Compliance Analyst (Banking) jobs in Akron, OH

Company Description

ContiTech, a division of Continental, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of technical elastomer products and is a specialist in plastics technology. ContiTech develops and produces functional parts, components, and systems for machine and plant engineering, mining, the automotive industry, and other important industries. 

ONE ContiTech – The first choice for material driven solutions.​

Are you interested in shaping the future of ContiTech together with a great team?​

Please join us and contribute to our goals with your new role as Product Development Compliance/Regulations - Materials. Your new place to work can be located in any ContiTech North America locations, preferably Fairlawn, OH location.

Job Description

The Compliance/Technical Regulations Analyst - Materials (TRA) is responsible to develop and implement communication strategies including training programs to share product compliance information with engineering, supply chain management, and other Corporate support groups, as well as customers and suppliers. 
The TRA is responsible to inform affected stakeholder and helps to assess the impact on their operations.

▪ Develop and implementation of programs to ensure product compliance with existing and developing global restricted substance regulations including European Union ROHS, European Union REACH, European Union WEEE, US Conflict Minerals, California Prop 65, and chemical management systems such as US TSCA and respond to customer requests.

▪ Participate in external authorities and association meetings to identify, understand, contribute to, and predict future relevant Legal Technical Regulations (LTRs) and applicable National and/ or International Standards
▪ Advocate for the Continental Position in the respective authorities and association meetings
▪ Inform affected stakeholder and enable them to assess the impact on their operations

▪ Align the official Continental Position by moderating the discussion between the contributing Experts and Stakeholder
▪ Initiate IMDS and labeling of products

▪ Develop Common Interpretation together with relevant technical Experts
▪ Optionally request support for clarification (e.g. legal implications between various regions) by a Continental Legal Counsel and/ or further Technical Regulations Experts on technical issues
▪ Provide Common Interpretation in Central Database

▪ Support the Technical Regulations Manager TRM(M) to scan defined technical compliance relevant data sources and identify new and upcoming publications with relevance for Continental
▪ Support the TRM(M) to identify relevant LTRs and applicable National and International Standards for Continental

▪ Support the TRM(M) to make the national language edition available in addition to an English version in the Central Database

▪ Support other TRA's to evaluate the relevance of LTR/ Standard for Group Sector/ BA product portfolio in alignment with Continental Legal Council (Global Law Department), affected Segments/ Markets/ Products and/ or Projects (optionally incl. a specific interpretation)

Qualifications

Education / Certification 

Academic Degree Engineering or adaquate experience in Chemistry

Professional Experience

▪ > 5 years working experience in the area of Expertise contributing to Material
▪ Acknowledged Expertise in the analysis and creation of LTRs/ Standards dealing with Product Safety/ Product Conformity/Product Environmental Compliance or related field

Project and/or Process Experience

Varity of Product, Project and Process experience is appreciated

Leadership Experience

Communication with Impact towards decision makers, Authorities, Associations, Customers, Supplier

Intercultural / International Experience

▪ Ability to communicate and collaborate on international stages representing Continental
▪ Advanced Business English, good and global legal understanding

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

EEO-Statement:

EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to [email protected] or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application, if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a call back.

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