Pushing the Edge

VANTIVA, headquartered in Paris, France and formerly known as Technicolor, is a global technology leader in designing, developing and supplying innovative products and solutions that connect consumers around the world to the content and services they love – whether at home, at work or in other smart spaces.

VANTIVA has also earned a solid reputation for optimizing supply chain performance by leveraging its decades-long expertise in high-precision manufacturing, logistics, fulfillment and distribution.

With operations throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific and EMEA, VANTIVA is recognized as a strategic partner by leading firms across various vertical industries, including network service providers, software companies and video game creators for over 25 years. Our relationships with the film and entertainment industry goes back over 100 years by providing end-to-end solutions for our clients.

VANTIVA is committed to the highest standards of corporate social responsibility and sustainability across all aspects of their operations. For more information, please visit www.vantiva.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Within Vantiva Broadband & Video, located in Rennes R&D site, and as part of the Operations Global Sourcing team, under the Systems, Processes and Strategy department, the candidate will be responsible for supply chain sustainability data, management, and reporting in support of Product and Component Part Regulatory Compliance.

 Responsibilities:

1. Maintain knowledge of European Environmental and Human Rights Regulations and Decrees that may impact the supply chain of our products ;
2. Collaborate with Vantiva’s R&D Product Compliance team on other new customer requirements for products which impact the supply chain ;
3. Use company tools and 3rd party compliance platforms to manage supplier part Declarations of Compliance (DoCs) and related data: review documents for accuracy, update our part and supplier database, ensure all parts are compliant, and create reports ;
4. Resolve supplier issues such as incomplete, outdated or missing Declarations, inaccurate reporting of substances, use of banned or restricted substances, etc ;
5. Manage EU Waste Framework Directive actions to ensure that Vantiva’s European Products are registered in the SCIP Database, in collaboration with Vantiva’s supply chain compliance management partner, ASSENT ;
6. Collaborate with internal sourcing managers for supplier management and issue escalations ;
7. Provide Ad hoc support of Product Teams, New Product Development groups, Customers, Legal, and others as required, for supply chain compliance data and reports ;
8. Support the Supply Chain Sustainability’s Team KPIs and objectives, to ensure that Vantiva products and BOM parts meet all compliance requirements.

To do so, you will be asked to use your knowledge of :

1. Regulatory agency requirements on banned and restricted substances such as EU Directives on RoHS, REACH, CRM (Critical Raw Materials) and POPs, and Flame Retardants found in plastics and PCBs ;
2. Managing project activities independently and collaborating with a variety of internal and external teams (which include suppliers, manufacturing partners, and compliance partner (ASSENT) team members).

Candidate Profile:

• Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science, or similar ;
• Previous relevant experience (+5 years) with environmental / sustainability compliance regulations and reporting for electronic products, data management, and reporting ;
• Relevant previous experience in Project Management skills and ability to work independently ;
• Knowledge of tools such as PLM (Agile), Power BI, Sharepoint, Excel, and Microsoft TEAM is desired.  Familiarity with any third party Regulatory Compliance Data Management tool is a plus ;
• Good communications skills, ability to collaborate with global internal and external cross-functional teams, as well as global supplier network ;
• Fluent English (verbal and written) is required ;
• Knowledge of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) topics such as Conflict Minerals, Human Rights, Forced Labor Prevention and Due Diligence is a plus ;
• Travel may be required during this mission.