Sr. Product Stewardship Specialist

At a glance

Position:Sr. Product Stewardship Specialist

Primary Location:Midland (MI, USA), Michigan, United States of America

Additional Locations: Freeport (TX, USA) Texas Hahnville (LA, USA) Louisiana Houston (TX, USA) Virtual Office-United States (USA) Plaquemine (LA, USA) + More - Less

Schedule:Full time

Date Posted:05/17/2024

Job Number:R2051665

Position Type:Regular

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.

Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

About You and This Role

Dow has an exciting opportunity within the North America and Latin America Packaging & Specialty Plastics business (P&SP) for a Senior Product Stewardship Specialist. This position can be located at Freeport, TX, Midland, MI, or any Dow location on the Gulf Coast. Virtual office may also be considered.

As the Senior Product Stewardship Specialist, your time will be split between supporting P&SP’s Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and Wire and Cable (W&C) businesses. You will support regulatory compliance, product safety, and product stewardship of current business opportunities and future growth. You will provide regulatory interpretation and guidance to the businesses and will participate in the development of product stewardship plans to ensure product safety and regulatory compliance. You will collaborate closely with the P&SP Product Stewardship team and with other stakeholders across functions like R&D, TS&D commercial, and operation teams to evaluate and support the development of P&SP technology and products by deploying product safety expertise and governance processes. You will liaise with the EHS&S function leveraging EHS&S work processes, regulatory expertise, and Product Safety resources to ensure new technology and products are registered, managed, and maintained in a safe and compliant manner. This role requires product knowledge in P&SP and product stewardship expertise to support North American regulatory requirements. Particularly, the US and Canadian Environmental Protection Agencies (i.e., EPA TSCA and CEPA) and other EHS&S regulations (e.g., hazard communication, trade secret, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Understands, integrates, and leverages various functional work processes, focused specifically on ensuring product safety and regulatory compliance for the LDPE + W&C business in North America partnering with EHS&S functions in Operations, Research & Development, Technical Center, 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.

• Implements business-specific Product Stewardship strategic plans that address business and company needs. Supports business sustainability goals.

• Provides leadership in translating business strategy 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 product safety needs, and 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.)

• 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.

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

• Partners with Product Stewardship leadership on relevant North American advocacy efforts related to safer materials and other regional specific concerns.

Requirements

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Toxicology, Industrial Hygiene, or a Specialized EH&S Discipline or relevant military experience at a U.S. E6 rank of Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or higher.

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in an EHS&S related functional role (i.e., Product Stewardship, Product Regulatory, Toxicology, Sustainability) or in the industry (i.e., Petrochemical, Chemical, Refining Operations, Plastic Manufacturing).

• Has a good product, market and regulatory knowledge.

• 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 regular travel for business team meetings and trade/industry association meetings.

• Must have a current, valid US Driver’s License.

• Possession of a TWIC card or eligibility to obtain a TWIC card may be required for this position based on final hiring location. For information on TWIC eligibility requirements, please see:https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic.

• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

Additional Notes

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Benefits – What Dow offers you

We invest in you.

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career.  You bring your background, talent and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.

• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental and emotional well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.

• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.

• Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.

• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.

• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.

• Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:

• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).

• ​Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.

• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visitingwww.dow.com.

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