Regulatory Affairs Specialist - Skincare & Hygiene Solutions

Do you want to help us develop compliant, safe, and sustainable products and solutions that improve well-being for our consumers and customers in their everyday life? Are you also a service minded and energetic person enjoying working in a global environment which moves at a fast pace? Essity has strong international brands, a genuine focus on sustainability, and a positive company culture with motivated, competent, and high-performing colleagues.

Compliance and safety are integral parts of Essity’s sustainable business model and our strategy for growth and value creation. We are committed to offering compliant products with the highest safety standards for human use throughout the product’s life cycle. We have experts in our regulatory affairs team taking care of that every day and want to complement that team with a  Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Skincare & Hygiene Solutions .

The position is based in our office in Hamburg/Germany or Mölndal / Sweden. Essity’s office in Hamburg is one of Essity’s key office locations in Germany and located on Schützenstraße 1-3. Around 400 employees work at the site, bringing together a broad range of functions and business areas in a modern and collaborative work environment. The site is located close to train and bus stations and offers a parking garage for cars and bikes.

The Mölndal office is located on Mölndals bro 2, just a couple of minutes from Mölndal train station, offers you to be part of an international business setting with over 1 000 employees and many contacts across different functions, units and countries. Besides the Essity bistro, several outside alternatives for lunch are close by, both in the Hamburg and Mölndal locations. Flexibility is important to us, which is why we believe in a hybrid workplace philosophy.

Our office environment is modern with a culture focusing on collaboration, innovation, well-being and care, development and commitment. About the Role The Regulatory Affairs Specialist is responsible for enabling regulatory compliance and supporting the organization in understanding the requirements for assigned products developed, produced, and delivered. The role involves both strategic and operational tasks and acts as an advisor on regulatory affairs towards innovation and change projects and to internal and external business stakeholders.

The purpose of the role is to ensure that technical documentation and product requirements are in accordance with internal regulatory and quality processes. This is done to ensure that we obtain and maintain market authorization internationally under relevant product regulations. The position has global reach and works together with colleagues and business partners throughout the world. We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace.

We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk. What You Will Do You will be part of our Skincare & Hygiene Solutions team, focusing on product areas such as cosmetics, biocides, air care, detergents, perfumes, dispensers and consumer goods. Your main tasks will include: Enable compliance with GPSR across all relevant EU markets by providing regulatory advice to the organization Performing regulatory classifications of assigned products.

Monitor, interpret and assess GPSR and translate regulatory requirements into actionable internal guidelines Supporting the compilation of technical product files necessary for registration/notification of assigned products. Assisting with the collection of regulatory documentation and statements necessary for registration/notification both locally and internationally, including administration of the cases.

Perform or support notifications in markets where Essity is present. Establishing and maintaining a regulatory authorization overview for the registration of assigned products. Working proactively with