Product Safety (Associate Analyst)

Do you want to work with passionate teams, providing excellent business and digital services to the Asia Pacific region?

Do you want an open, supportive, and caring working environment?

Do you view your development needs seriously as we do?

If YES, then take your career to the #NextLevel with BASF !

Objectives of the Position

• Provide trade control, chemical regulations, product stewardship services to BASF group companies, in accordance with established policies, guidelines and procedures.
• Interphase with various stakeholders such as supply chain, customer services and technical experts to enable the implementation of compliance policies and BASF minimum requirements.
• Continuous improvement through Lean Six Sigma and digitalization are our core in driving operation excellence

Main Tasks

• Execute trade control, chemical regulation and product safety related activities for BASF companies to ensure compliance through SAP module
  • Monitor product report and review compliance relevant areas against business processes predefined criteria
  • Evaluate and analyze product regulatory data for system and database maintenance
  • Verify compliance documentation required for related business process including import, export and domestic trade
  • Perform necessarily follow up action to ensure deliverables executed on timely basis
• Contribute to productivity, efficiency and Right First Time to achieve operation excellence
  • Effective communication with stakeholders as required in daily operation and timely escalation to leader on critical topics where relevant
  • Execute discussion independently intrateam and collaborate for achievement
  • Continuous improvement by embracing, e.g. Lean Six Sigma, technology and digitalization skill and tools.
  • Participate in continuous improvement projects by contributing to efficiency study, analysis and implementation phase
• Supports internal and external audit, including Quality Checks for potential improvements and preventive measures.
• Review, update and improve related work documentation such as process description, work guides, etc. to ensure sustainable knowledge retention and standardization within department.
• Continuous self-development through proactive learning and development (70:20:10 approach)

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor degree in scientific area, preferably in Chemistry, or related Science discipline

Working Experience     

• Minimum 2 years in chemical regulation, product regulatory affairs or relevant work experience in Product Safety and Stewardship activities.  

Technical & Professional Knowledge

• Sound knowledge and experience in Chemistry related field.
• Proficiency in MS Office is preferred and experience in SAP application is an advantage.
• Fluent in written and spoken English. Ability in written and spoken Chinese is an advantage.
• Experience in technology or digital related skill or tool is an advantage, e.g. Robotic Process Automation, Power BI, etc.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Details oriented, proactive and able to work independently

BASF Asia-Pacific Service Centre was established in 2005. Located in Kuala Lumpur, the regional service hub has about 1,200 employees and growing. Focused on being a competency and digitalization driven hub, it also provides quality functional and know-how services in the areas of finance, controlling, human resources, real estate and facilities management, communications, environmental, health and safety, procurement, import-export order management, and information services to BASF companies and affiliates in the Asia Pacific region. BASF also has two other regional hubs located in Berlin, Germany, and Montevideo, Uruguay that cover the Europe and Americas regions.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €68.9 billion in 2023. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S. Further information at www.basf.com.