Exciting opportunities await you – as Regulatory Affairs Specialist concerning REACH, you will ensure the REACH compliance of products to secure the right to manufacture in and import chemical substances into the EU and other regions where REACH-like regulation is adopted (UK, Turkey, Ukraine, Eurasia). This includes:

• Organizing and supporting BYK’s Only Representative (OR) services for the EU, UK and Turkey
• Processing substance volume tracking (SVT) in IT systems
• Working closely with R&D in product development to ensure meeting the REACH regulatory requirements
• Coordinating and implementing REACH projects, e.g., the microplastics restriction
• Communicating regulatory compliance information to BYK customers and internal parties
• Answering REACH-related customer questions in Salesforce

With this profile, you convince us – you hold an M.Sc. or higher in natural sciences, e.g., chemistry or toxicology, possess verified experience in the EU REACH regulation, have at least three years' familiarity with SAP and are preferably also versed in Salesforce? We warmly invite you to apply for this position! Your other skills and competencies include:

• Excellent analytical acumen and the ability to handle multiple responsibilities
• Dexterity in providing solutions to complex topics
• Communication and (re)presentation finesse
• Proficiency in English, additional languages advantageous
• Determined self-starter with a hands-on mentality
• Strong sense of confidentiality
• Good team player thriving in a multi-functional, international team

In the ALTANA Group, you will work in a unique culture of innovation where the utmost importance is attached to promoting individual ideas and abilities as well as open, trusting interaction.

BYK offers you a lot of advantages. They include pleasant-sized operations where employees get to know each other personally and exchange ideas, short information and decision-making paths, comprehensive further education and training offers, flexible working hours with flextime and an impressive compensation with good employee benefits and pension plans.

With more than 8,000 employees, the ALTANA Group achieved sales of over 3 billion euros in 2024. BYK, as part of the ALTANA Group, is a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals. Our innovative and sustainable additives improve scratch resistance and surface gloss, the mechanical strength or flow behavior of materials, and properties such as UV and light stability or flame retardancy.

With around 1,000 employees, Wesel has been BYK’s largest location since 1962. We offer jobs and apprenticeships in the areas of production, laboratory, IT, and administration. BYK produces additives for the coatings, printing inks, and plastics industries. Our additives are manufactured and tested in Wesel and transported to the fully automated high-bay warehouse in Emmelsum for shipment. In recent years, the company has invested a triple-digit million amount in the Wesel site – including in our large digital laboratory.

As a first step, please apply briefly and concisely with your CV via our job portal www.altana.jobs. We look forward to meeting you!

BYK-Chemie GmbH | Nicola Krohn | HR | Phone: +49 281 670-26039

ALTANA AG and its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.