Country Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Lead

Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials - from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
This position is in Cargill's food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Country Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Lead will define and enable compliance with government regulations or standards in the areas of labeling, product registration, customer documentation, permitting, licensing and other regulatory functions. In this role you will provide technical support to sales, customers, operations and government agencies in regulatory functions.

Key Accountabilities

• Understand regulations and changes, assess risk and opportunities and ensure compliance in a variety of methods, related to labeling, registration, customer documentation, permitting, licensing and other regulatory functions.
• Review proposed laws, procedural changes and regulations to resolve potential impact within business.
• Develop and implement programs, processes and documentation to resolve regulatory issues working with external trade associations.
• Provide internal training and consultation on complex regulatory or compliance topics.
• Independently gather, analyze, and implement programs, processes and documentation.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Advanced computer skills using email, spreadsheet, presentation and word processing applications
• Minimum of two years of related work experience
• Other minimum qualifications may apply