Regional Manager Standards Strategy- South America

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What youâll learn & achieve:
We are looking for
**_Regional Manager South America._**:

- This person will be r_esponsible for building and nurturing relationships regionally and internationally. Undertaking activities that advance our mission and support implementation of our strategy. Identifying, proposing, and implementing approved tactics. Cultivating and maintaining key relationships and representing UL Standards & Engagement Inc. within the assigned region. Educating key stakeholders about Underwriters Laboratories Inc., & UL S&E Inc., and educating UL S&E Inc. about country or regional matters. Managing UL Inc. collaboration in assigned geographic region.

**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES**:

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Strategy Implementation**: Develop and implement regional standards strategy in line with UL S&E’s Global standards. Influences and implements UL’s Global Standards Strategy in the region and supports the implementation of Underwriters Laboratories Inc.’s global strategy where appropriate
- ** Tactical Development**: With broad local regional and country knowledge, identifies and implements tactics and activities to support the overall global standards strategy in the region.
- ** Relationship Management**: Responsible for cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with Regional Standards Body, National standardization bodies, federal and provincial government organizations, and with regional and international Standards developers, regulators, industry associations, and others who have an influence on the assigned region ability to adopt UL standards, key governmental and non-governmental entities who have the ability to facilitate the advancement of UL’s mission in the region. Actively engage and strengthen relation through MoU / Standards Agreement in the region. This includes but is not limited to national standards bodies, regional standards bodies, provincial standards bodies, local representatives of international standards bodies, regulators, code officials, key trade and industry associations, consumer groups and others who would be impacted by or may impact the advancement of our mission.
- ** Mission Activities and Advancement**: Through an established understanding of needs in their assigned region, responsible for the identification of potential mission related initiatives and development of proposed activities and proposed metrics for measuring success. Responsible for tactical implementation and fulfillment. Examples of mission activities may include, but are not limited to, sharing UL Standards and facilitating their consideration and use, facilitating / conducting standards capacity building activities, facilitating the sharing of UL safety, science, and standards information through workshops or other technical exchanges, and obtaining local knowledge regarding mission related (safety, sustainability, security, health, etc.) experience and sharing that information within the UL family of companies.
- ** Local Representation**: Responsible for representing Underwriters Laboratories Inc. with stakeholders in the country/region and at key meetings, forums, symposia, and conferences. Elevate our reputation in the region through presentations, articles, panel participation, social media, etc., to educate and to advance specific initiatives.
- ** Education**: Educating stakeholders regarding Underwriters Laboratories Inc., UL S&E and educating Underwriters Laboratories Inc. and UL S&E staff and management regarding regional relationships, standards and regulatory matters, local needs, and other considerations.
- ** Marketing**: Identify marketing needs and oversee development of UL Standards marketing materials specific to the country/region.
- ** STP Member Support**: Actively seek and promote participation of local stakeholders to be STP members. Assist in recruiting new STP members for UL committees. Provide local support as needed regarding the UL STP process and use of CSDS for submitting proposals.
- ** Representing UL Standards** through high level presentations, articles and other outreach. Managing the UL standards message for the country/region.
- ** Organizes workshops, roundtables, and conclaves** to bring together key stakeholders and address key standards issues. Effectively arranges for speakers and consistently and quickly acts on t