Global Director - Product Stewardship & Regulatory Affairs Manufacturing

Grounded by a history that is deeply rooted in innovation, Hexion is a global employer committed to building and protecting the future by producing innovative performance materials. Our materials are the building blocks for critical industries, including construction, agriculture, energy, automotive, and infrastructure protection. Everywhere you look, you will find our materials and people at work to help customers make products that are stronger, safer, and cleaner. When you work for Hexion, you'll join a team that is committed to operating safely and with integrity to build a more sustainable future for all, our associates, our customers, and the communities where we live and work.

This role is pivotal in planning, developing, and directing company-wide governmental advocacy and product stewardship programs to impact national, international, and local policy and assure continued safe management of Hexion products.

• Leads company-wide global regulatory and legislative affairs, including direct and indirect advocacy with a focus on environmental regulation, chemical risk assessment, worker safety, tax, trade, and transportation
• Engages government agencies, elected officials, coalitions, consortia, regulatory agencies (including U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Labor, and European Chemicals Agency) and trade associations and with a focus on chemical and health-related regulatory programs including the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), REACH, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, and Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Manages Hexion Inc. Political Action Committee.
• Leverages scientific, legal, and/or policy knowledge, including through external consultants, to influence risk assessment and risk management in countries where Hexion and its customers operate.
• Identifies and anticipates issues, activities, priorities and perspectives regarding product safety, toxicology, health effects, regulatory, and legislative matters that may have long range implications through functional intelligence gathering mechanisms and networks.
• Initiates, develops, and directs company-wide product stewardship strategies, plans, programs, policies and procedures aimed at reducing unreasonable product risks and assuring the continued safety and integrity of Hexion products for their intended use. Applies product safety management practices and tools, i.e., hazard communication, hazard reduction and exposure mitigation techniques and concepts to achieve risk reduction goals and objectives.
• Oversees Hexion's sustainability and emerging environmental issues areas, including working with subject matter experts, steering teams, and external partners to maintain company leadership and share knowledge with customers and internal audiences. Strategic management for mandatory sustainability reporting.
• Collaborates with commercial team to share regulatory, scientific, and policy intelligence. Works with appropriate business personnel to ensure that the product safety directives, policies and procedures are implemented in a timely and consistent manner.
• Reviews incoming or new raw materials for toxicity and health hazards prior to use in Hexion products and where necessary, recommends that alternative materials or ingredients be pursed. Oversees process for registration and other approvals for new chemicals and products.
• Manages Hexion's internal governance system and standard development related to regulatory, product safety, sustainability, and hazard communication matters.
• Recommends, coordinates and controls laboratory testing and analysis (principally toxicological and health effects) to determine potential hazards involved in the use of raw materials or chemicals or, where required by law, for proper evaluation and labeling.
• Promotes and improves the understanding and cooperation between Product Stewardship, the business teams, and other functional staff departments to maximize efficient use of all resources, information, knowledge, and expertise.
  
  

Education:

• Advanced technical degree in appropriate physical science (i.e., chemistry, chemical engineering, industrial hygiene, toxicology, etc.) or equivalent experience in applicable field (i.e., risk assessment, legal, public policy)
  
  

Experience:

• 12+ years' experience in the chemical industry or related to environmental policy required.
• Experience with national, international, and state trade associations, including those focuses on chemical, manufacturing, and wood products sectors, and chambers of commerce would be preferred.
  
  

Leadership:

• Must be able to demonstrate successful thought leadership and delivery of results in the areas of public policy priorities, including chemical regulatory matters, risk assessment, occupational standards, incentives, and other governmental recognition.
• Experienced in developing coalitions in support for policy reform.
  
  

Travel Requirements:

• 40 - 50%

Key Attributes:

• Future focused
• Trust & teamwork
• Transformational leadership
• Achieves business results
• Customer centric
  
  

We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.

In order to be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site, be at least 18 years of age, willing to take a drug test , submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies

Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

If currently an employee of the Company, you must have current satisfactory work performance and in most cases, have been in your current role 18 months.

Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.