Technical and Regulatory Affair Manager at Candel Company

Role Summary

• The registration of new products and the maintenance of registration of approved products in order to ensure viability of these products in the marketplace.
• Maintaining good relationship with appropriate authorities to enhance registration of new products and renewal of registration of the approved products.

Main Responsibilities

• To lead, develop and manage regulatory affairs team
• To lead the strategic planning and co-ordination of submission of new product registration applications in a timely manner and follow through the application during the evaluation phase to achieve approval in line with planned registrations
• To ensure (through follow up) that documents for new registration and re-registration are got to ensure submission is achieved by due dates
• Meeting the registration submission and approval dates for products planned for launch each year
• To enhance and facilitate approval of new products and re-registration of already approved products as at when due
• Provide adequate training and guidance to the sales team and regulatory associates
• Support our distributors on product knowledge issue.

Requirements

• A Second Class Upper in Agriculture/Soil Science or a related discipline.
• A Masters Degree in Agronomy or Soil Science/ related professional qualification will be an added advantage
• Good experience in data management systems.
• At least 5 years’ experience
• Attention to detail, commercially aware and ability to work with little or no supervision
• Good organizational skills, ability to execute multi-task priorities efficiently and work productively in a fast paced team-oriented environment
• The candidate must be Sell-motivated, with Strong interpersonal skills, and Ability to work in a team environment

Technical Skill Requirements:

• Knowledge of the Local regulatory environment and how this impacts regulatory strategy and implementation.
• Knowledge of product registration and development practice, rules, regulations and guidelines.
• Communication skills
• Negotiation skills
• Problem Solving
• Understands Agrochemical Industry
• Team working
• Interpersonal acumen
• Organizational agility.