Senior Food Regulatory Manager

Job Description

Hey! We’re Huel and we’re pleased to meet you! 👋 We're going to start by talking about our exciting new Senior Food Regulatory Manager position, but if you'd like the quick low down on us first including our growth story then just head to the bottom of this page!

The role

We’re seeking a Senior Food Regulatory Manager to join us to help ensure the highest compliance and regulatory standards across Huel’s full product range.

Managing and developing a team of 3, you’ll be the key contact for all things compliance and regulatory across the UK, USA, Germany and Japan, whilst overseeing labelling, artwork, and safety controls.

Your day-to-day key responsibilities include managing compliance, problem-solving to keep Huel in stock with minimal risk, and continuously improving systems to protect our brand and products. You'll lead the finished product specifications function for Huel, protecting our finished product requirements with Co-Manufacturers and review and support risk assessment on micro & allergen testing.

This role includes working with our new Milton Keynes factory, but you’ll also lead our external lab testing for co-mans, their third-party accreditations, and specifications.As a leader, you’ll drive horizon scanning and risk assessments, identifying potential issues and resolving them swiftly.

Based at our Tring HQ, with weekly travel to our Milton Keynes Factory, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping technical strategy and supporting product improvements and launches. Flexibility for some UK and EU travel is expected.

Not yet convinced it's the role for you? Well, then you can click 👉HERE to read a more detailed job description and learn about the team!

What we're looking for in you

This role will best suit someone with around 5 + years of experience working in a Regulatory and Compliance role within a food manufacturing business. Ideally with a relevant degree (could be in food, math or science) but this isn't essential.

Food regulatory labelling knowledge is essential across the UK & ideally some international (UK, USA, GERMANY, JAPAN) . We continue to grow internationally, so the ability to be proactive in learning is essential.

You'll have exposure to, and an understanding of food manufacturing processes and have knowledge and experience of accreditations such as (but not limited to) BRC, SQF, Kosher, Halal and Organic.

A strong collaborative team background, ability to work exceptionally well cross-functionally & experience managing a team goes without saying

What do we offer in return?

We have a high-performance culture which is balanced evenly with world-class well-being initiatives and benefits that are tastier than our Salted Caramel Black Edition (and trust us, that’s saying something!)

⏰ Flexible Friday – We aim to finish early on a Friday when all our work is completed for a longer weekend

🌴 30 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays

🕖 Hybrid working - We spend Mondays and Thursdays in the office together, plus one additional office day of your choice. The remaining two days can be worked from home.

🥤 Free Huel to keep you going

🏖️ 2 weeks a year to work remotely from anywhere! One week in the Summer and one week at Christmas

🐾 Dog friendly. If you've seen Daddy Day Care the movie, that's basically HQ but for doggo's!

🙋 Paid Volunteering Days

🏋️ Free on-site gym with free classes, and we will give you your own nutrition plan

🧠 Free 1-on-1 therapy provided by Self-Space.

🏥 Private Medical and Health insurance for you and your loved ones, including free life insurance covering up to 4x your salary

⚡ Electric Car Scheme with onsite charging

🚴Cycle to Work Scheme

🤰 Enhanced Family Leave

👪 Workplace Nursery Scheme

🎓 Huel Academy

🎉 Quarterly events to celebrate success - Have you heard about Huelchella?

So what next?

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, then we’d love to hear from you! Click on apply to this job to send us your CV and cover letter and Alice from our talent team will be in touch with you.

We are Hueligans

We're all made up of our Huel DNA, but what makes us unique is our individual differences. We've created a culture of belonging and we celebrate the diversity our Hueligans add to our teams. We encourage authenticity, different views, and new ideas to enable us to create products that our customers around the world enjoy and love. Read more about our culture here.