Advanced Product Steward

Job Title:
Advanced Product Steward - Regulatory Services

Summary:
This position is responsible for Product Stewardship Regulatory services around dossier preparation and submission (e.g. EU-REACH, UK-REACH, KKDIK, etc.). Establish and maintain processes (e.g., e-SDS, C&L notifications, Trade secret Notifications). Effective coordination between internal and external functions and stakeholders. The role covers the activity for products from all Business Segments, ensuring continuity and growth of these businesses through compliance with regulations. Works closely with the Business Teams with the focus on Substance/product registration strategy and execution to support new product development and product regulatory reviews. Proactively communicates legislative or regulatory changes that may impact the portfolio to the Business teams and helps to understand potential risks and opportunities. Provides training on dossier requirements and procedures as needed to the Business Teams and related Functions. Leads and/or participates in global Product Stewardship teams or projects.

Responsibilities Include:
Responsibility / Project Management
- Responsible for leading registration projects involving multifunctional stakeholders.
- Ensure on-time compliance activities.
- Responsible for reviewing new inquiries for impact assessment and identify the need for standardized responses.
- Lead documenting SOPs and work instructions in the dossier creation domain.
- Responsible for data management, elevating and resolving actions independently for data inconsistencies and gaps.
- Responsible to identify risks to loss of confidential product stewardship information.
- Educate others how to identify and protect confidential product stewardship information.

Execution
- Lead Registration projects: collecting data from various team members, dossier completion, submission and follow up; ensure activities are executed.
- Manage multiple activities without compromising delivery.
- Responsible for researching and responding on time to technical inquiries within scope of expertise.
- Complete compliance tasks within deadlines and interim milestones.

Collaboration & Communication
- Manage and facilitate stakeholder communications across functions and regions.
- Lead the sharing of information and learnings within PS Team and in meetings.
- Coordinate multiple cross-functional and PS Team regulatory needs and activities in Sprint model.

Regulatory Skills
- Responsible for providing comprehensive regulatory intelligence information and industry expertise on multiple topics (e.g. REACH, UK-REACH, KKDIK).
- Support in building processes for e-SDS authoring, C&L and Trade secret Notifications
- Responsible for interpreting, analyzing, and assessing the impact of new or changing regulations, and driving actions through multiple stakeholders to ensure compliance.

Technical Skills
- Influence PS functional strategy from a technical perspective.
- Working experience with IUCLID, Chesar, REACH IT, SAP EHS.
- Ensure the company responds appropriately to upcoming regulations.
- Identify teaching opportunities / needs within and outside of the PS organization and endure follow-up action is taken to address these opportunities / needs.

Process Skills
- Involved in the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.
- Full understanding on the processes required to submit, maintain and upgrade dossiers under REACH(-like) schemes for Lead dossiers, joint submissions, co-registrations and OR services.
- Responsible to identify and lead productivity improvement projects.

Knowledge
- Train others in registration requirements and processes
- Basic Toxicology and Finance (LoA costing, Fees, PO’s)

Qualifications:
The following are _required _for the role

Minimum Qualifications:

- Technical degree in Engineering, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biology, Life Science, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, Safety Engineering, Public Health or equivalent
- Minimum 10 to 15 years, relevant experience in the chemical or related industry in the area of Product Stewardship and Regulatory Compliance or other applicable experience.
- Business Acumen, ability to inform business and influence decision making.
- Hands on experience on IUCLID, REACH IT, Chesar.
- Basic chemistry skills related to product chemistry.
- Basic Toxicology skills
- Ability to work cross-functionally and proactively establish connections.
- Excellent interpersonal skills. Able to work, lead, and manage across functions in a global organization with matrix reporting structure.
- Strong working knowledge of product regulatory legislation and regulation in the regions/countries within job scope.
- Flexibility to focus on chemistry-related topics, customer support and fulfilling legal requirements.
- Proven organizational and project management skills. Able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Excellent English verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
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