Regulatory Compliance Manager

Belgium - Hoboken
Battery Recycling Solutions
Product Management, EHS

Posted on 23-04-2024

About Umicore
Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?
 

About Battery Recycling Solutions (BRS)
We extract critical and valuable materials from end-of-life batteries or production scrap as efficiently as possible and reintroduce them in the battery materials supply chain. The better we do our job, the less metals have to be mined from nature. We are a total solutions provider just coming to life operating in an agile, fast-changing and growing market. This gives every chance for the right and energized people to shape what happens next. Which is where you come in.
 

What you will be doing
As Regulatory Compliance Manager you are responsible for ensuring compliance with chemical, transport and ESG regulations for BRS within Europe!
Your detailed responsibilities :

• On the domain of Chemical Compliance
  • You determine the strategy, prepare, submit and handle the needed Material Declarations in collaboration with different internal stakeholders to support BRS activities throughout the battery value chain.
  • You develop and implement a strategy roadmap for REACH, including the vital milestones to become compliant for future BRS activities
  • You support Commercial team with compliance strategy/options
• ESG Compliance
  • As the designated business unit liaison for ESG matters handled at the corporate level, you coordinate, communicate and implement ESG strategies, policies, and initiatives within BRS, ensuring alignment with corporate ESG objectives, and facilitating compliance with relevant regulations and standards such as EU taxonomy, CSRD, Due Diligence,…
• SDS & Masterdata
  • Help shape the regulatory masterdata landscape in SAP and related systems to make BRS future proof
  • Launch and follow-up the creation of Safety Data Sheets and labels in close collaboration with the Corporate EHS team
• Waste Transport Compliance
  • Lead the development of the new Waste Shipment Tool
  • Become the BRS authority and focal point for waste shipment
  • Waste Classification
  • Communication and negotiation with relevant competent authorities
  • Coordinate internal and external workshops on waste shipment
  • Act as key enabler for commercial and S&VC ongoing activities
• External governmental authorities : you are involved in the relationship with local competent authorities such as OVAM, RP Darmstadt, DREAL,…

Who we are looking for

• You acquired a Master degree in relevant field (such as chemistry, environmental science, engineering, legal, …) or equivalent by experience
• You have some proven experience in an industrial environment, preferable with exposure to environmental and/or regulatory compliance
• Experienced or eager to learn relevant regulations (REACH, Waste, Transport, ESG,…)
• Having SAP experience is a plus
• You have an analytical mindset with good problem solving skills and decision making mindset
• You are a great teammate with strong interpersonal relations and good communication skills
• Easy and open communication both with internal as well as external partners to interact well at all levels of the organization and to build networks
• You are proficient in English; proficiency in Dutch is also a plus

What we offer
We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?
 

If I lead a team to recycle batteries at the highest possible efficiency, IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO