Regulatory Affairs Specialist - Skincare & Hygiene Solutions in Hamburg

Do you want to help us develop compliant, safe, and sustainable products and solutions that improve well-being for our consumers and customers in their everyday life? Are you also a service minded and energetic person enjoying working in a global environment which moves at a fast pace? Essity has strong international brands, a genuine focus on sustainability, and a positive company culture with motivated, competent, and high-performing colleagues. Compliance and safety are integral parts of Essity’s sustainable business model and our strategy for growth and value creation. We are committed to offering compliant products with the highest safety standards for human use throughout the product’s life cycle. We have experts in our regulatory affairs team taking care of that every day and want to complement that team with a Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Skincare & Hygiene Solutions. The position is based in our office in Hamburg/Germany or Mölndal / Sweden. Essity’s office in Hamburg is one of Essity’s key office locations in Germany and located on Schützenstraße 1-3. Around 400 employees work at the site, bringing together a broad range of functions and business areas in a modern and collaborative work environment. The site is located close to train and bus stations and offers a parking garage for cars and bikes. The Mölndal office is located on Mölndals bro 2, just a couple of minutes from Mölndal train station, offers you to be part of an international business setting with over 1 000 employees and many contacts across different functions, units and countries. Besides the Essity bistro, several outside alternatives for lunch are close by, both in the Hamburg and Mölndal locations. Flexibility is important to us, which is why we believe in a hybrid workplace philosophy. Our office environment is modern with a culture focusing on collaboration, innovation, well-being and care, development and commitment.

About the Role

The Regulatory Affairs Specialist is responsible for enabling regulatory compliance and supporting the organization in understanding the requirements for assigned products developed, produced, and delivered. The role involves both strategic and operational tasks and acts as an advisor on regulatory affairs towards innovation and change projects and to internal and external business stakeholders. The purpose of the role is to ensure that technical documentation and product requirements are in accordance with internal regulatory and quality processes. This is done to ensure that we obtain and maintain market authorization internationally under relevant product regulations. The position has global reach and works together with colleagues and business partners throughout the world. We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves.

What You Will Do

You will be part of our Skincare & Hygiene Solutions team, focusing on product areas such as cosmetics, biocides, air care, detergents, perfumes, dispensers and consumer goods.

• Enable compliance with GPSR across all relevant EU markets by providing regulatory advice to the organization
• Perform regulatory classifications of assigned products.
• Monitor, interpret and assess GPSR and translate regulatory requirements into actionable internal guidelines
• Supporting the compilation of technical product files necessary for registration/notification of assigned products.
• Assisting with the collection of regulatory documentation and statements necessary for registration/notification both locally and internationally, including administration of the cases.
• Perform or support notifications in markets where Essity is present.
• Establishing and maintaining a regulatory authorization overview for the registration of assigned products.
• Working proactively with the Regulatory Affairs Managers and Product Safety Specialists in the group to improve ways of working.

Who You Are

We are ideally looking for a person with a few years of working experience who has a curious mindset and a flexible personality and who would like to develop in the field of regulatory affairs. You enjoy working in a global cross-functional environment with high speed and pursue tasks with diligence, energy, and a drive for valuable results. You are a self-led person who takes responsibility for your tasks and is motivated by taking initiative and pursuing your projects efficiently towards completion.

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, technical, or pharmaceutical studies or equivalent as a minimum.
• Relevant work experience (e.g., regulatory, quality, compliance, product safety, cosmetics or biocides).
• Experience with and knowledge of GPSR (General Product Safety Regulation) is highly meritorious.
• Advanced experience in documentation.
• Business-minded, result-driven and service minded.
• Excellent communication skills with different internal and external stakeholders.
• Fluency in English, both written and oral.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills as well as methodological knowledge.

It is an advantage to have the ability to navigate in a complex matrix organization as this will be your daily work environment.

What We Can Offer You

Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-being, provides meaning to everything we do. Working at Essity means a chance to improve well-being for people and opportunities to drive positive change for the society and the environment. As an employee at Essity, you will belong to an organization where you feel valued and supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere. Innovate for Good | Excel Together | Be You with Us #LI-MB2 Application End Date: 27 sep. 2026 Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Our expertise began with the acquisition of the Swedish company Mölnlycke in 1975, through which our roots stretch back to 1849. Today, our sustainable innovations from globally trusted brands, designed for everybody and every body, care for the well-being of 1 billion people in 150 countries every day. Working at Essity is not just a career but a chance to make the world healthier, safer, and more hygienic. We innovate for good to break barriers and contribute to shaping a healthier future. At Essity, we have a people-first approach where every career is as unique as the individual. We empower employees to excel together and reach their full potential through a winning culture driven by a powerful purpose. Our performance-orientated environment motivates employees to think differently and embrace challenges so we can continue improving lives, every day through better hygiene and health. We provide a sustainable work-life based on flexibility for both employees and employers. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in everything we do. It is the key to our success in creating an inclusive, collaborative, and caring company culture where you can be you with us. Our purpose of Breaking Barriers to Well-being, enables customers and consumers to lead fuller lives at all stages of life. Our leading global brands include TENA and Tork, and other strong brands such as Actimove, Cutimed, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic and Zewa are sold in 150 countries. I In 2024, Essity had net sales of approximately SEK 146bn (EUR 13bn) and employed 36,000 people. We are headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. If you want to join a company where dedication to people is powered by innovation, welcome to Essity!