Scientific Regulatory Affairs & Nutrition Manager

At Costa Coffee, we are what we craft. We’re reimagining coffee experiences in over 50 countries and counting, as a key part of the Coca-Cola System. Whether you get your coffee in a store, from a machine, at home, or on the go – we’ve got you covered.

Our teams make a difference. Whether that’s working on new tech for the perfect pour, helping our teams grow, creating award-winning campaigns, crunching the numbers, or developing the latest exciting menu item; together, we stir up success.

We may be a global brand, but we haven’t forgotten our roots. That’s where the Costa Foundation and our fantastic community agenda come in. Whatever your role, you can help us change lives in coffee growing communities, and help your local community too.

We also want to help you grow in your career through amazing experiences, our apprenticeship scheme, and development programmes. At Costa, you can go beyond the day-to-day.

And as a Scientific & Regulatory Affairs & Nutrition Manager, there’s never been a better time to join.

Scientific & Regulatory Affairs & Nutrition Manager is responsible for ensuring Regulatory and Food law compliance including the provision of nutrition and allergen information to consumers and customers. Supporting Marketing, Global Innovation, Foods teams, Regional and Local countries to develop and launch products that meet relevant Regulatory and Food law requirements.

So, why Costa?

We didn’t become a global coffee brand by sitting back. When you work here, you join a community that values passion, progression and integrity, with some pretty brilliant perks to sweeten the deal:

• Own a piece of Costa’s success by becoming a share owner in Coca-Cola with our Share Investment Plan (SIP)
• A smart pension that saves you money on tax and national insurance, and matches your contributions up to 10%
• The Costa Financial Support Fund, supporting team members who find themselves in unexpected financial pressure
• 50% discount in all Costa-owned stores, and 25% off in other participating stores
• Private medical cover thanks to our Private Healthcare scheme
• And that’s not all. Explore even more of our perks here: https://bit.ly/costaperks

We’re passionate about being a great place to work, where you can bring your unique self into our mix. We firmly support diversity, equity and inclusion, and continue to work with our teams to shape the future of our culture and values: Disciplined to Deliver, Passion for Progress, Win with Warmth, Courage to Challenge and Trusted Team Players.

What you’ll do

Being a Scientific & Regulatory Affairs & Nutrition Manager is about so much more than bringing our coffee to the world. It’s your chance to stir up real success - which means you’ll be:

• Providing expert regulatory direction to Marketing teams, particularly about product health claims and nutritional strategy to ensure in market compliance.
• Providing regulatory direction in the NPD process to ensure in market compliance of products developed by Global Innovation department and Regional/Country product launch project managers. Challenging non compliant ingredients and specifications
• Identification of legislative and regulatory change across all markets that may impact ingredients, products, packaging, artwork or product labels and ensuring that the business is prepared to comply with changes.
•  Influence key stakeholders to drive business changes required to ensure compliance
• Supports and identifies opportunities for business compliance in future nutrition regulation globally where appropriate
• Managing one direct report

Who you are

It’s your unique ingredients we’re interested in:

• Expert Regulatory & Scientific affairs knowledge across key at least 2 of the following Regions UK, EU, MENA, Asia, US & Latin America
• Detailed understanding of Allergen management in Supply Chain and Stores
• Able to communicate complex technical requirements in simple terms
• Attention to detail to ensure accuracy in published data

Location : UK - Hybrid

For any reasonable adjustments and general queries, please get in touch with  Costa.Recruitment@costacoffee.com