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Hapag-Lloyd AG · 2 days ago

Director Regulatory Affairs & Sustainability Management

Georgia, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

7+ years exp

Hapag-Lloyd AG is seeking a Director of Regulatory Affairs to lead efforts in ensuring regulatory and commercial compliance. This role involves managing relationships with regulatory bodies, overseeing compliance initiatives, and fostering collaboration across the organization.

Logistics & Supply Chain

Responsibilities

Manage and drive Hapag-Lloyd’s North American government affairs efforts and develop and maintain professional relationships in federal, state, and local regulatory agencies

Serve as the point person for Hapag-Lloyd’s CTPAT program and facilitate all necessary reviews, audits, and revalidations

Serve as the point person in communicating with regulatory bodies, including security issues related to cargo and in all dealings with the CBP, FMC, DOJ and other state and local inspectors and officials

Represent the company within trade, government, and security related industry associations and advisory committees

Respond to requests and submit necessary documents to government agencies, ensuring compliance and timeliness

Lead the investigation and analysis of disputes and complaints related to applicable legislation, in particular, OSRA, the U.S. Shipping Act, and FMC regulations

Direct and lead company-wide cross-functional process improvement efforts for all regulatory-related matters

Develop and implement an overall regulatory strategy that forecasts and prevents problems related to non-compliance with any regulation

Ensure that all aspects of the company adhere to the rules and regulations set by regulatory agencies, e.g., CBP, FMC, DOT, CTPAT

Implement or enhance company policy to meet existing or new regulatory requirements as they relate to company services and procedures

Drive strategic analysis and reporting of relevant disputes, complaints, investigations, audits to identify trends, root causes, and solutions to best mitigate risk

Maintain current knowledge of regulations applicable to the company

Monitor regulatory affairs and the effect changes will have on company operations

Manage training and orientation programs to inform the staff on the policies and standards

Drive development and enhancement of internal resources/tools dedicated to regulatory compliance, including compliance training and internal communications

Spearhead creation, coordination and monitoring of training materials including the management of the internal regional intranet page that provides centralized cross-functional guidance

Assist with the development of standards for the company’s operating and production procedures

Provide regulatory guidance and support to project teams including regulatory filing strategies and standards requirements

Prepare US and International regulatory submissions

Coach and develop individual staff members of the department and assume hiring responsibility

Conduct regular performance reviews in line with company’s policy and management requirements

Work closely with other departments on process improvement and communication flow

Qualification

Regulatory complianceStakeholder managementGovernment regulations knowledgeRegulatory strategy developmentProject managementTrainingDevelopmentAnalytical skillsCommunication skills

Required

J.D. preferred or a Bachelor's Degree with 7 to 10 years of experience in regulatory and compliance matters as well as with management of industry stakeholders

Ability to manage and oversee all projects assigned to the Regulatory Affairs Department to ensure timely and effective implementation

Extensive knowledge of applicable government regulations

Ability to maintain excellent working relationships with regulatory agencies, internal project team members, collaborations, and partners

Capability to establish direct interface with international regulatory agencies in order to expedite approval of pending legislation

Ability to inform and educate managers and department heads on regulations and policies that require compliance

Understand and apply abstract concepts and appear to enjoy conceptual problems

Accurately apply learning to situations with the same underlying principles but different cues

Company

Hapag-Lloyd AG

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About Hapag-Lloyd With a fleet of 313 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 2.5 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies.

Founded in 1847

Hamburg, DE

10001+ employees