Product Stewardship Analyst

Sherwin-Williams • Minneapolis, MN

8h

About The Position

The Product Stewardship Analyst supports the Global Architectural business on regulatory, product safety, and sustainability matters. The scope of the business includes the company’s store operations and retail customer distribution channels within North America. The Analyst executes and helps maintain critical business processes such as label reviews and data analysis. Duties include, but are not limited to: (1) Compliance Support: Regulations and Regulation Reviews: Learns and applies relevant regulations to products within the Global Architectural businessIdentifies changes to regulations and shares key findings with business teams and/or manager Completes reviews of compliance with applicable regulations with limited supervision and recommends actions Data Entry/Integrity and Systems Support: Gathers, updates or enters appropriate data in relevant IT systems according to defined business rules Participates in evaluating systems support for compliance and shares needs with team and manager (2) Customer and Business Support: Inquiries: Responds to routine and non-routine requests from internal customers Completes a wide scope of routine external customer inquiries Business Support: Under guidance of one or more Product Stewardship Advisors, supports completion of requests for review of new or updated product labels for compliance to FHSA, CCCR requirements and industry norms Collects, aggregates and summarizes compliance-related data across product portfolios in close collaboration with Advisors (3) Continuous Improvement: Process Improvements: Identifies opportunities for improvement to key processes, not only within the Global Architectural business but also the Product Stewardship team Supports implementation of process improvements Projects: Participates in product stewardship projects Assists in maintaining organized project information Training: Shares expertise and trains internal team members and other teams in new and updated requirements and processes Assists with documentation of processes within SOPs, guidelines, and related materials – where needed and as applicable This role will report to Sherwin-Williams Global Headquarters located at 1 Sherwin Way, Cleveland, OH 44113, USA IL Chicago Office 8725 W Higgins Rd. Chicago IL 60631, USA MN Minneapolis Campus 1101 South 3rd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415. “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.” This position is eligible for health benefits, such as medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), disability coverage, security, retirement and saving benefits, and more. Additional benefits include a generous time away from work package, including personal leave, paid parental leave, medical leave, vacation, holidays, among other benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in a physical science or engineering discipline
• 1+ years of chemical or coatings industry experience in materials and chemical regulations
• Experience with analyzing compliance data
• Knowledge of basic chemistry
• Detail-oriented and organized
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in Chemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Sciences, or similar
• 3+ years of chemical or coatings industry experience in materials and chemical regulations
• 2+ years’ experience working with consumer product labeling regulations, such as FHSA and CCCR
• Experience with implementing regulatory requirements
• Knowledge of applied chemistry
• Ability to present technical information to others
• Knowledge of FHSA and CCCR regulations
• Experience using regulatory software

Responsibilities

• Learns and applies relevant regulations to products within the Global Architectural business
• Identifies changes to regulations and shares key findings with business teams and/or manager
• Completes reviews of compliance with applicable regulations with limited supervision and recommends actions
• Gathers, updates or enters appropriate data in relevant IT systems according to defined business rules
• Participates in evaluating systems support for compliance and shares needs with team and manager
• Responds to routine and non-routine requests from internal customers
• Completes a wide scope of routine external customer inquiries
• Supports completion of requests for review of new or updated product labels for compliance to FHSA, CCCR requirements and industry norms
• Collects, aggregates and summarizes compliance-related data across product portfolios in close collaboration with Advisors
• Identifies opportunities for improvement to key processes, not only within the Global Architectural business but also the Product Stewardship team
• Supports implementation of process improvements
• Participates in product stewardship projects
• Assists in maintaining organized project information
• Shares expertise and trains internal team members and other teams in new and updated requirements and processes
• Assists with documentation of processes within SOPs, guidelines, and related materials – where needed and as applicable

Benefits

• health benefits, such as medical, dental and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• disability coverage
• security, retirement and saving benefits
• a generous time away from work package, including personal leave, paid parental leave, medical leave, vacation, holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level