Regulatory Affairs Manager

Company description

Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. is a company of diverse businesses unified by shared values and vision. We serve the agriculture, mining, industrial and water reclamation markets with a broad range of products and technologies, worldwide. Serving these customers well is a passion and a commitment-one which the people of Tessenderlo Kerley find rewarding, empowering and meaningful.

If you want the work you do to make a positive impact on the world in which we live, working alongside innovative, quality-focused people of vision, then Tessenderlo Kerley is the right place for you.

Job description

Are you driven by a passion for agriculture and crop protection? Do you have a talent for navigating the complexities of regulatory affairs and product registration? If these resonate with you, we invite you to explore an exciting career opportunity with us!

Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., is home to NovaSource, our crop protection division. NovaSource is renowned for delivering a robust portfolio of proven and effective crop protection products to specialized agricultural markets worldwide. Our team is dedicated to registering products and innovating new applications for existing products that offer enduring benefits to growers.

We seek a dynamic Regulatory Affairs Manager to strengthen our registration team.

What You’ll Do:

As our Crop Protection Regulatory Affairs Manager, you’ll play a crucial role in supporting the registration of our current, developing, and newly-acquired pesticide products in the U.S. and other regions, including Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Canada. You’ll interact with internal and external customers, including state/provincial and federal regulatory authorities, to support NovaSource products.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Developing and implementing domestic and global registration strategies
• Preparing and submitting pesticide registration packages to regulatory authorities
• Providing analysis and expertise in pesticide registration matters
• Work with local country representatives to prepare dossiers for global pesticide submissions
• Manage select product safety data generation (e.g. toxicology, ecotoxicology, human or environmental effects and exposure, analytical chemistry, etc.) for pesticide products with the support of internal and external subject-matter experts
• Meetings with regional and global regulatory authorities, and industry trade associations, e.g., CropLife America (CLA), Biological Products Industry Alliance (BPIA).Ability to travel to scientific and trade association conferences and to meetings with regulatory authorities (~10%).
• Monitoring and analyzing developing regulations and regulatory trends

Profile

Who You Are:

• You’re a seasoned professional with at least 5 years of hands-on experience with conventional pesticide products in the agrochemical industry, and you are proficient in your knowledge of EPA FIFRA pesticide registration requirements and strategies. You’ve negotiated with USEPA, PMRA, CDPR or other agencies that regulate pesticides, defending products.
• Your academic background includes a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. inchemistry, ecotoxicology, environmental or health sciences, toxicology, or a similar area that is applicable to pesticide science. Alternatively, you may have equivalent hands-on regulatory affairs experience with conventional pesticides.
• You’re a problem-solver with excellent written and verbal communication skills and adept at analyzing complex challenges regarding pesticide product safety or registration.  . You’re comfortable juggling multiple tasks and can work independently and as a team. 

Offer

Why join Tessenderlo Kerley:

Working at Tessenderlo Kerley

Why Join Us?

• Work/life balance
• Fun and rewarding environment
• Learning, development and teamwork
• Community involvement/outreach
• Challenging and meaningful work

Benefits & Rewards:

• Medical-Dental-Vision-Prescription (Low employee premiums!)
• 401(k) plan with dollar-for-dollar matching up to the first 5% of employee contribution
• 401(k) company retirement contribution at year-end, up to 4% of annual base salary
• Short-term incentive awards based on measured performance criteria
• Life Insurance (2x annual base salary)
• Paid vacation and sick time, and 10 paid holidays per year
• Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $5,000 per calendar year (non-taxable)
• Adoption Assistance: Up to $7,500 in reimbursement assistance
• Paid maternity and parental time off
• Business Travel Life & Accident Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Telemedicine program for you and your dependents
• Long-Term Disability insurance
• Company referral program

Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. is part of Tessenderlo Group (Euronext: TESB), a global industrial group that focuses on agriculture, valorizing bio-residuals, machinery, mechanical engineering, electronics, energy, and industrial solutions for water management. At the heart of the strategy of Tessenderlo Group lies the conviction that “Every Molecule Counts.” In everything we do, we seek to further valorize and add value to our products and processes. For more information about Tessenderlo Group, please visit www.tessenderlo.com.

Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.