Regulatory Specialist: Herbicides

Job Id: 6957- City: DURBAN, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa- Department: R&D Regulatory - Registrations- Function: Regulatory, Research and Development- Employee Type: Permanent Full Time- Seniority Level: Mid-Senior levelDescription:
**Role Profile**

**Job Title** Regulatory Specialist: Herbicides

**Designation **Individual Contributor

**Reporting To **Formulation and Regulatory Lead Southern Africa

**Skip Level Reporting **Regulatory and Development Head, AME

**Function **Regulatory

**Location **Durban, South Africa

**Role Summary**

**Role Responsibilities**

Regulatory Compliance
- Maintain the Herbicide, IVM, Adjuvant, Fumigant and Rodenticide portfolios under regulatory and legislative compliance within the geographic region under scope, i.e., South Africa (ZA).
- Ensure registration of new products and maintain registrations of existing products within assigned portfolio/s within ZA.
- Prepare, i.e., collect, evaluate (accuracy and integrity), organize, collate and maintain scientific, legal and regulatory information/data in a variety of formats, including but not limited to electronic databases and physical files, related to portfolio of products.
- Ensure that the associated project regulatory expenses are paid on-time-in-full, in collaboration with R&D Administration Officer.
- Report regularly (daily, weekly, monthly) on the status of products or projects and provide responses to questions/queries/correspondence to internal (management, other departments) and external stakeholders (headquarters, regulatory authorities) related to portfolio.
- Work in Partnership and provide guidance to cross-functional teams such as Technical Product Development, Marketing and R&D PMO on regulatory requirements and the associated costs for submission of new business cases.
- Liaise with Formulation Development for in-house product development and sample requirements for regulatory studies.
- Ensure that suppliers of formulations and active ingredients meet the needs of ZA regulatory requirements.
- Schedule and manage portfolio related product renewals on an annual basis.
- Compile SDS's for new products and maintain updates for existing products.
- Keep up to date with changes in regulatory legislation and guidelines and inform relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure that quality standards are met, and submissions meet strict deadlines.
- Support ad hoc requests relating to regulatory functions and related company initiatives.
- Support other regulatory Portfolios/New Portfolio/New Product Category (hybrid products) based on company needs, seasonal workload, and company financial necessity.
- Promote teamwork, communication and foster a knowledge sharing culture.
- Be actively involved in all regulatory EDER (Early Detection, Early Resolution), activities, e.g. (including but not limited to) sudden changes in legislation such as implementation of GHS, or CMR molecules phase-outs. Provide early warning to business on regulatory trends, decisions, and possible impact.
- Responsible for the compilation of high-quality dossiers and/or submissions.
- Create, modify, and maintain operating procedures and processes pertaining to specific portfolio, with agreement of Sub-regional Regulatory Head.
- Escalate all delays to Sub-regional Regulatory Head and Regional Regulatory Head

Label Management
- Draft and maintain GHS compliant labels for new product registration submissions as well as for amendments to existing products.
- Liaise with Supply chain Label Coordinator on printing of labels for new registered products.
- Provide supporting data for uploading and updating the global artwork management systems, e.g., Karomi and local marketing platforms - UPL Website and Agri-Intel.

AGRI-INTEL
- Responsible as single point of contact for UPL with Agri-intel. To ensure latest updated product label information is submitted timeously to Agri-intel.

Contracts and Agreements
- Ensure that all contracts and agreements are maintained for product portfolio registrations

General
- Maintain physical and virtual files, trackers, Gannt charts, support with timeous information for monthly/quarterly/other frequency management/stakeholder update.
- Maintain confidentiality of all sensitive information.

**Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required**
- Two to three years of experience in individual or team orientated projects in a science-based environment
- Minimum of B.Sc. but preferably a post-graduate qualification (Hons. or M.Sc.) in Crop, Microbiology or Chemical sciences
- Any experience in Project Management or team supervision would be an advantage but not a necessity.
- Detail orientated and analytical is key to meet the high level of accuracy required for regulatory compliance. Working in a solution driven environment requires a self-motivated and persistent individual with a high level of creativity to work towards fact-based problem solving.
- Good sense of time-management and prioritization skills to supp