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Responsibilities:

• Develop: Design, enhance, and maintain a group-wide Compliance Management System, including mandatory policies aligned with Freudenberg Corporate guidelines while enabling local adaptations

• Strengthen: Enhance decentralized compliance governance, develop Compliance Committees further, and establish transparent reporting and escalation structures across business units

• Assess: Conduct annual compliance risk assessments, create risk heat maps, and prioritize mitigation measures for high-risk areas

• Investigate: Lead and support compliance investigations in close alignment with the Head of Compliance and Corporate Audit

• Enable: Roll out global compliance training programs with locally relevant content and use digital learning platforms for consistency and tracking

• Monitor: Implement centralized monitoring tools and coordinate periodic assurance audits for decentralized units, with a focus on high-risk processes

• Drive: Support the development and deployment of compliance technology solutions for policy updates, reporting, and tracking

• Collaborate: Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and support cross-functional compliance initiatives, including M&A-related integration activities

Qualifications:

• Education: University degree in Law, Business Administration, or a related field with a focus on Compliance, Risk, or Governance; a master’s degree is desirable

• Experience: Several years of professional experience in compliance, governance, or risk management within an international or matrix organization is essential

• Expertise: Hands-on experience with compliance frameworks, risk assessments, investigations, internal controls, and regulatory requirements

• Mindset: Strategic thinker with a pragmatic, solution-oriented approach and strong execution skills

• Communication: Confident communicator with the ability to address sensitive topics clearly and collaborate effectively across functions and seniority levels

• Languages: Fluent German and English (both C1-level) required

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The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.