About This Role
This role involves managing regulatory affairs for a rapidly growing retail company, ensuring compliance with product safety and sustainability requirements across Europe. The specialist will handle communication with authorities, translate regulatory documents, and support internal departments on compliance matters.
Responsibilities
- Monitor, prioritize, and process inquiries from authorities
- Ensure timely and professional communication with authorities
- Translate regulatory documents and inquiries into English
- Maintain and track all relevant processes in the compliance system
- Collaborate with internal departments, test laboratories, suppliers, and international locations
- Coordinate product analyses, as well as the dispatch and administration of product samples
- Provide and manage relevant conformity evidence such as declarations of conformity and test certificates
- Support with technical and regulatory questions
- Support during official audits and inspections
- Review technical documentation for completeness and regulatory requirements
- Obtain and coordinate external compliance services
- Monitor regulatory developments at European and national levels
- Ensure compliance with applicable product safety and sustainability requirements
- Participate in international compliance and regulatory projects
- Develop and conduct training for departments and international teams
- Support with complaints, product recalls, and corrective measures
- Contribute to the continuous optimization of internal processes and standards
- Create compliance evaluations, reports, and management overviews
- Document regulatory cases and monitor relevant deadlines
- Manage contracts, service providers, and invoices
- Organize meetings and administrative processes within the team
Requirements
- Completed university degree (Bachelor) or comparable technical or legal education
- At least three years of professional experience in regulatory affairs, product safety, quality management, or compliance
- Fluent English and very good German language skills; other European languages are an advantage
- Very good MS Office skills, especially Excel
- Structured, precise, and solution-oriented way of working
- Strong communication skills and enjoyment of collaborating with diverse stakeholders
- Experience in international and interdisciplinary work environments
- High quality awareness and an independent, responsible way of working
- High willingness to learn, flexibility, and interest in regulatory developments
