Job Details

Kelly is currently seeking Senior Product Stewardship Specialist for a long-term opportunity in the Houston, Texas area! The Senior Product Stewardship Specialist will support regulatory and compliance initiatives for company's Packaging & Specialty Plastics (P&SP) Univation business in North American (NA). This role collaborates with R&D, commercial, and operations teams, as well as the Global and NA P&SP Product Stewardship team, to ensure new technologies and products meet safety and regulatory standards. Key responsibilities include leveraging EHS&S processes, regulatory expertise, and product safety resources to maintain compliance with US EPA TSCA, CEPA, and other relevant regulations. The position requires close coordination with internal and external R&D partners, including senior leadership.

Responsibilities / Duties:

• 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.

Qualifications:

• 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).
• Petrochemical, Chemical, Refining Operations, Plastic Manufacturing, Catalyst manufacturing, or EHS&S related functional role).
• 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.