Job Opportunity at the Candel Company Limited

The Candel Company Limited is Nigeria’s leading crop yield advancement and production company. As a result of growth and the need to strengthen our current team, we need exceptional individuals with the right qualifications, mentality, drive and experience to join our team of professionals.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Technical and Regulatory Affair Manager

Location: Lagos

Role Summary

• The registration of new products and the maintenance of registration of approved products in order to ensure viability of these products in the marketplace.
• Maintaining good relationship with appropriate authorities to enhance registration of new products and renewal of registration of the approved products.

Main Responsibilities

• To lead, develop and manage regulatory affairs team
• To lead the strategic planning and co-ordination of submission of new product registration applications in a timely manner and follow through the application during the evaluation phase to achieve approval in line with planned registrations
• To ensure (through follow up) that documents for new registration and re-registration are got to ensure submission is achieved by due dates
• Meeting the registration submission and approval dates for products planned for launch each year
• To enhance and facilitate approval of new products and re-registration of already approved products as at when due
• Provide adequate training and guidance to the sales team and regulatory associates
• Support our distributors on product knowledge issue.

Requirements

• A Second Class Upper in Agriculture/Soil Science or a related discipline.
• A Masters Degree in Agronomy or Soil Science/ related professional qualification will be an added advantage
• Good experience in data management systems.
• At least 5 years’ experience
• Attention to detail, commercially aware and ability to work with little or no supervision
• Good organizational skills, ability to execute multi-task priorities efficiently and work productively in a fast paced team-oriented environment
• The candidate must be Sell-motivated, with Strong interpersonal skills, and Ability to work in a team environment

Technical Skill Requirements:

• Knowledge of the Local regulatory environment and how this impacts regulatory strategy and implementation.
• Knowledge of product registration and development practice, rules, regulations and guidelines.
• Communication skills
• Negotiation skills
• Problem Solving
• Understands Agrochemical Industry
• Team working
• Interpersonal acumen
• Organizational agility.

Application Closing Date
7th April, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: hr@candelcorp.com