Material Compliance Manager – Regulatory Affairs (m/f/d)

JT International Germany GmbH

  • Trier
  • Post Date: 4. February 2025
Job Description

Who are we?

JTI is a leading international tobacco company with locations in more than 130 countries and world-famous brands such as Winston, Camel and American Spirit. With our brands Nordic Spirit, Logic and Ploom, we also focus on growth through innovations in the field of reduced risk products. In Germany, we are the largest employer in our industry with over 2,000 employees.

As a multiple award-winning top employer, we offer an open and inclusive working environment with exciting tasks in a challenging environment. Flexible working concepts, diverse development opportunities and international career paths are part of our everyday life.

To strengthen our team in the area of SRA, we are looking for a

Material Compliance Manager – Regulatory Affairs (m/f/d)
Job ID: 98483 / Location: Trier, Warsaw / Contract type: permanent

Your job mission:
The Material Compliance Manager – Regulatory Affairs (m/f/d) provides technical guidance to support SRA's responsibility of ensuring that ingredients and materials used to manufacture JTI products are in compliance with JTI internal guidelines and with all applicable local market regulations. The incumbent works under the direction of the SRA Material Assessment Agile Team Director and closely co-operates with the SRA CP and SRA RRP teams as well as with JTI R&D. Furthermore, the Manager supports other projects in the Material Assessment Pillar as needed.


  • Technical and scientific regulatory interpretation for JTI products
  • Conduction of regulatory compliance checks for potential new ingredients and assessment of product regulatory compliance for product launches in new markets
  • Collaboration with the Agile Testing & Packaging Assessment Team to construct and perform material testing
  • Qualification of materials, including SRA input in PLM and the Change Order approval in SAP
  • Retrieval of new component formulations from JTI's worldwide suppliers and manufacturers under appropriate confidentiality arrangements

  • Relevant educational background: University Degree in a technical / scientific subject; preferably Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry or Toxicology
  • Practical experience: At least 5 years of working experience in the scientific and regulatory affairs area, preferably in the area of material and ingredient assessment. Profound knowledge of material and product testing; e.g. smoke / vapor analysis, including evaluation of results
  • Valuable knowledge: Knowledge of the manufacturing processes and proven experience in the assessment of materials, tobacco products, and reduced risk products including assessment of testing data
  • Special strengths: Expertise in worldwide regulations and standards concerning tobacco products, reduced risk products and electrical consumer goods
  • Suitable personality: Good knowledge of common PC software (MS Office, SAP, etc.) is mandatory. Previous experience with SQL-Databases would be beneficial
  • Practiced working time model: flexitime

  • Your team: You will work in an open and international working environment with approximately 60 nations at the Trier site
  • Your remuneration: Above-average pay including 13th and 14th monthly salary and bonus as well as annual reviews. Individual company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits
  • Your meals: Our subsidized company canteen and numerous snack and coffee vending machines ensure your physical well-being
  • Your appreciation: You will receive regular feedback from us and, as your personal safety is important to us, we also protect you in your private life with our JTI accident insurance
  • Your work-life balance: You should enjoy your work! That's why we offer you 30 days of vacation for personal relaxation. You also have the option of doing mobile work in Germany for 50% of your working hours per month.
  • Your development: We focus on your personal development. We support you with a wide range of internal training courses as well as external training and development opportunities that are tailored specifically to you
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