Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs Expert

About this Position Join our dynamic Research & Development team in the Henkel Consumer Brands division, based in Ingleburn, NSW, and take on a hands-on role that offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact while advancing your career. You will play a key part in ensuring product compliance with all relevant regulations and standards by maintaining accurate documentation, monitoring regulatory updates, and developing effective compliance strategies. Collaborating across functions, you’ll drive continuous improvement, share best practices, and keep the business ahead of emerging regulatory trends.

What You´ll Do

• Ensuring compliance with existing regulations in both Australia and New Zealand, including those relevant to products in hair, laundry & home care.
• Maintain and update a comprehensive library of chemical and product records, including SDSs to meet regulatory obligations.
• Monitor regulatory changes, assess their impact on our portfolio, and develop strategies for compliance.
• Keep the business informed about upcoming regulatory trends and proposed new regulations.
• Advise Marketing on regulatory matters, including product claims, and represent Regulatory Affairs in project and category meetings.
• Review artworks from a regulatory perspective.
• Collaborate closely with the R&D team to enhance capabilities and share best practices across categories and the region.
• Promote a unified team spirit by improving processes, procedures, and common ways of working.
  
  

What makes you a good fit

• Degree in Chemistry or comparable degree.
• High profile achievements in a regulatory role within FMCG or similar industry.
• Proven in managing the complexity of multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance.
• Able to build trusting relationships and collaborate well with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Sound analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail and eager to learn.
• Able to critically analyse situations and provide insightful observations and improvements. Self-motivated, creative, and an open-minded team-player.
  
  

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Diverse national and international growth opportunities
• Globally wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
• Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
• Flexible Public Holidays
• Company Products Allocation
  
  

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.