Regional Labelling Associate

Education : EQUIVALENTEXPERIENCE

**As a leading global animal health company, Elanco delivers innovative products and services to improve the health of pets and farm animals around the world because we believe making animals' lives better, makes life better. Since 1954, we have provided solutions that support veterinarians, farmers and pet owners to advance our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life. Elanco's promise to employees: Together, we foster an inclusive culture where everyone can make a difference, encouraging ownership, growth and well-being.**

**Position Description**:
This role is embedded in the regional RLA team for EMEA, being part of the overall Global Regulatory Labelling Operation team.

The Regional Labelling Associate (RLA) role within the Global Regulatory Labeling Operations team is responsible for the control and coordination of regulatory label creation and change activities and for providing support to Affiliate Labeling Responsible Persons (ALRPs) for development of high quality, timely, cost-effective artwork.

**Job description and duties**:

- Serve as point of contact to the ALRPs to support coordination of regulatory label creation and change.
- Support the artwork development process for new products, changes in existing products, and marketing authorization transfers.
- Provide ongoing training and coaching to ALRPs to support the regulatory label creation and change process, to keep them informed of current information, and to share learnings from recent experiences.
- Coordinate with other functions (LCM, PPMQ, Supply, Art Studios) to support ALRPs with label change related queries.
- Liaise with ALRPs and LCM (Life Cycle Management) team to coordinate artwork development and change process timelines.
- Serve as point of contact for LCM team for any clarifications involving ALRPs.
- Initiate the artwork development or change process by ensuring the information needed to begin the process is accurate and the request is submitted to LCM in a timely manner.
- Manage communications between ALRPs and Global Regulatory, LCM, Quality and the Art Studios, ensuring all parties are aware of the status of changes, new requests, priorities and any issues as well as ensuring that the information required for the change is available and current.
- Work in alignment and maintain a positive business collaboration with labeling peers, ALRPs, LCM, PPMQ (Printed Packaging Material Quality) and Art Studios teams.
- Ensure all relevant process take place for ALRPs onboarding or exiting.
- Actively participate in GRLO team discussions to align and share information across the team.
- Generate and review metrics to identify and address issues and promote on-going improvements.
- Assess feasibility and remove barriers to enable successful artwork change or development in support of product launches and technical transfers.
- Support onboarding, coaching, training, and knowledge sharing with other RLAs.
- Proactively accept new challenges and search for innovative solutions.
- Other responsibilities as assigned to support regional affiliate or overall Global Regulatory Operations goals, including participation in special projects.

**Minimum Qualification**:

- Bachelor’s Degree.
- Fluent in English.
- Good computer literacy skills.

**Key Attributes**:

- Excellent and effective communication skills (written and oral),
- Good organizational, prioritization, problem solving and planning skills,
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and negotiate solutions to complex technical challenges with crossfunctional internal and external business partners,
- Ability to work across cultures and time zones,
- Self-motivated person, with ability to work well independently and as part of a team,
- Understands the customer needs to drive effective solutions,
- Demonstrates proactivity and leadership.

**Additional Preferences**:

- Prior regulatory, PPM or Labeling experience,
- Good project management skills,
- Multi-lingual,
- Understanding and knowledge of GMP.

**Other Information**:

- Local and international travel required (less than 5% of time).
- Type of position: Full time

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status