This role provides regulatory and product stewardship support for the GI business across the EMEAI region. The postholder acts as a subject matter expert on relevant regulations, completing independent regulatory reviews, impact assessments, and compliance strategies, while supporting sites, projects, and export destinations. The role serves as the primary point of contact for legislative and product safety matters, responds to customer and agency inquiries, represents the business externally where appropriate, and leads continuous improvement initiatives, projects, and training to ensure robust compliance and business support.
Responsibilities
COMPLIANCE SUPPORT
Regulations and regulation review
Articulate and apply regulatory requirements relevant for the GI business in the EMEAI region and export destinations. Collaborate with regional colleagues to define aligned approach towards compliance with relevant regulations. Develop compliance strategies for the GI business and sites. Complete regulation reviews and impact assessments without supervision. Act as the subject matter expert on regulations relevant for the GI business. Work in the internal Task Force for the evaluation of received exposure scenarios.
Company representation
Where appropriate, act as S-W Product Stewardship representative with outside parties such as trade associations, service provider working groups or professional association
Data entry/integrity and system support
Define business rules for data evaluation. Drive improvement initiatives for systems. Support reporting from legacy systems used at GI sites for complete impact assessments 2.
CUSTOMER AND BUSINESS SUPPORT
Customer inquiries
Respond to routine, non-routine and complex requests for internal and external customers independently and as part of the business stewardship customer request team.
Respond and report to agencies
Develop responses to Agency inquiries for review by manager and the legal team.
Business and data support
Serve as the single point of contact to the GI business for the whole EMEAI region on legislative, regulatory and product safety issues.
Provide support to R&D, Marketing, Sales, Customers and other stakeholders of the GI business.
Provide strategic support to the GI business based on regulatory requirements. Monitor and articulate issues which will impact S-W products or our customers through annual substitution planning, ad hoc impact assessments and regular communication.
Represent Product Stewardship in project meetings.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Process improvements
Identify areas of process improvement and communication. Assist in defining process or system changes necessary to address new or changing regulations. Continuously increase knowledge on available IT tools and put them to use for continuous process improvements.
Projects
Lead complex product stewardship projects. Participate in less complex cross-functional projects.
Training
Provide training and seminars for business team members or other groups within S-W on current trends in product stewardship.
Qualifications
1. FORMAL EDUCATION
Required: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in a physical science or engineering
Preferred: Master’s Degree from an accredited institution in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related field
2. KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Required:
- Internal: Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Product Stewardship function or equivalent experience in related fields
- External: Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Product Stewardship / Regulatory Affairs
- Experience managing chemical raw material and finished goods regulatory requirements in the EMEAI region (e.g. REACH, CLP)
- Experience handling customer inquiries
Preferred:
- 6 years’ experience in a Product Stewardship function or equivalent experience in related fields
- Experience with global regulatory requirements
- Experience within the paint & coatings or chemical industry
- Experience supporting industrial and professional products
3. TECHNICAL / SKILL REQUIREMENTS
Required:
- Skilled use of IT applications, including regulatory, product formulation, and ERP systems
- Strong data analysis skills
- Fluent in English
Preferred:
- Product development experience
- Project management experience
Company
At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:
Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being
Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution
Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities
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Eligibility to Work
You will need to provide proof of right to work. It is a condition of any offer of employment we make to you that you have the permission to work in the country for the role for which you are applying for.
Equal Opportunity Employer
An equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, colour, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic or national origin, disability, age pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or any other protected characteristic prohibited by law.
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