Technical Documentation Specialist
Key Objective
To support the General Mills North LATAM Labeling and Regulatory Compliance group to develop, maintain and assure technical product documentation meets business, third party and authority requirements.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and understanding of US, Caribbean and LATAM regulations, requirements, and General Mills Policies.
• Author and Issue Technical Specifications of General Mills products for Global markets. These documents will include formula disclosure (ex. food additives)- regional regulatory knowledge of requirements and functionality will be used daily.
• Create, Translate and Maintain product labels for LATAM markets.
• Management of technical documentation repository.
• Support Certificate of Free Sale requests.
• Support requests for in-country legalization and apostille of documents.
• Support Product Sample requests and international shipping to third parties.
• Establish communication flow to provide vendors, customers, and the business team with documentation updates.
• Work closely with Labeling & Regulatory Compliance team members to support project and business work.
• Identify any gaps and work with the team to implement improvement plans.
Qualifications/Skills/Experience
- BS or BA in Business/International Affairs or Nutrition/Science Degree or related discipline.
- Minimum 1-3 years of relevant experience.
- Some food regulatory experience is desirable
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) required.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Share Point).
- Excellent attention to detail and time management skills
- Good leadership, communication (written and verbal) and influencing skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills capable of communicating with different countries and teams.
- Able to work on a variety of different projects and prioritize appropriately.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Flexible and able to handle ambiguity.
- Able to work independently and still support team in other functional areas.