Head Emea Hnc Regulatory Affairs

Lead and drive the BU Regulatory Affairs regional team and ensure safe and compliant products, exceptional customer regulatory service delivery, monitor regulatory changes and advocate for the company interests; being a focal contact point for the BU in the region and support the roll out and implementation of innovation in the region, support to BU innovation and commercial teams, thereby delivering a clear competitive advantage and contributing to business growth and reputation.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Lead the BU Regulatory Affairs Regional team with an emphasis on ensuring market clearance, customer support and advocacy, driving the impact of the business and contributing to its value creation.
- Provides strategy and governance regarding BU regulatory matters and compliance in the region, developing and maintaining a strong culture of compliance, customer-centricity, establishing a positive relationship with key stakeholders such as regulators/government officials, all with agility and simplicity. Builds, develops, retains a strong team of regulatory experts for the BU in the region.
- Support innovation projects in strong partnership with business innovation teams and obtains, maintains and aligns registrations for new and BU-specific products/ ingredients in cooperation with Group Regulatory Affairs.
- Manage Regional/Local Marketing/claims.
- Provide creation and commercial advisory.
- Be engaged and ensure the engagement of the RA regional team in advocacy themes and provide prioritization, including foresight and regulatory interpretation.
- Ensure highest adequate service to customers through defined SLAs.
- Promote our fundamentals and regulatory standards in the region across the food supplement, ELN, MN, pharma and NI industries but also within the BU, and advocate for BU priorities.
- Oversee the regional BU advocacy strategy and plan.
- Lead implementation and execution of the strategy for the BU across the region with aligned roles, mission and objectives.
- Lead the continuous improvement of the BU Regulatory Affairs team through agility, simplicity and customer intimacy.
- Drive a continuous improvement mindset across the BU team to continue to win with our clients; continuously improve relevant processes, ways of working, tools, the organization via approved methodologies, systems/tools that are more sustainable or more efficient; enhance productivity in cooperation with Group regulatory affairs.

**Key Requirements**
- At least MS in chemistry/toxicology/food science or related disciplines or MBA or PhD and 12+ years experience in RA.
- Extensive experience in variety of senior roles pertaining to Regulatory Affairs and Compliance, with a regional scope, ideally in similar industries whether on sector or customer side. Well connected in the industry. More than 5 years experience managing diverse regulatory affairs teams.
- Strong influencing skills in contact with BU Regional VP, BU Leadership, Group Regulatory Affairs Teams and other BU Regional Heads and Segment Leads as well as stakeholders across several BPs in the Group.
- Develop/manage relationships with customers and other external bodies like industry associations and governmental authorities. (in alignment with BU Regulatory Affairs team and Group Regulatory Affairs team).
- Strong people leadership skills. Inspires, Influences and motivates others to perform, also in a matrix organization with people who do not directly report into the role. Provides and accepts feedback from others.
- Strong Business Acumen: Can enhance the competitive advantage that Regulatory Affairs brings.

**Important Note**

This job title is temporary and will be adjusted once the job grading structure for the new Group will be adopted (covering among others: grades’ design, job evaluations, calibration, and job titles’ nomenclature). Until these adjustments are finalized, current compensation packages will be grandfathered. This temporary period will last not more than 24 months for the legacy DSM Executives or legacy FIR SLT members, and not more than 12-18 months for all other employees.