Company Description
Syngenta Group is one of the world’s leading sustainable agriculture innovation companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. Our 53,000 people across more than 100 countries strive every day to transform agriculture through tailor-made solutions for the benefit of farmers, society and our planet – making us the world’s most local agricultural technology and innovation partner. Syngenta Group is committed to operating at the highest standards of ethics and integrity. This is a commitment that we are making to investors, customers, society and employees. Syngenta Group is also committed to maintaining a workplace environment free from discrimination and harassment
Job Description
- 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.
Qualifications
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)
Additional Information
Business Impact : Business Area NWA
Geographic Scope : Morocco