Merck KGaA Posted July 29, 2026

Product Compliance Manager_Electronics

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan FULL_TIME
Regulatory Affairs

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About this opportunity

-Lead  Product Compliance and Trade Compliance functions for chemical substances, ensuring global and local compliance in Japan.

-Manage Japan Product Compliance team responsible for regulatory strategy, registrations/notifications, labeling and SDS updates, product classification, and audit readiness.

-Collaborate cross-functionally with Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Product Development, Commercial teams and overseas product compliance teams to drive compliant and sustainable product lifecycle management.

-Report to Head of Product Compliance Japan.

Ensure a compliance by playing a role of chemical registration, regulatory judgement and a consultation to internal/external stakeholders.

-SDS authoring, Label creation for commercial product and sample by SAP/EHS.

-Monitor Japan chemical laws and regulations and implement a necessary action in cooperation with related departments proactively for compliance.

-Chemical registration of chemical substance control law and Industrial safety and health law.

-Annual reporting to Japanese authorities.

-Respond to customer inquiry in cooperation with Business, Global Marketing Manager, Quality departments.

-Apply and renew business licenses such as strategic goods, narcotic raw material, poisonous and deleterious substances under Japanese regulations.

-Create customs clearance report for import, make strategic goods classification for export control and assign HS code. Fulfill trade compliance management by Global Trading System. (GTS connected to SAP.)

- Support R&D activities such as New Product Introduction (NPI) and sample shipment for domestic and overseas customers by K2. (Sample shipment management workflow.)

-SAP/EHS key user role. - Japan EHS key user works closely with global data maintenance (RSE) and IT teams for SAP EHS content and template updates, and solve an EHS related issue, conduct testing for modification. Participate in global ERP projects as a representative of Japan product compliance.

化学物質の製品コンプライアンスおよび貿易コンプライアンス機能を主導し、日本におけるグローバルおよびローカルの法令遵守を確保

規制戦略、登録/通知、ラベリングとSDSの更新、製品分類、監査対応を担当する日本の製品コンプライアンスチームを管理

品質保証、製造、サプライチェーン、製品開発、商業チームおよび海外の製品コンプライアンスチームと横断的に連携し、適法で持続可能な製品ライフサイクル管理を推進

日本の製品コンプライアンス部門責任者へ報告

法規制判断および内部/外部のステークホルダーへのコンサルテーションを通じて、コンプライアンスを担保する。

SAP/EHSを用いたSDS作成、商業用製品およびサンプルのラベル作成。

日本の化学物質関連法規を監視し、関係部門と協力して適切な措置を積極的に実施して法令遵守を確保。

化学物質管理法および労働安全衛生法の化学物質登録。

日本当局への年次報告。

ビジネス部門、グローバル・マーケティングマネージャー、品質部門と連携して顧客問い合わせに対応。

日本の法規制の下で戦略物品、麻薬原料、麻毒・有害物質等の事業許可を適用・更新。

輸入時の通関報告を作成し、輸出管理の戦略物品区分を行い、HSコードを割り当てる。グローバルトレードシステム(GTS)を通じて貿易コンプライアンスを実施する(GTSはSAPに接続)。

国内外の顧客向けの新製品導入(NPI)やサンプル出荷など、K2を通じたR&D活動を支援する(サンプル出荷管理ワークフロー)。

SAP/EHSの重要ユーザー。本部のグローバルデータ保守とITチームと密接に連携し、SAP EHSの内容とテンプレート更新を担当、EHS関連の問題を解決し、変更テストを実施。日本の製品コンプライアンス代表としてグローバルERPプロジェクトに参加。

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Regulatory Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Regulatory Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 316 comparable Regulatory Affairs roles across 73 biopharma companies.

316Comparable roles tracked
301Currently active
73Companies hiring similar roles
39Countries represented

Salary context

93 of 316 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

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Lowest disclosed · Chemistry Manufacturing Controls Manager · Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (US) $0/hr – $0/hr (≈ $0–$0/yr)
Highest disclosed · AVP, Therapeutic Area Head, Clinical Safety and Risk Management · Merck $378,100/yr – $595,100/yr
Peer group range $0 – $486,600 (median $204,000)

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Japan13
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Seniority mix

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Manager115
Director57
Associate Director31
Senior26
Senior Director15
Executive/VP12
Associate6
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Principal1

Therapeutic area mix

35 of 316 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology12
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Immunology4
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Rare Disease2
Respiratory2
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