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The Sherwin-Williams Company Advisor, Product Stewardship in Cleveland, Ohio
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS: (1) Product Stewardship Stakeholder support: Provides support to the Performance Coatings Group Industrial Wood business stakeholders including R&D, marketing, sales and customers. Provides strategic support to business(es) based on regulatory requirements and emerging legislation. Communicate regulatory and stewardship requirements to stakeholders during all stages of stage gate process. Understand where regulatory requirements vary by product type or region Work with other product stewards and regulatory affairs subject matter experts as needed in support of businesses and other stakeholders. (2) Customer Support: Serve as the single point of contact to the assigned business(es) on legislative, regulatory and product safety/sustainability issues. Monitor, track and communicate issues which will impact S-W products or our customers Be an advocate for the representative business(es) on internal and external legislative, customer issues internally and externally. (3) Continuous Improvement: Identify areas of process improvement and communication in support of assigned business(es). Provide training, seminars for business team members or other groups within S-W on current trends in product stewardship. "Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships." FORMAL EDUCATION: Required: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in sciences such as chemistry, engineering, industrial hygiene, or similar Preferred: Master's degree from an accredited institution in sciences such as chemistry, engineering, industrial hygiene, or similar KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE: Required: 3+ years' experience in product stewardship or regulatory affairs Knowledgeable in managing regulatory and stewardship requirements for business(es) Preferred: 6+ years' experience in product stewardship or regulatory affairs Experience with global regulatory requirements TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS: Required: Understands a variety of product applications and relationship to wide ranging regulations Experience in paint & coatings or chemical industry Good written and verbal communication skills Preferred: Business Specific Product stewardship expertise Experienced in interpretation of regulations Experience with presentations and projects TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: (TIME SPENT AWAY FROM HOME OR OTHER TYPICAL OFFICE LOCATION) 15% Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity, Inclusion and Diversity Supportive Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract. VEVRAA Federal Contractor requesting priority referral of protected veterans.