Product Launch Specialist

Now hiring! Product Launch Specialist

Regina, SK (Hybrid)

We are looking for a Product Launch Specialist to join our Agricultural Solutions team in Regina, SK.

Come create chemistry with us!

BASF’s Agricultural Solutions division connects innovation, customers, partners and agricultural experts and integrates sustainability criteria into all business decisions. We help farmers deliver the best possible outcomes, working to achieve the balance between economic, environmental and social value creation for sustainable and efficient agriculture.

Reporting to the Product Launch Manager, the Product Launch Specialist will ensure new products are provided to the customer in a timely manner, ensuring product stewardship, innovation, and sustainability are integral to the new product development and product changes process and output. This involves initiating change requests, ensuring completeness of actions, leading lessons learned discussions & plans and maintaining project execution records. The Product Launch Specialist will represent the Canadian Operations team in Regional Product Launch Excellence activities.

As a Product Launch Specialist, you create chemistry by...

• Providing interface and coordination with the business as functional team lead for the Product Launch Excellence process – interfacing with R&D, Regulatory, Marketing, Supply Chain, Product Stewardship and Manufacturing sites.
• Completing or participating in pre-ORT activities as defined by Product Launch Manager.
• Ensuring all logo/artwork/ label and carton text are developed according to the provided die lines/specs and planned deadlines. Additionally, ensuring packaging specs for new packages or changes to existing packaging or labeling is created and communicated to the appropriate people.
• Ensuring that all aspects of master data are completed for all articles within the process.
• Following up on launch actions and management of change requests and close projects per launch framework. 
• Ensure that all UN certification is managed and maintained with Transport Canada.
• Completing lessons learned, develop improvement plans and ensure execution. Improve overall launch processes.

If you have...

• A Bachelor’s degree, with 3 - 5 years in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or related business experience.
• Project management skills, since they are critical to the success of this role. 
• Intermediate knowledge MS teams, SAP, Power BI, Project Professional is preferable.
• Analytical, problem solving, communication and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with teams to enable project completion, with competing priorities and uncertainties, in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment. Additionally, promoting independent working, simplification, and value-added activities.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead cross functional discussions driving solutions of complex problems.
• Ability to identify interdependencies of tasks, define proper workflows, priorities, create Gantt charts, keep the pulse, escalate issues, and close the projects. 
• Keen attention to detail and an ability to follow through, these are essential to ensuring that operations meet project deliverables and timeline. 
• An unwavering commitment to health and safety as you seek compliance with regulatory, environmental, safety, and health requirements, and promote a safe working environment for project execution.

Create your own chemistry with you@BASF

Adding value to our customers begins with adding value to you. you@BASF is the suite of benefits, perks, programs and unique opportunities we offer to support you – the whole you – in all stages of your life and career. With you@BASF, you create your own chemistry.

The total rewards that you receive as a BASF employee go way beyond a paycheck. From competitive health and insurance plans to robust retirement benefits that include company-matching contributions, to making sure you never stop learning, we believe investing in you is investing in our success. Working for a large, global organization, you’ll have a chance to grow professionally and personally, expand your network and build a rewarding and dynamic career.  We also provide engaging learning and development opportunities to help you make the most of your talents and your role.

About us

As the world’s leading chemical company, we have been finding solutions for your everyday needs and addressing the most complex economic, environmental, and sustainability challenges for more than 150 years!

We constantly strive to become an even better workplace. As a result of our commitment to our employees, BASF has earned various awards, including being recognized by Mediacorp in 2024 as one of Canada's Top Employers for tenth consecutive year, one of the Greater Toronto Area's Top Employers for the eleventh year in a row, and twice being named one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People and Best Diversity Employers.

We provide a fulfilling work environment with a strong emphasis on the physical and psychological safety of our employees and the communities we operate in. We are always working to form the best team with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion and through lifelong learning and development.  

Belong to Something Bigger. #belongatBASF

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