Food Labeling Compliance Specialist

Job Type Full-time Description

Lyons Magnus is fast-growing leader in beverages, ingredients, and healthcare nutrition solutions. The Lyons Health Labs division is committed to improving quality of care and patient outcomes through the power of science-based, wholesome and delicious nutrition. Our portfolio serves patients across acute care, long-term care, and home settings, and we are rapidly expanding our healthcare presence to better reach and provide the highest level of care for our healthcare providers, caregivers, and patients.

At Lyons Health Labs, we believe in the power of nutrition to elevate quality of care. We’re looking for driven, entrepreneurial, individuals who are motivated not only by business growth, but also by the mission to make a real impact on patients’ lives.

We’re currently hiring a Food Labeling Compliance Specialist to join our Regulatory team. In this role, you’ll make sure our product labels, formulas, technical documents, marketing claims, and export paperwork are accurate and meet all regulatory requirements. You’ll work closely with teams across the company to help bring products to market the right way.

Compensation: $77,000 – $94,000 base salary 

Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Schedule: Monday - Friday

Location: Remote; must reside in the Midwest (OH, IL, IN, WI, MI, KY, IA, MN, MO, PA) 

Travel Requirements: 10%

Work Environment: Remote 

Requirements

 Core Responsibilities:

• Develop regulatory documentation related to ingredients, formulations, and labels and ensure compliance with corporate and FDA regulations.
• Complete technical document requests (statements to include specifications, nutritional composition,  GMO, gluten, export certs, etc) to meet customer expectations in documentation turnaround time and accuracy.
• Manage the regulatory process for commercialization of health care products for assigned customers (Label setup, internal specification documentation set up, customer product database set up etc). 
• Review and approve healthcare/nutrition product claims to ensure compliance with FDA, FTC, and other applicable regulations.
• Maintain supporting documentation and advise Marketing, Sales, and R&D on compliant claim language and guardrails.
• Strategically manage large documentation projects and ability to support customer specific software programs.
• Review and create unit labels and case coding in compliance with all FDA regulations and customer specific requests.  
• Review and Approve labels in compliance with all FDA regulations and provide guidance on product label and formula compliance in regions Lyons has a business interest.
• Act as a lead for all regulatory export documentation (Certificates of Free Sale, Health and Quality Certs, Declarations) in Lyons Health Care.
• Monitor regulatory changes and assess potential risks to claims or communications.
• Responsible for reviewing respective required raw material documents for regulatory clarity
• Maintain current knowledge base of existing and emerging regulations, standards, or guidance documents and recommend changes to company procedures in response to changes in regulations or standards.
• Ability to act as a back up to the Regulatory Manager as needed. 
• Performs other related and assigned duties by senior management.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work with cross functional teams, internally and externally 
• Individual must have regulatory technical knowledge
• Ability to manage projects with short and long timelines
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills (pays attention to details and effort to understand causes instead of just the effects) and creativity for developing innovative solutions and applications.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills 
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects under short timelines to produce commercially viable solutions.
• Proven ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Prepare a variety of comprehensive administrative and technical documents and reports.
• Read and process written information with high degree of accuracy.
• Work effectively in a general business environment, with a focus on high level of quality, ethics and customer service.
• Achieving results through others where no / little formal lines of authority exist 

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of B.S. Degree in Food or Nutritional Sciences, Biology, Chemistry or related field. 
• Professional experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience within the food-manufacturing environment,
• Experience in Health Care regulatory claims and international compliance are a plus.
   

Additional Information
Our compensation program is designed to attract, motivate, and retain the very best people. Lyons Magnus offers a comprehensive benefits plan that include Health, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Sec. 125, 401(k) plan, and more. If you meet these requirements and are eager to join a dynamic company poised for further growth, please respond with your cover letter, and salary requirements.
To learn more about Lyons Magnus, LLC its products and core values, visit www.lyonsmagnus.com or follow us on Instagram or LinkedIn
Lyons Magnus is an Equal Opportunity Employer and with opportunities for advancement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories.
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Salary Description $77,000 – $94,000