Registration Specialist: Herbicides, IVM and Adjuvants - South Africa at UPL

Role Summary

• Manage routine activities, including but not limited to, studying and compiling scientific and legal documents to ensure that products allocated to Herbicide, IVM and Adjuvant portfolio are in compliance with governmental regulations.
• Work in partnership with the Project Lead: Herbicides, Seed Treatment, Fumigants, Adjuvant & IVM on new project developments to ensure that all regulatory requirements are fully achieved to complement biological development in accordance with submission timelines and forecasted regulatory project budgets.

Role Responsibilities

Regulatory

• Maintain the Herbicide portfolio 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.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

Technical Requirements:

• 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.

Behavioural Requirements

• 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 support diverse projects running in parallel. Integrity and a professional approach to work.