Regulatory Affairs Manager
São Paulo Area, Brazil
Reporting to the Regulatory Affairs Division, leading 4 employees; Leading the technical-regulatory committee, and performing critical analysis of new projects, post-registration change projects, product adequacy and redevelopment, identifying opportunities in current legislation and establishing the required actions to make such projects viable; Designing the regulatory strategy to ensure company portfolio maintenance in compliance with current health requirements, and managing team activities and negotiating deliveries and deadlines with related technical areas; Assessing and enabling projects, performing regulatory due diligence, with successful experience in new business, culminating in company portfolio increase, with the health regulation of the first products in the following categories: food supplements, cosmetics and healthcare products (correlated); Political skills, maintaining close relations with class associations (Sindusfarma / Alanac) to discuss regulatory issues and participating in committees for active negotiation with ANVISA; Building on close relations with main ANVISA stakeholders and related entities, reducing obstacles to advocate company interests; Controlling the intellectual property process for brands and patents at INPI; Managing strategic regulatory information, having structured a process to monitor on a daily basis the industry’s main media, identifying legislations, tends and publications relevant to the company operations, assessing impacts and establishing adjustments, as applicable; Restructuring processes and procedures for the regulatory area, improving preparation criteria, reviewing and conducting critical analysis of dossiers and eliminating potential vices in activity development, generating 22% increase in team performance; Implementing the guidelines for promotional material preparation and approval, resulting in deadline shortening and compliance increase, according to risk criteria.