Applications are invited from suitable and qualified candidates for the Position of Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist at Cadbury Nigeria Plc.
About Cadbury Nigeria Plc
Cadbury Nigeria Plc is a leading food and beverage manufacturing company known for producing popular confectionery and beverage brands in Nigeria. Established in 1965 and listed on the Nigerian Exchange, the company manufactures well-known products such as Bournvita, TomTom, and Buttermint, serving millions of consumers nationwide. Cadbury Nigeria Plc focuses on quality, nutrition, and innovation while maintaining high manufacturing and safety standards. As part of the global Mondelēz International network, the company combines strong local market knowledge with international best practices, contributing to Nigeria’s food industry, employment, and economic development.
Summary
- Company: Cadbury Nigeria Plc
- Job Title: Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: OND/BA/BSc/HND
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Title: Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist
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Job Description:
You execute the regulatory affairs strategy for your respective categories and geographical area using your technical and regulatory expertise. You ensure the regulatory and policy compliance of our portfolio and ensure policies, regulatory programs and requirements are met.
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How you will contribute
You will implement the regulatory affairs strategy and work with cross-functional teams to anticipate regulatory business risks and opportunities. In addition, you will provide regulatory affairs expertise for technical regulatory developments and help with responses to challenges and crisis management. In this role, you will ensure that ingredients, product composition, claims and labelling is in compliance with regulations and company policies, provide guidance to stakeholders on regulatory affairs, propose and implement business solutions in response to regulatory changes, and maintain and develop a strong knowledge of regulatory, scientific and nutrition risks and opportunities in your corresponding market.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and purpose, accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- Regulatory affairs (industry, governmental, association background).
- Understanding of the regulatory framework in your geographical area
- Building collaborative relationships
- Conducting technical assessments and supporting issues management
- Thinking creatively
- Communicating effectively
- Project management
- SARA core knowledge topics (e.g. flavors, additives, GMO, organic, dietary or religious suitability, etc.)
More about this role
As a Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Specialist, you will ensure that ingredients, product composition, claims and labelling compliance are within applicable regulations and company policies. In addition, you will help to develop regulatory affairs tools, and further develop your knowledge of regulatory, science and nutrition. The role in West Africa requires frequent interaction with authorities to support business priorities like New Product Registration and other elements which require approval from Government e.g. product claims.
This role offers:
- Support for Global Scientific & Regulatory Affairs strategy
- Familiarization with regulations for Sub-Sahara African countries with the focus on West Africa
- Ability to lead regulatory projects and real impact on food labels related to our brands.
- Multinational environment, opportunity to meet and learn from various cultures
- Opportunities to grow
- Operating in a system driven environment
What extra ingredients will you bring:
- Integrity and living the MDLZ values in every aspect of your work.
- Standing alone facing authorities while keeping the MDLZ interest at heart.
- Effective Communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
- Accuracy & attention to detail
- Experience in problem solving with internal and external stakeholders.
- Curiosity coupled with analytical thinking
- Understanding of food technology and raw materials
- Resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility
What you need to know about this position:
- In this role you will ensure that ingredients, product composition, claims and labelling of the products in MDLZ portfolio are compliant with applicable regulations and company policies. You will be responsible for validating raw materials, recipes, preparing the labelling information (legal designation, ingredient line, nutrition information, etc.) and validate packaging/artworks prior to the printing. In your role you will help with responses to challenges and issue management. In addition, you will provide regulatory guidance to stakeholders on the projects, and further utilize your knowledge of regulatory, science and nutrition.
- You will be expected to deal with authorities, provide and defend sound scientific evidence and communicate the MDLZ position clearly.
What extra ingredients you will bring:
A desire to drive your future and purpose, accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
- Networking and communication skills with internal and external stakeholders.
- Professional conduct in dealing with authorities while living MDLZ values of integrity.
- Reliability and accuracy and an efficient and disciplined work style
- Meeting deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Project and time management
- Regulatory affairs in an international and multi-functional environment
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Requirements for the Position of Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist at Cadbury Nigeria Plc
Education / Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in food sciences and technology or similar qualification.
- Master’s degree is a plus
Job specific requirements:
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a similar role.
- French Speaker is a plus
Travel requirements:
- Limited
Work schedule:
- Hybrid
Deadline
6th April, 2026
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