Merck KGaA Posted September 9, 2026

Sr Expert-Dangerous Goods Systems

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

Work Location:  Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Shift:  No

Department:  LS-QR-HCA Transportation Compliance

Recruiter:  Paul Therrien

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Your Role:

The Global Life Sciences initiative to consolidate business operations into a single SAP NEO ERP requires senior subject matter expertise in each functional area. In this role, you will serve as the Dangerous Goods (DG) Substream expert, responsible for designing business rules for the identification, storage, packaging, and distribution of materials regulated for transport. You will act as both a senior SME and the primary coordinator among the Global Dangerous Goods team, Global Packaging Compliance, and the Transportation Compliance and Operations Integration Program Manager to ensure regulatory and business requirements are incorporated into the global ERP design. As the DG substream expert, you will work on SAP NEO project streams impacted by DG requirements (e.g., Distribution, Transport Management), necessitating a mature end-to-end understanding of operations. You will coordinate the technical and operational inputs from various SMEs and substreams, translate them for developers, develop and validate critical DG scenarios, and document results in alignment with project timelines.

Can sit in Milwuakee or St. Louis

Who You Are

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors or Masters degree in chemistry or other life science focus

Know-how of regulations concerning dangerous goods transport, storage, and GHS

Preferred Qualifications:

Professional accreditation in dangerous goods preferred

Can translate regulatory language into technical instructions

Extensive experience with SAP required; in-house understanding of legacy systems strongly preferred

Outstanding technical writing skills

Confident in enforcing regulatory compliance in large group settings

Well-rounded understanding of global warehousing, distribution, transportation logistics

Effective communication skills across technically variable audiences

Strong problem solving skills

Systems testing experience preferred (SAP)

Solution oriented mindset

Willing to travel for department meetings, workshops, training, and audits as needed

Willingness to work cooperatively within a global team

Team spirit, outstanding initiative, reliable

Pay Range for this position: $101,000-$169,700

The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites. For more information click here .

The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, marital status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.  This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and programs relating to recruitment and hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Any applicant or employee who believes they have been discriminated against by the Company or anyone acting on behalf of the Company must report any concerns to their Human Resources Business Partner, Legal, or Compliance immediately. The Company will not retaliate against any individual because they made a good faith report of discrimination.

Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Regulatory Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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 88 comparable Senior Regulatory Affairs roles across 40 biopharma companies.

88Comparable roles tracked
87Currently active
40Companies hiring similar roles
21Countries represented

Salary context

35 of 88 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject $101,000/yr – $169,700/yr
Lowest disclosed · Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist (OTTAVA) · Johnson & Johnson $92,000/yr – $148,350/yr
Peer group range $120,175 – $245,000 (median $199,500)

Where these roles are based

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United States40
Poland6
India6
China5
Japan4
Portugal3

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Seniority mix

88 of 88 peers have a known seniority level

Senior43
Associate Director41
Principal4

Therapeutic area mix

6 of 88 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Dermatology & Aesthetics2
Oncology2
Vaccines & Infectious Disease1
Immunology1

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