As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs. Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• To plan, achieve, maintain and defend approvals/registrations for a portfolio of Syngenta products to meet marketing objectives and compliance with the regulatory requirements in Hungary
• To prepare/submit approval applications for the assigned products to the appropriate country authority in accordance with country regulatory requirements and agreed timescales.
• To liaise effectively with regulatory authorities and Syngenta regulatory and Product Safety functions to ensure that approval applications are progressed.
• To co-ordinate the strategic input to marketing and sales teams and to manage the regulatory projects for her product portfolio.
• To manage and deal with key issues as and when they arise.
• To maintain a current awareness of regulatory matters and ensure current requirements are followed in approval applications.
• To analyze trends in Regulatory Affairs matters and recommend improvements/changes in the procedures to regulatory teams and line management
• To maintain master records in Syngenta’s databases of all approved products ensuring that they reflect the terms and conditions of approval issued by the regulatory authority.
• To ensure all data is stored in an orderly and easily retrievable manner.

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & CAPABILITIES:

• Regulatory experience (minimum 2 year) in Country teams
• Good understanding of the CP Business
• Scientific degree (MSc) in agriculture, biology, toxicology, chemistry or environmental safety.
• Minimum 2 years’ practical experience in registration of CP products
• Excellent knowledge of national regulatory process, methodology and CP legislation
• Knowledge in product safety or chemistry discipline such as toxicology, ecotoxicology or environmental fate etc.
• To be able to review and concisely summarize scientific data
• To review summaries prepared by other regulatory managers when necessary and requested
• To have good verbal, negotiation, influencing, analytical and written communication skills.
• Good office tool & database user knowledge
• Attention to detail
• Fluent in English and good communication in HUN language

Please note that the position will be a 2 years fixed-term opportunity. 

We offer:

• Annual bonuses
• A competitive pension fund plan
• Learning opportunities, career development
• A position that contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.