A Trade Compliance Manager - Chemicals Trade Control role with a supply chain hub in KL.
Your new company
My client is world's largest chemical manufacturing company with a well-established shared service centre. They are currently expanding the supply chain hub in a global scale and looking for a Trade Compliance Manager in Chemicals Trade Control, to be part of their team in KL.
Your new role
- Finalize and keep updated the Corporate Requirement on Chemicals Trade Control for BASF SE and all BASF Group companies
- Develop and maintain a roadmap for your cluster according to political context, including risk analysis for BASF group
- Actively act as a radar function, scanning for potential new trade restrictions in scope of your cluster*
- Collaborate with other cluster leads/ global topic owners on cross-cluster topics, defining guardrails and prerequisites for compliance
- Main liaison for internal stakeholders on Chemicals Trade Control, e.g. CLC/TC, Regional Trade Compliance teams, National Trade Compliance Officers (NTCOs), Business unit colleagues
- Coordinate Global Topic Owners within your cluster to optimize resources, avoid duplication & maximize output. Support them in writing governance documents and developing compliance concepts
- Design and document a concept for the warehousing of Trade Compliance-regulated goods. Upon concept approval, develop the process and lead the implementation
- International Conventions in scope of your cluster are:
- Rotterdam Convention (Prior Informed Consent)
- Basel Convention
- UN Convention on Drug Precursors
- UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances
- Montreal Protocol - Ozone Depleting Substances
- Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
What you'll need to succeed
- Graduate in natural science (preferred chemistry, chemical engineering) Compliance or Regulatory certifications are an added advantage
- Min 8 years experience, preferably in a Chemicals trading or manufacturing company.
- Experience in the field of Foreign Trade, Compliance, Regulatory, product safety / product stewardship
- Project management
- Analytical and conceptual thinking - able to read and interpret regulation and conceptualize them into requirements, high critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Familiarity with Materials classification & GHS classification
- Familiarity with SAP GTS, (S4Hana) preferred
- Familiarity with BASF business processes would be a plus
- Team player with a cooperative working style; entrepreneurial drive to take ownership until resolution
- Business fluent in written and spoken English (German preferred)
- Capable to translate complex scenarios into digestible content for non-experts
What you need to do now
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