Requisition id *168498* - posted *07/31/2025* - *research & development* - *mexico* - *mexico city* - *del.miguel hidalgo* - *hill's pet nutrition* - *travel - up to 10% of time* - *hybrid*
- no relocation assistance offered
job number #168498 - del.miguel hidalgo, mexico city, mexico
*who we are*
colgate-palmolive company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in oral care, personal care, home care, skin care, and pet nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!
Join colgate-palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—caring, inclusive, and courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
*job summary*:
lead the regulatory processes for defined countries in casaca (central america, south america and the caribbean) to obtain all the necessary government approvals for the legal registration and import of hill’s products. Demonstrate a high sense of ownership, proactivity and critical thinking in matters related to countries under your responsibility. Be very organized and have strong attention to detail. Ensure compliance with deadlines and consistent access to hill’s products. Maintain open, clear and effective lines of communication with the global regulatory team, cross-functional partners and distributors. Manage the work done by distributors in the defined countries and in new markets that open in the region. Stay current with updates and new regulatory processes, communicate them and help with impact analysis. Report to the area manager (based in brazil) and carry out constant updates regarding progress.
*responsibilities*:
- registrations and distributor management:
- compile needed information and build dossiers for each new or updated product, taking into account all the regulatory requirements for each country.
- stay abreast of relevant changes to regulations affecting hill’s products in region.
- manage the work done by distributors and monitor progress very closely, ensuring on time registrations.
- critically evaluate the information and requests shared by the distributors, in order to ensure that they are consistent.
- monitor netops notifications and communicate relevant information to the regional team, to prepare them for upcoming changes.
- maintain strong ties and constant communication with regulatory partners in topeka supporting global dossiers, ingredient approvals, and other relevant processes.
- process management & tracking and follow ups:
- review the regulatory process and identify possible efficiencies, including automation opportunities.
- ensure processes run smoothly and carry out constant, proactive and relevant follow ups with the hill’s team and distributors, using clear and effective communication to keep everyone up to date.
- update the area manager on the main matters in progress, solving problems compatible with your level of responsibility, while reporting in a timely manner when there are situations of urgency or medium-high level of complexity and present possible solutions.
- innovation grid:
- lead regular meetings with regional cross-functional teams in order to ensure that the innovation grid for each country is accurate and provide regular updates regarding project status to key partners.
- seek prior clarification with marketing, sales and pva, ensuring that new products to be registered are of common interest.
- legal stickering management:
- track legal stickering in countries where this requirement is mandatory and also in situations where it is required temporarily, monitoring both processes with the distributors.
- deliver hill’s guidelines for extra-stickering to warehouse employees, as applicable.
- keep us master registration number data updated with the latest casaca information, so that it is taken into account in the next packaging update.
- archive management:
- strictly maintain/update electronic archives, ensuring traceability and history of all relevant regulatory information.
- explore ways to automate spreadsheets and make them as practical as possible.
- maintain updated hard copies when applicable.
- keep sops up to date and create new ones as needed.
*required qualifications*:
- bachelor’s degree in veterinary sciences or biological sciences.
- minimum of 3 years of experience as a regulatory analyst or specialist (internship/trainee roles do not qualify).
- advanced english proficiency (frequent interaction with the us and global teams required).
*desired qualifications*:
- experience in pet food, animal feed, or pharmaceutical regulatory affairs.
- demonstrated experience working with distributors in regulatory processes.
- expertise in google suite, and competence in ai tools.
- exceptional