EPR Compliance Specialist – Asia Pacific

Department: Legal & Compliance

Employment Type: Festanstellung - Vollzeit

Location: Singapore

Reporting To: Robert Kee

Description

Navigating the complexities of waste management while ensuring compliance with diverse state laws can be challenging. At RLG, we’ve made it our mission to simplify this process for you. As environmental compliance safeguard and circular economy enabler, we connect stakeholders across the reverse logistics value chain.

We aim to streamline processes, foster innovation, and enhance revenue opportunities. Join us in making the circular economy a reality for a better planet, securing a sustainable future for generations to come.

RLG is part of Reconomy, an international circular economy specialist that combines technology, skills and incredible people to build sustainability ‘Loops’ that create circular opportunities for business. Our vision is a waste-free world where resources are conserved, and economic growth is achieved through sustainable circular means.

As part of our environmental compliance management solutions we support our international customers in fulfilling their Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations worldwide. Focus areas are: waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), batteries, packaging, and textiles.

In this context we are looking for a (Junior) Environmental Compliance Specialist to implement EPR compliance activities in the Asia Pacific region

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for ensuring the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance for some of our largest customers in the Asia Pacific region. You are the direct contact person for our customers for EPR questions related to Asia Pacific.
In order to keep our regulatory know-how on EPR up to date you carry out monitoring of EPR laws across Asia Pacific (with a focus on, but not limited to, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia).
You maintain contact with regional legislative bodies and authorities as well as compliance schemes that are relevant for the implementation of the legal requirements mentioned.
You analyze the EPR obligations of customers in Asia, develop optimal implementation scenarios to ensure EPR compliance and implement them together with our team of experts.
After an initial training period you will be handling our customers’ product and sales data to create EPR compliance reports and submit them to compliance schemes and national authorities.
Together with the team you will further develop our service portfolio to strengthen RLG’s position as global one-stop-shop for EPR compliance.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

At least a Bachelor's degree, ideally in a field related to environmental policy, circular economy, sustainability, or waste management
You are able to deal with legal, data and financial issues, and ideally you already have experience in the area of EPR obligations for WEEE, batteries and packaging in Asia Pacific
Experience in or willingness to working with large data sets; comfortable working with MS Excel and IT tools for data analysis
Customer-focused mindset and willingness to go the extra mile to ensure customer satisfaction
Ideally experience in working with large corporate customers
Results driven with aptitude for analytical and lateral thinking
Enjoys change and likes overcoming challenges
Passion for sustainability and greener future
Fluent written and verbal communication in English; ideally additional language skills in Korean, Japanese, Mandarin or Cantonese

Job Benefits

Opportunity to join global leader in one of the world’s most exciting markets
Work for Fortune 500 companies and public sector organizations
Designing and implementing EPR / circular economy solutions
Exciting challenges – there’s lots to be done, and plenty of scope for own initiative, engagement and impact
Join a young, dynamic and international team with colleagues in Singapore, Europe and North America

Key Responsibilities

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Job Benefits

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