Purpose of Position

Successful registrations and regulatory approvals are critical to the company’s financial success. Managing the interface between numerous regulatory agencies and the company to meet timelines and regulatory requirements is a key position in the company requiring special skills and expertise. This position is designed to provide leadership, direction, and knowledge about the registration of the company’s products on a global basis. The Global Regulatory Manager is accountable for developing a proactive regulatory strategy for new and existing product offerings in approximately 45 countries.

• Develop regulatory strategies to most efficiently generate data packages for product chemistry, toxicology, environmental and product performance data necessary to receive approvals in a timely manner to meet sales objectives
• Develop templates for major submissions and schedule core registration packages
• Dossier / registration document preparation for all authorities
• Maintain global registration / renewal licenses worldwide
• Develop product labels and language to assure compliance; obtain approvals for these labels
• Evaluate, implement, and maintain electronic documentation and archiving systems
• Define environmental and safety claims for labels within allowed regulatory parameters
• Analysis, preparation, and execution of all compliance documents for new products
• MSDS development for all products
• Responsible to insure trademarks are registered
• Negotiate and supervise studies conducted by consultants, contract research laboratories, university research personnel, and independent researchers to develop data necessary to achieve approvals by government agencies
• Interact with WHOPES and other global authorities
• Interface with authorities through direct meetings and communications
• Prepare and manage annual budget for all regulatory activities
• Provide support to Manufacturing, Innovation Center, and Product Development groups for preparation of Standard Operating Procedures for compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices and Good Laboratory Practices
• Know, interpret, and influence global regulatory guidelines
• Communicate the impact of technical and regulatory issues on existing and potential market opportunities
• Analyze complex regulatory options and make appropriate recommendations for action
• Work closely with Marketing and Development personnel to support projects to expand use of current products and regulations

Supervisory Responsibilities
The position may have functional responsibility for 1-3 regional Registration Specialists who report operationally to Regional Directors.

Reporting to
Global Business Manager based in New Delhi

Experience Requirements

• M.S. science degree with minimum 7 years regulatory experience
• Strong knowledge of registration requirements of Africa and Asia
• Proven track record in obtaining and maintaining pesticide registrations
• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize workload
• Ability to manage complex regulatory issues
• Skilled in data management and record keeping techniques
• Experienced preparing and managing budgets
• Talented with use of software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Notes, and Adobe
• Supervisory experience, structured work to achieve business goals
• Willingness to travel internationally app. 30%
• Active member of associations relevant to position

Essential Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work closely with people in wide variety of disciplines, additional language skills advantageous
• Capable of representing the interests of the Company effectively to a range of regulatory agencies, WHO, and government officials
• Capable of accurate and quick decision-making
• Skilled in public presentations
• Clear internal communication, especially regulatory requirements
• Able to generate innovative technical approaches to address regulatory requirements
• Self-starter, possess toughness and drive to overcome obstacles
• Exhibits patience and diplomacy with a high degree of integrity and discretion

email your Curriculum Vitae and cover letter in English tojobs@vestergaard-frandsen.com. 

If you have questions please contact Corporate Human Resource Manager Kristine Baastrup +41798242022.

As our new Portfolio Manager you will be part of the Business Unit where the Vestergaard Frandsen products are transferred from the Innovation Center/Production and brought to the market.

• Ensuring the relevant data is generated for efficacy & safety of the product for its timely launch in unregulated markets.(Create evidence)
• Get publications on product trials wherever possible
• Liase with Product registration to generate additional data for product registration in country with the regulations.
• Define product claims
• Liase with Marketing Department to develop internal training material & external sales material for the product launch.

Existing products

• Ensure availability of updated data package
• Refine/update existing product claims

Concepts

• Make & prove new concepts for the products which would:
• Increase sales opportunities
• Increase entry barriers for competitors
• Enhance achieving donor objectives
• Achieve strategic objectives of the company ( Retail, Public sector integration etc)

Competition evaluation

• Keep up to date with competitors on their product’s technical capabilities

Product development and production

• Liase with Innovation centre on timely development of products and if possible align with IC that data generated while developing the product can be used for sales
• Challenge the production on costs of goods wherever applicable

Sales support

• Imparting knowledge to sales team on products, markets and concepts
• Facilitate creation and understanding of entry barriers for sales team
• Reference point for technical knowledge on products
• Review and highlight data from technical papers
• Lobbying for new concepts with donors & key stakeholders
• Meet key clients with sales whenever needed
• Presentations

Product approvals

• Maintain liaison and ensure product approvals from relevant authorities like WHOPES, EPA etc.

Budgets

• Help sales with their budget assumptions & forecasting
• Create and manage own portfolio budget

Communications and marketing

• Liase with sales on conferences and seminars in the region
• Support for corporate & management communication

Product Strategy

• Align product strategy to fit corporate objectives
• Feed into corporate objectives

Personality profile

• A University graduate in business, with commercial experience and preferable experience from the Public Health area
• Excellent understanding of market mechanisms and flair for assessing and understanding customers needs
• Able to learn quickly the technical solutions and to discuss technical issues within the company’s business area
• Enthusiastic with high-energy and passionate to make a difference
• A confident self-starter with initiative
• Able to think out-of-the-box in the idea phase, pragmatic work style in the implementation phase
• Innovative and creativity in generating ideas for quick response
• Strategic thinker, visionary and good at conceptualizing able to sell ideas internally in the company
• Stimulating communicator, emphatic and use to work with different people and cultures
• Flexible, can adapt to the changing needs of the company and thrive in an often hectic environment characterized by interesting, urgent and often unpredictable tasks
• A loyal team player and effective team builder
• At ease in a young, casual environment. You have a good sense of humour
• Willingness to travel world wide

The Trial Manager will be based in HQ in Switzerland and report to the Global Business Manager in India.

Please send your cover letter and Curriculum Vitae (in English) to jobs@vestergaard-frandsen.com. 

If you have questions please contact HR Manager Kristine Baastrup (+41 79 82 42 022).

The Project Coordinator will be part of the Innovation Center where the developing of new products in the Vestergaard Frandsen products portfolio takes place.

• Scientific support for the Vestergaard Frandsen entomological laboratory in Vietnam
• Strengthening Vestergaard Frandsens entomological testing capacity
• Publication of results through collaboration partners and in-house authored articles
• Writing and review of protocols for field testing of vector control and water products for:
• Product evaluation at a country level
• Registration purposes
• Organising external laboratory and field testing of products
• Establishing collaborative projects using VF products with companies/ NGOs
• Worldwide VF representation at conferences and meetings and external presentations of new products
• Building and strengthening external scientific network
• Development of a monitoring and evaluation programme for a new product
• Proof reading communication material, brochures and website content
• Creation and maintenance of a scientific publication (and concept) database

Personality profile

• A PhD in Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases or Entomology or alternatively a Master’s degree with more than three years relevant field experience
• Enthusiastic with high-energy and passionate to make a difference
• A confident self-starter with initiative and drive
• Goal oriented, with a high level of analytical skill characterized by an attention to detail and accuracy
• Able to think out-of-the-box in the idea phase, pragmatic work style in the implementation phase
• Good at creating and maintaining relationships and use to work with different people and cultures
• Flexible, can adapt to the changing needs of the company and thrive in an often hectic environment characterized by interesting, urgent and often unpredictable tasks
• A loyal team player and effective team builder
• At ease in a young, casual environment. You have a good sense of humour
• Willingness to travel world wide

Please send your cover letter and Curriculum Vitae (in English) to jobs@vestergaard-frandsen.com. 

If you have questions please contact HR Manager Kristine Baastrup (+41 79 82 42 022).

The Trial Manager will be part of the Business Unit where the Vestergaard Frandsen products are transferred from the Innovation Center/Production and brought to the market.

1. Initiating and follow-up of field studies for VF products.
• Establishing protocols Ensuring the products are available on time for the trials
• Obtaining progress reports from researchers in the field
• Delivery of progress reports to the Innovation Center and Business Unit
• Reporting, distribution, publication of results
2. Analysis of scientific articles and other public information
• Collation of articles and other public information relevant to core business
• Discussion with relevant in-house experts or external people for review and summary Compilation and distribution of information within the organization
3. Managing the starting up of the monitoring and evaluation programme for a new vector control product
• Initiation of pilot studies
• Organizing contracts with collaboration partners
• Field site selection with collaboration partners
• Organizing contacts with agencies for consumer studies and collection/ replacement of nets and dispatch of nets to VF laboratory
• Setting up insecticide resistance monitoring
• Establishing contact with local scientists
• Review of protocol
• Maintaining M&E programme database
• Reviewing and reporting data collected
4. Responsible for annual budget preparation and management for all field trial work

Personality profile

• A Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases or Entomology or alternatively a Master in Chemistry with more than three years relevant experience
• Enthusiastic with high-energy and passionate to make a difference
• A confident self-starter with initiative and drive
• Goal oriented, with a high level of analytical skill characterized by an attention to detail and accuracy
• Able to think out-of-the-box in the idea phase, pragmatic work style in the implementation phase
• Good at creating and maintaining relationships and use to work with different people and cultures
• Flexible, can adapt to the changing needs of the company and thrive in an often hectic environment characterized by interesting, urgent and often unpredictable tasks
• A loyal team player and effective team builder
• At ease in a young, casual environment. You have a good sense of humour
• Willingness to travel world wide approximately 120 days a year

The Trial Manager will be based in HQ in Switzerland and report to the Global Business Manager in India.

Please send your cover letter and Curriculum Vitae (in English) to jobs@vestergaard-frandsen.com. 

If you have questions please contact HR Manager Kristine Baastrup (+41 79 82 42 022).

Personal profile
As our new Process Manager you will be:

• Have a plastic/polymer background at Master’s Level (e.g. Process Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production/Mechanical Engineering)
• Proficient in several languages: Dutch/English written and verbal skills including negotiation tactics are mandatory
• Ambitious and enthusiastic, high-energy and passionate to make a difference
• A confident self-starter with initiative and decisiveness
• Able to think out-of-the-box in the idea phase, pragmatic work style in the implementation phase
• Goal oriented, with a high level of analytical skill characterized by an attention to detail and accuracy
• Having a European mindset being talented in navigating complex multicultural environments on all continents of the world and especially in Asia
• Flexible, can adapt to the changing needs of the company and thrive in an often hectic environment characterized by interesting, urgent and often unpredictable tasks
• A loyal team player and effective team builder
• At ease in a young, casual environment. You have a good sense of humor
• Prepared to travel 50% of the time and mostly in Europe and Asia
• Located in Belgium and open minded to move to Asia in the future

• Processing of 2-Component resins as Epoxy and Polyurethane.
• Filtration membrane production

Responsibilities
The main responsibilities for our new Process Manager will be:

• Technology transfer of a industrial polymer processes from Europe to Asia
• Setup and enhance the process of polymer/plastic products and scaling up
• Educate local staff in Asia and Europe
• Setup Manufacturing- and Quality-Standards to ensure production efficiency and reproduceability
• Controlling and optimizing production processes in the plants located in Asia and Europe

Please send your cover letter and Curriculum Vitae (in English) to jobs@vestergaard-frandsen.com. 

If you have questions please contact HR Manager Kristine Baastrup (+41 79 82 42 022).

POSITION DESCRIPTION
Regional Registration Specialist

Purpose of Position
Successful registrations and regulatory approvals are critical to the company’s financial success. This position will manage the interface between regulatory agencies at the country level and the Company in order to meet timelines and regulatory requirements. This position will provide direction and knowledge about the registration of the company’s products on a regional basis. The Regional Registration Specialist is accountable for contributing to a proactive regulatory strategy for new and existing product offerings for countries in the defined region.

• Define requirements to efficiently generate data packages for product chemistry, toxicology, environmental and product performance data necessary to receive approvals in a timely manner to meet sales objectives
• Dossier / registration document preparation for all authorities
• Maintain registration / renewal licenses by Company, distributors, or agents in target countries
• Develop product and packaging labels and language to assure compliance; obtain approvals for these labels
• MSDS translations to local languages for all products
• Responsible to insure trademarks are registered in specified countries
• Interface with authorities through direct meetings and communications
• Contribute to annual budget for regional regulatory activities
• Know, interpret, and influence regulatory guidelines within region
• Maintain knowledge of permits and licenses necessary for import and export of products from countries in region
• Communicate the impact of technical and regulatory issues on existing and potential market opportunities
• Outline complex regulatory options and make appropriate recommendations for action
• Work closely with Regional Sales Directors and Global Regulatory Manager to support projects to expand uses of current products

Experience Requirements

• B.S. science degree with 3-5 years regulatory experience
• Knowledge of registration requirements of target region
• Proven track record in obtaining and maintaining pesticide registrations
• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize workload
• Skilled in data management and record keeping techniques
• Talented with use of software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Notes, and Adobe

Essential Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work closely with people in wide variety of disciplines, additional language skills advantageous
• Capable of representing the interests of the Company effectively to a range of regulatory agencies and government officials
• Capable of accurate and complete preparation of registration dossiers
• Skilled in public presentations
• Clear internal communication, especially regulatory requirements
• Self-starter, systematic and thorough
• Exhibits patience and diplomacy with a high degree of integrity and discretion

If you have questions please contact HR Manager Kristine Baastrup (+41 79 82 42 022).

Vestergaard Frandsen is a rapidly growing company specialized in complex emergency response and disease control textiles, with a focus on Malaria, waterborne diseases and neglected diseases.

Malaria and diarrheal diseases are amongst the most important global public health concerns. Fulfilling its commitment to help save lives of millions of people burdened by these preventable diseases, Vestergaard Frandsen provides preventive solutions in the form of PermaNet® long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets and curtains, ZeroFly® insecticide-incorporated plastic sheeting and LifeStraw® personal and family water purification tools.

With headquarters in Switzerland and offices in USA, Denmark, India, Ghana, Nigeria, Vietnam, Kenya and UAE, and laboratories and licensed production in India, Vietnam, Thailand and Bangladesh, Vestergaard Frandsen is able to provide a rapid response to complex emergencies and disease outbreaks.

Over the years, we have been associated with most non-governmental organizations and UN agencies, as well as ministries of health in countries worldwide.

VESTERGAARD FRANDSEN (EA) LIMITED is seeking to recruit a results driven, self motivated individual to fill the position of Public Health Development Manager, Customer Support.

Job Summary
The incumbent will support all VFG product portfolio for the specific geographical area covered.

• Mapping and linking business opportunities to grow the company’s products and services in the region within the public health sector (joint health impact).
• Responsible for developing a database mapping the diseases in the country and the programs on the ground and to keep an up to date list of donors, implementing agencies (NGO’s, MOH,UN) and their activities.
• Analyzing and presenting filtered data with appropriate conclusions so as to enable correct decision making.
• Prepare complete business proposals on the basis of concepts being made by VFG’s corporate units (with strategic and financial analysis) that will frame strategic rationale for VFG’s decisions in the Region.
• VFG product specialist providing technical support and advice to the team and our clients and partners.
• Working with the marketing team to create, evaluate and execute possible business opportunities in the Region and to support the team with budgets and targets.
• Creating the necessary alliances and other avenues for growth by interacting at all levels of industry, Governmental agencies, Contractors, Consultants and Donors.
• Prepare public health concept notes and proposals for presentation to donors & clients.
• Technical consultancy for public health proposal writing for clients.

Key Performance Areas (Targets)

• Successful if VFEA budget goals targeted for the product group and geographical area is met.
• Creation of network and completion of mapping goals for new health sectors.
• Timely complementation/implementation of strategic concepts into proposals.
• Successfully registering products and required tests within projected time frames
• Timely implementation of launch plans – internal and external.
• Product knowledge expert and knowledge transfer to the team.
• Write and assist in successful proposal writing to donors and clients.

Education and Experience

• University Degree in public health.
• A minimum of 5 years within the public health sector.
• Market experience is an advantage.
• Proposal writing.
• French is an added advantage.

Other Competencies (Skills)

• Communication and presentation skills.
• Networking skills.
• An outgoing, innovative and analytical mind.

Please send your cover letter and Curriculum Vitae (in English) to jobs@vestergaard-frandsen.com. 

If you have questions please contact HR Manager Beatrice Omolo (+254 733 72 8962).