Product Safety and Regulatory Manager

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

• Drive Product Safety & Regulatory services and compliance strategies for the Asia Pacific region through close collaboration with peers.
• Act as a key regulatory expert interfacing with stakeholders, including technical experts across countries and regions, to enable the effective implementation of compliance policies.
• Lead regulatory improvement projects at regional level, in alignment with global frameworks, and ensure effective and sustainable change management.

Main Tasks

• Lead regulatory improvement projects across regions, including fit-gap analysis and implementation.
• Ensure effective implementation of Product Safety measures for BASF entities across Asia Pacific.
• Collaborate closely with Global and Regional Product Safety teams to enable sound solution implementation in Product Safety systems and applications.
• Partner closely with divisional operations leads to ensure sustainable change management and execution.
• Generate effective monthly project documentation and maintain related records for monitoring and management reporting.
• Actively participate in Product Safety knowledge exchange platforms to support best practice sharing via online and on-site channels.
• Prepare high-quality Microsoft PowerPoint presentations for stakeholder communication and reporting.

Requirements

Education

• University degree, Master/ PhD degree in scientific area, preferably in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related discipline

Working Experience

• At least 10 years in chemical regulation, product regulatory affairs or relevant work experience in Product Safety and Stewardship activities

Technical & Professional Knowledge

• Strong professional expertise in Product Safety, Chemical Safety, and Hazard Communication, including GHS hazard classification, global GHS implementation, SDS authoring and technical review, chemical hazard and risk assessment, toxicological and ecotoxicological data interpretation, and dangerous goods classification.
• Proven experience in regulatory compliance across international chemical control frameworks, including EU REACH and REACH‑like regulations, regulatory dossier management, regulatory horizon scanning, impact assessment, and application‑specific compliance requirements.
• Solid digital and data‑driven capabilities in Product Compliance, including hands‑on experience with SAP EH&S Product Compliance, SDS generation, regulatory content management, and chemical regulatory database management.
• Digitalisation‑related competencies and experience with system‑enabled process improvement are considered an advantage.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint for professional presentation development and management reporting.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across cultures and functions.
• Detail‑oriented, proactive, and able to work independently in a structured and dynamic environment.

BASF Asia-Pacific Service Centre was established in 2005. Located in Kuala Lumpur, the regional service hub has approximately 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.