Regulatory Manager

• Achieve, extend, and maintain license to sell (registrations) for Syngenta products in areas of responsibility within agreed timelines reporting to the NWA BA Regulatory Lead.
• Provide regulatory expertise and foresight to the business.
• Plan and execute regulatory activities in areas of responsibility and find innovative registration approaches within the legal regulatory frameworks in Africa.
• Secure Syngenta’s competitive edge through top quality submissions and handling registration issues in an ethical, trustworthy way in cooperation with country authorities.

Accountabilities*

• Manage the registration activities for countries in the business area NWA (Morrocco & Tunisia), as defined by the NWA Regulatory Lead. This includes the preparation of registration submissions; answering requests from authorities; covering regulatory aspects of product labelling and formulation/source changes; keeping Syngenta internal registration databases up to date.
• Establish a network with regulatory authorities, represent company interests. Maintain close contact to local partners to grow and maintain expertise of national registration processes and legislations.
• Plan, achieve, maintain, and defend approvals / registrations (for new registration-NPIs, reregistration, label extensions and formulation changes) of Syngenta Portfolio WA, aiming to meet business objectives within agreed timelines and in compliance with local statutory requirements.
• Provide regulatory expertise and foresight to the business. Keep regulatory and business informed on regulatory changes and emerging issues which require proactive management.
• Jointly develop and implement, a robust freedom to operate (FtO) approach in his region, aligned to Global strategy incl. stewardship & safe use
• Provide annual plans, timelines, and budget needs for all registration activities in-line with portfolio strategy/priorities. Track, review and report registration progress against targets.
• Proactively manage product related issues
• Support supply chain on regulatory matters (shelf-life extensions, country of origin issues, review of inspection certificates, etc.).
• Accountable for regulatory compliance within the allocated countries
• Actively participate in the local industry associations.

Requirements

Critical Knowledge

• 3-5 years regulatory experience
• Expert knowledge on Plant Protection Product (PPP) legislation and authorization in Morocco & Tunisia and at EU level eventually,
• Knowledge of the technical disciplines related to PPP registration, toxicology, product residues, environment fate and ecotoxicology at a general level.
• General understanding of agriculture business
• Deliver value adding solutions to the business in countries of responsibility.
• Effective collaboration within the regulatory team
• Internal & external networking
• High attention to detail whilst keeping the overview.
• Capability to provide impact assessment of Global Regulations on the Business Area (NWA), in order to develop strategic & sustainable actions plans to maintain Syngenta freedom to operate.

Critical technical, professional, and personal capabilities

• Capability to work in a highly structured and independent manner but closely with the commercial organization in NWA, more specifically in Morocco and Tunisia.
• Very good administrative skills (attention to detail whilst maintaining the overview)
• Strong management capabilities and advocacy skills
• Analytical and strategic thinker
• Ability to act in a trustworthy and responsible manner.
• Ability to multitask on different levels.
• Networking capabilities to effectively build and maintain a solid internal and external network.
• Team player, enjoying collaboration with the colleagues and his line manager (NWA Regulatory Lead) and the other functions locally.
• Decisive
• Ability to prioritize and deliver goals on time.
• Demonstrated strengths in communication, self-organization and problem solving and developed negotiation/influencing skills across different cultures.
• Good communication in both English and French.

Minimum education and critical knowledge required for the job.

• Scientific degree in Ecology, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture (Bachelor, Master or PhD) or relevant technical qualification.
• Good knowledge of regulatory requirements in the crop protection industry; gained through direct experience in a regulatory role; or through significant technical experience.
• Additional relevant qualification an added benefit
• Proven registration activities experience
• Project management experience
• Proven relationship management capabilities
• Proven cross-functional working capabilities.
• Proven experience in providing solutions to complex issues.
• Proven communication, negotiation, influencing and analytical capabilities.

Experience to be gained in the job.

• Acquisition / enhancement of the knowledge on registration requirements and regulatory developments in the EU
• Direct contact with business units in the countries, which will provide a good insight of the different market segments and CP industry in Africa.
• Enhanced advocacy skills, strategic and sustainable mindsets
• Enhanced capability to assess the impact of a regional regulatory system on another territory (ie EU on AME)