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Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom · 1 day ago

Senior Product Stewardship Specialist

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Kelly is currently seeking a Senior Product Stewardship Specialist for a long-term opportunity in the Houston, Texas area. This role supports regulatory and compliance initiatives for the company’s Packaging & Specialty Plastics Univation business and collaborates with various teams to ensure new technologies and products meet safety and regulatory standards.

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Responsibilities

Understands, integrates, and leverages various functional work processes, focused specifically on ensuring product safety and regulatory compliance for in NA partnering with EHS&S functions in Operations, Research & Development, Technical Center, Derivatives, Legal, Commercial, Product Regulatory Services, Toxicology, and Excellence

Gains a thorough understanding of product technology including hazards, product end-use applications (both supported and not supported) and existing product risk characterizations to enable appropriate risk management

Maintains a network of product safety resources to engage for compliance and risk management activities

Implements business-specific Product Stewardship MI plans that address business and company needs

Supports business goals to enable growth

Provides leadership in translating business strategies to regulatory needs and monitors external changes to the regulatory landscape that may impact the business

Ensures chemical regulatory compliance is met for each product

Reviews raw material suppliers and product formulations materials for regulatory compliance and addresses necessary registration needs to ensure safe and compliant operations

Designs and delivers product stewardship, safe handling, and regulatory training for key internal and external stakeholders (e.g., customers, suppliers, regional leadership teams, etc.)

Partners with Product Stewardship leadership on relevant NA advocacy efforts related to safer materials and other regional specific concerns

Reviews and approves product literature for appropriate EHS&S content

Completes compliance-related customer inquiries within timelines given in the Customer Experience (Cx) framework

Assists in identifying and investigating customer EH&S incidents

Identifies and reports events that qualify for the Product Stewardship Metric

Responsible for execution of key work processes (i.e. Business Risk Review, Management of Change, Change Management Tool request, etc.) and training the business on Product Stewardship work processes

Conducts targeted Business Risk Reviews (BRRs) to run the business activities

Qualification

Regulatory complianceProduct StewardshipEHS&S processesChemistry degreeToxicology knowledgeProject managementStakeholder communicationMarket knowledgeCollaboration

Required

A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Toxicology, Industrial Hygiene, or a Specialized EH&S Discipline

Relevant experience in the industry (i.e., Petrochemical, Chemical, Refining Operations, Plastic Manufacturing) or in EHS&S related functional role (i.e., Product Stewardship, Product Regulatory, Toxicology, Sustainability)

Has a good product, market and regulatory knowledge, including US EPA and CEPA

Has a strong emphasis on a safe work environment by working safely and, complying with environmental, health and safety rules, regulations, and standards

Has a focus on project management, collaboration strategy execution, stakeholder communication

The position may require infrequent travel for business team meetings and trade/industry association meetings