The IFP R&D Systems & Specification Coordinator will be joining the IFP R&D Compliance team and play an important role in supporting the overall adherence to Quality and Regulatory standards, focusing on the systems and documentation management, raw material and finished product specifications (revisions, obsolescence, health monitoring), R&D Quality Manual (maintenance and updates) and R&D Sustainability Strategy (impact monitoring). The ideal candidate should be able to handle a diverse set of data and processes, manage priorities rendering judgments and make timely decisions in alignment with business objectives, strategies, and tactics in varying environments with different tasks, responsibilities, and people. The incumbent will also have the ability and passion for developing effective partnerships with the multi-functional teams together with strong communication skills to contribute to teams’ effectiveness through compliance to best practices and standard business processes across IFP, enhancing IFP R&D Ways of Working.
System and Documentation Management
• Being the team expert with our Quality, Regulatory and Document Control requirements, databases and systems (EtQ) across IFP
• Partnering with Change Management & Dossier Specialists to enhance IFP R&D Ways of Working and drive teams’ effectiveness through compliance to best practices and standard business processes across IFP teams
Specifications
• Finished Product: supporting the IFP R&D team to ensure all R&D specifications are kept up to date and new materials compliant by giving visibility of expiring specs and EtQ technical support
• Raw Material: working with R&D, Mills, Procurement and Suppliers to gather the right technical documentation & create RM specs, whilst keeping updated our current specifications
• Understanding and implementing the appropriate approach needed for our specifications to meet future KC requirements, e.g. product acceptance, universal template, new SAP based system (PLM)
R&D Quality Manual
• Maintaining and updating a R&D Quality manual/map as we revisit, develop and deploy standards, procedures, and controlled documents within IFP. Supporting and organising training, when relevant, during the deployment of new Quality procedures
• Playing an active role to ensure coordination and alignment with other key functions, such as Technical Quality, Mill Quality, Mill Operations and other mill & support functions, while EMEA works toward meeting the requirements of KC global QMS
R&D Sustainability Strategy
• Tracking the impact of our collective R&D programmes to help achieve KC 2030 Sustainability Goals
• Maintaining our sustainability tracker for Scope 3 emissions and Natural Forest Fibre usage
• Coordinating the update of activities and other inputs within IFP R&D, while linking with Procurement and Planning to keep it updated with the latest demand forecasts
Projects Support
• GPSR compliance: coordinating with Mill Quality team and IFP R&D team members the completion of developed R&D templates and Risk Assessment to meet the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) by end 2024
• Opportunities to be involved in innovation & reno