Global Product Compliance Officer (m/f/d)

HARTING Technology Group; Espelkamp; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Harting Technology Group sucht eine/n Global Product Compliance Officer (m/w/d). Sie entwerfen und implementieren das globale Compliance-Rahmenwerk für Produkte über Netzwerk von Entwicklung, Beschaffung und Produktion, mit Fokus auf Substanzregulationen

Sie überwachen regulatorische Entwicklungen, vertreten das Unternehmen in Gremien wie ZVEI und arbeiten eng mit IT, Beschaffung, F&E und Produktion zusammen, um Compliance vor Markteinführung sicherzustellen.

Qualifications

• Universitätsabschluss in Chemie, Werkstoffwissenschaft, Ingenieurwesen oder vergleichbar.
• Mindestens 5 Jahre relevante Management-Erfahrung in der elektrotechnischen, Bauteilherstellung oder Kabelindustrie (B2B) im Bereich Regulierte Substanzen.
• Tiefes Wissen zu globalen Substanzregulationsvorgaben (REACH/RoHS, US TSCA, CalProp 65).
• Kenntnisse zu wichtigen Datenaustauschplattformen, inklusive BomCheck und IMDS.
• Erfahrung mit IT-Systemen zur Erzeugung produkt­spezifischer Ingredient-Informationen basierend auf Stücklisten (z. B. SAP EHSM).
• Erfahrung in Verbandsarbeit, idealerweise bei ZVEI.
• Gutes Verständnis europäischer Gesetzgebung und aktueller Initiativen.
• Sprachen: fließendes Englisch und Deutsch.

Responsibilities

• Globale Produktkonformitätsrahmen entwerfen, implementieren und verbessern.
• Matrix-orientierte Global Compliance-Organisation über EMEA, Amerika und APAC managen.
• Globale gesetzliche Entwicklungen in EU, USA, China überwachen.
• Regulatorische Änderungen bewerten und Management klare Empfehlungen ableiten.
• Sich in relevanten Branchenverbänden wie ZVEI und Gremien wie DKE vertreten.
• Standardisierte SLA-Workflows für regulatorische Anfragen und BOMCheck-Einträge etablieren.
• Globaler Eskalationspunkt für komplexe Produktkonformitätsanfragen.
• Prozesse in Beschaffung, F&E und Produktion verbessern, Daten vor Markteinführung bereitstellen.
• Teams zu Produkt-- und Stoffrechtsvorgaben schulen.
• IT-Systemverbesserungen für Produktkonformität identifizieren und umsetzen.
• Rohstoffe, Verbindungen, Metalle und Bauteile globale Compliance-Anforderungen definieren.
• Lieferantenqualifizierung und Auditing-Workflows vorantreiben.
• Datenkampagnen entlang der Lieferkette für vollständige Materialangaben.

Skills

Regulatorische Compliance

Substanzregulationen

Globale Rahmenwerke

SLA-gesteuerte Prozesse

Stakeholder-Management

Branchenverbände

Education

Universitätsabschluss in Chemie, Werkstoffwissenschaft, Ingenieurwesen oder vergleichbar

Tools

BomCheck

IMDS

SAP EHSM

Job description

Karrierechancen: Global Product Compliance Officer (m/f/d) (2509)

As the Global Product Compliance Officer you will design, implement and maintain the strategic framework for product compliance across our global network of engineering, procurement and production. Focusing on passive electrotechnical components and cable systems, your primary mission is to ensure regulatory compliance with a strong emphasis on substance regulation. You will protect the company from regulatory risks, maintain exceptional customer satisfaction and actively represent the company’s interests in relevant industry associations.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and continuously improve a global product compliance framework (policies, processes, Standard Operating Procedures, tools) with special attention to substance regulations.
• Manage the matrix-based global product compliance organization, aligned across EMEA, Americas and APAC.
• Continuously monitor global legislative developments in EU, USA, China and other key markets.
• Assess regulatory changes, derive actionable recommendations and communicate findings to management.
• Actively represent the company’s interests in relevant industry associations like ZVEI and standardization committees like DKE with focus on EU related matter.
• Establish standardized, SLA-driven workflows to guarantee effective and efficient response to global customers regarding regulatory requests including entries to external material compliance databases like BOMcheck.
• Act as the global escalation point for complex customer inquiries regarding product compliance or material declarations.
• Push improvement of processes at procurement, R&D and production to embed compliance requirements and to proactively provide data, information and documents prior to mass production and market launch.
• Advising and training the respective internal teams on product- and substance-related legislation and regulations
• Identify, propose and enforce IT system enhancements for product compliance, driving technical solutions and system optimizations in close collaboration with global IT.
• Define strict compliance requirements for raw materials, compounds, metals and components sourced from suppliers world-wide.
• Propose and push supplier qualification and auditing workflows to continuously evaluate and monitor vendor compliance capabilities.
• Drive data collection campaigns through the supply chain to secure full material disclosures (FMD) and conflict mineral reporting.

Qualifications:

• University degree in chemistry, materials science, engineering, business engineering or similar.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in management within the electrotechnical, component manufacturing or cable industry (B2B) in the field of regulated substances.
• Deep knowledge of key global substance-related regulations, e.g. REACh/RoHS, US TSCA, CalProp 65.
• Knowledge of the most important data exchange platforms, including BomCheck and IMDS.
• Experience with at least one IT system for generating product-specific ingredient information based on bill of materials data, e.g., SAP EHSM.
• Experience in association work, ideally at German ZVEI.
• Good knowledge of the European Legislation and Its Current Initiatives.
• Languages: Fluency in both English and German is mandatory to successfully lead internal alignment and influence technical positioning within German and European-led organizations.