Product Stewardship Analyst - Cleveland - Sherwin-Williams

Description

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being
Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution
Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities
It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible

At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at Click on "Candidates" to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

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CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

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.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

FORMAL EDUCATION:

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in a physical science or engineering discipline

Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in Chemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Sciences, or similar

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• 1+ years of chemical or coatings industry experience in materials and chemical regulations
• Experience with analyzing compliance data

Preferred:

• 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

TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

• Knowledge of basic chemistry
• Detail-oriented and organized
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, etc.)

Preferred:

• Knowledge of applied chemistry
• Ability to present technical information to others
• Knowledge of FHSA and CCCR regulations
• Experience using regulatory software

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: (TIME SPENT AWAY FROM HOME OR OTHER TYPICAL OFFICE LOCATION)

• 10%