Responsible for providing guidance and support in product stewardship to plants, sales organization and product developers
Provide support to pre-empt risks of compliance to existing and upcoming product safety regulations to management team and including recommendations and resolutions to overcome the challenges.
Responsibilities
1. Provide product stewardship support in strategic business development
Provide sustainability guidance to product development and new markets, including strategy with positive effect on speed to market and compliance cost
Support sustainability driven projects such as eco-label certification
Engage customer and supplier to address product safety and green procurement related inquiries and respond in a manner that reduce business risks.
Monitor regulatory trends and keep regional leadership apprised of regulatory risks, potentials for non- compliances and related impacts on business and product portfolio development. Provide guidance and recommendation on appropriate measures to meet the challenges.
2. Provide support to integration of product compliance and risk management in value chain process to secure \xe2\x80\x9clicense to operate\xe2\x80\x9d of business
Support management of EHS master data of products and raw materials (e.g., composition, hazard classification, safe handling measures, regulatory information) in SAP database which is used to generate safety datasheet and labelling.
Support implementation of compliant supply chain process via collaboration of local organization for trade control, import/export clearance, country safety datasheet & labelling and transportation safety & regulations.
Support implementation of product safety related management of change (MoC) measures along value chain and develop IT tool to facilitate its communication to reduce risk of incompliance.
Support cross-functional stakeholders on regulatory compliance requirements and cost when introducing products to new market (e.g., chemical inventory and REACH-like regulation). Align business decision to trigger preparation of dossier for product registration with government authorities via collaboration of country organization.
Support implementation of Good Manufacturing Practices in production
Support product stewardship related trainings and workshops
Act as back-up and support cross strategic business unit product stewardship activities.
3. Key shared accountabilities with Operating Division (OD):
Support globally relevant product safety topics
Support development of product stewardship strategy
Requirements
Bachelor\'s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
5 years of experience in product stewardship, EHS or related functions in chemical industry.
Strong working knowledge of Engineering plastics or Polyurethane chemistry, value chain and safe handling in plant operation
Experience working with chemical regulations, including GHS, safety datasheet, product declaration and registration
Knowledge of thermoplastics compounding is an advantage
Understanding of Quality standard ISO9001 and TS16949 is an advantage
Strong organisational and interpersonal skills in multicultural environment
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
SAP knowledge is an advantage
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