FMCG industry.
• Familiarity with North American and European regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency in tools like SAP, DMS, MS Office, and eCTD software.

Preferred:

• Advanced degree in regulatory sciences or a related field.
• Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in multiple languages, such as Mandarin, is a plus.

Work Location

This is a hybrid role based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, with up to 10% travel required.

How to Apply

Interested candidates can apply directly through the official Colgate Palmolive careers portal:
Apply Here

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