Senior Product Regulatory Compliance Specialist/Consultant

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Job Description:

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Role Definition:

Manage product regulatory compliance risks (non-emission) and ensure compliance for all Caterpillar and allied products / business and enable market access in India region*.

(*) India region: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh

Responsibilities

• Actively engage / proactively work with pertinent Standards Development Organizations (SDO) such as Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS), Indian Road Congress(IRC), Regulators, and Trade Associations (TA) to drive advocacy / draft requirements for Construction Earthmoving , Material Handling and Mining (CEMM) Industry.
• Identify / Stay abreast on current and upcoming India region product regulatory requirements.
• Assess implications of upcoming regulations on Caterpillar products, solutions, and services.
• Collaborate with Government affairs team, TA’s and Ministry to mitigate potential compliance challenges
• Work with all related teams to ensure that all Caterpillar products, solutions, and services are compliant after effective date.
• Be part of NPI teams to proactively guide / ensure all products placed in India region market meets regulatory requirements
• Develop guidance documents to guide all internal teams on regulatory requirements.
• Periodically update all stakeholders on regulatory developments.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities for processes and tools used to manage product regulatory compliance risks.

Degree Requirement

B.E/ B.Tech from an accredited institution is mandatory with 12+ years of relevant experience in Engineering, Marketing or other areas in the organization is preferred.

Skill & Competency Descriptors

Technical knowledge : Deep Product and process knowledge:

Level : Extensive experience

• Working knowledge of CAT Products, Product application / usage, services & solutions provided in India region
• Good working experience of CAT processes (NPI, Trade, Certification)
• Strong communication skills – Verbal and written
• Experience of working with several product groups a plus

Collaborating skills: Ability to work with all stakeholders in a constructive and collaborative manner.
Level : Working Knowledge:

• Demonstrates experience participating in productive collaborative processes.
• Initiates collaborative meetings with all pertinent stakeholders.
• Communicates plan / actions to manage compliance risks
• Supports to promote collaboration across functions, businesses, and levels.
• Helps solve business problems and meet business goals through collaborative processes.

Risk Management: Knowledge of processes, tools and techniques for assessing and controlling an organization's exposure to risks of various kinds;

 Ability to apply knowledge of risk management appropriately to diverse situations.

Level : Working Knowledge

• Proactively identifies compliance risks (non-emissions) for all Caterpillar businesses in India
• Leverages risk assessment models and techniques to assess compliance risks.
• Leverages Produces and interprets common risk assessment and management reports.
• Implements or manages risk management for own area.
• Documents the key steps of risk management and associated procedures.

Product Development : Knowledge of product development process and leverages knowledge to ensure compliance aspects are embedded as part of product development.
Level : Working Knowledge

• Reviews and assesses proposed solutions to mitigate compliance risks.
• Creates, disseminates, and maintains best practice documentation.
• Monitors the use and feasibility of best practices within a product development department on compliance matters
• Highlight any issues related to major resources and logistics for applying best practices.

Willing to travel : Approx. 30%

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