Regulatory Affairs Expert EMEA

Rovensa is a global leader of sustainable solutions for agriculture with a great history and an ambitious dream: to feed the planet by helping farmers to produce healthy and nutritious food for all, all over the world.

Safety, Empowerment, Ethics, Dedication and Striving are our SEEDS. It defines how we work every day, and the responsibility we all have towards our colleagues, our customers, our farmers, our business partners, and our planet.

We are determined to keep our SEEDS growing. We need the right people on our team - those that love what they do and strive to contribute to Rovensa’s mission.

So, if you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, plant our SEEDS with us and grow along the way, while cultivating a better future for the next generations.

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YOUR MISSION:

You will be the ultimate responsible for bionutritional and biostimulant product registration and for planning and implementing regulatory strategies to ensure compliance within EMEA.

YOUR  RESPONSIBILITIES:

•    Fulfill product registration of bionutritional and biostimulant products within the region, leading and implementing the registration strategy in alignment with global strategy.

•    Align with regional and global strategic marketing on product registration plan & allocation of regional capex.

•    Lead regulatory assessment for bionutritionals’ & biostimulants’ product development including organic certification. 

•    Collaborate with R&D on product life cycle management, ensuring products under development meet international and regional Regulations, including organic regulations / standards.

•    Align with Strategic marketing on global positioning of bionutritional & biostimulants’ products in coordination with the Director of Global Regulatory Affairs Bionutrition.

•    Keep up-to-date knowledge of regional bionutritional’s & biostimulants’ regulations: national regulations on fertilizers, organic farming regulations / standards, other horizontal regulations and their trends.

•    Provide relevant risk analysis in the region and initiate corrective measures when needed. Provide country-specific inputs on the applicable regulations, ensure that RN product labelling, classification and sales comply with local regulations, implement actions when needed locally.

•    Supervise efficacy trials and other regional studies (when local conduction is a must) either directly with internal teams or by contracting external CROs.

•    Engage with stakeholders and industry associations to allow a workable regulatory framework for bionutritional & biostimulants’ products.

•    Maintain Regulatory Affairs knowledge: product registration (regional) database and certificates of registration / approved labels / submitted dossiers files.

•    Organic certification: Coordinate with regional marketing the needs for organic certification. Obtain and mantain regional Organic certifications. 

•    Be the main contact point on the region for other Regulatory-related topics: intrstat assignation, cooperation with import-export of the products, etc.
 

THE TALENT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• 3-4 years of professional experience on product registration and regulatory assessment (fertilizers, biostimulants, plant protection products or another regulated sector).
• Good knowledge of European Fertilizing Products Regulation is needed.  
• Very good proficiency in English language. 
• Skilled in handling complex topics 
• Analytical and strategic thinking. 
• Organizational skills. 
• Independent working methods. 

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Competitive salary and performance bonus 
• We encourage work-life balance offering a flexible schedule (you can start your day between 8am to 10am) and a hybrid work model with 2 days of remote work per week 
• Health insurance for you and you can also include your family with a discounted quote  
• Life insurance 
• Ticket restaurant to expense your meals and you will also have coffee, fruit and breakfast available at the office 
• Company nursery allowance through flexible retribution  
• Ongoing training and development opportunities