Conformity Assessment Team Leader

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In this position, you are responsible for coordinating and driving Conformity Assessment (CA) activities across the Home Solutions Europe Division, ensuring the effective management of the European portfolio of offers and alignment with business, product and regulatory requirements.

Your mission is to define, coordinate and execute, in close collaboration with Product Owners and relevant stakeholders, the conformity assessment and certification strategy for the division. This includes internal due diligence, product compliance verification and third-party certification activities, ensuring compliance with applicable statutory requirements, international standards and market-specific regulations.

You provide functional leadership to the CA expert team, coordinating activities across different locations and ensuring alignment on priorities, resources, deliverables and ways of working. As a single point of contact, reporting directly to the Lab & Compliance Assessment Manager, you act as a key link between the European experts, product portfolio stakeholders and global CA organization.

You are responsible for animating the operational organization of the Conformity Assessment engineering team, including portfolio and workload management, budget planning and ownership, resource allocation, project execution and performance monitoring. You also drive expertise exchange, harmonization of practices and continuous improvement, implementing the right governance at division level to monitor the execution of the strategy.

Leveraging digitalization and effective governance, you ensure visibility on the overall offer compliance assessment status, anticipate regulatory and certification challenges, and support efficient decision-making. You act as a key reference point for CA-related topics within the division, contributing to the deployment of the global CA strategy and ensuring that conformity assessment activities effectively support product development, market access and business objectives.

Responsibilities

The job is multifaceted and includes the following responsibilities:

• Provide functional leadership and animation to the European CA expert community, ensuring alignment, collaboration and effective coordination across all locations.
• Drive activities across the EU portfolio of offers, aligning priorities, workload, resources and deliverables.
• Foster expertise exchange, knowledge sharing and harmonization of technical practices across the European network.
• Ensure effective planning, prioritization and execution of CA activities across the European portfolio, balancing business requirements, certification needs and available resources.
• Own budget planning and monitoring, capacity assessment and resource allocation, identifying optimization opportunities.
• Coordinate projects and operational activities, monitoring progress, risks, milestones and performance through appropriate KPIs and digital tools.
• Provide guidance to divisions and Product Owners on conformity assessment strategies for different regions, international markets and product segments.
• Ensure appropriate execution of internal due diligence, product compliance assessments and third-party certification activities, in accordance with applicable statutory requirements and standards.
• Anticipate regulatory and standardization developments, assessing their impact on the product portfolio and supporting market access.
• Contribute to the global CA strategy and establish effective governance, reporting and coordination mechanisms at European and divisional levels.
• Coordinate with Certification Bodies, Standardization team and other internal and external stakeholders, to ensure effective certification processes and regulatory alignment.
• Work closely with Product Owners, R&D, Quality, Operations and GSC, ensuring conformity assessment requirements are integrated throughout the entire product lifecycle.

Competencies

Engineer (M.Sc.) in science, technology, engineering or alternate education with at least 5 years of experience in compliance assessment.

A fundamental knowledge about Business Administration and legal is a clear advantage. Following competencies are expected:

Technical & Professional Skills

• Strong functional leadership and influencing capabilities, with the ability to coordinate and mobilize technical experts across multiple locations.

• Excellent organizational, prioritization and portfolio management skills, balancing business needs, resources and competing activities. Understanding product development, market entry requirements and product compliance verification.

• Proven project management capabilities, including planning, execution follow-up and risk management. Experience in portfolio, project management, budget planning and resource allocation.

• Communication and stakeholder management skills in an international, cross-functional environment.

• Budget ownership and operational management mindset, with a focus on efficiency and continuous improvement.

• Knowledge of product conformity assessment, certification processes and compliance strategies for international markets and product segments.

• Good understanding of statutory instruments, regulatory frameworks and international and regional standards (IEC, EN, VDE, NEK, etc.).

Leadership & Personal attributes.

• Strong ownership, autonomy and results orientation.

• Structured, analytical and proactive approach to problem-solving, collaborative leadership, fostering trust, knowledge sharing and collective accountability.

• Adaptability and resilience in a changing regulatory and business environment.

• Fluent English is mandatory.

Reporting
This position reports to the lab & conformity assessment chapter leader of Home solutions Europe division

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