Product Stewardship Advisor

Company:

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees are empowered to make a difference?

Grades 34-35 commensurate with experience

Offer range: 98,893 - 147,339

Organizational context and job purpose

INEOS Olefins and Polymers USA is one of the largest integrated producers of olefins and polyolefins in North America.  From its manufacturing locations at Chocolate Bayou and LaPorte, Texas, it is a merchant marketer of butadiene, ethylene, polypropylene, and high-density polyethylene with annual revenue of over $2 billion.

How the Role Fits In:

The mission of INEOS O&P USA’s Product Stewardship management program is to protect the company from both anticipated and unforeseen risks associated with the development, design, and production of each product all the way to its delivery to each customer.  Product Stewardship links the quality and regulatory compliance aspect of SHE policies and practices to ensure products are developed, manufactured, marketed, and shipped without harm to people, infrastructure, or the environment.  This position is the key team member who works with businesses to help drive sustainable growth.  As such, the Advisor must possess technical skill and regulatory understanding to support critical product stewardship business needs. 

Purpose of Job

The Product Stewardship Advisor role ensures that externally imposed requirements and standards in areas such as food contact and chemical control regulations are understood and followed by the organization.  Compliance with the aforementioned regulations and external standards impacts INEOS O&P USA’s ability to operate, move products in the countries it wishes to operate and market products to meet certain customer requirements.  Additionally, this role ensures that effective systems are in place across the O&P USA activities to assess and minimize risk from outside requests and drive continuous improvement in responses to outside customers and agencies.

Responsibilities AND Accountabilities

The Product Stewardship Advisor, provides expert regulatory guidance and leadership and is a participant on Asset, Segment, and Tech Service & Development (TS&D) teams.  This position is the key team member who advises the businesses on how to maintain compliance while driving sustainable growth. The policy and practices of Product Stewardship support and sustain the mutual goal of Manufacturing and Operations to gain the most value from each product and ensure compliance in all markets in which O&P operates.

Ensure O&P compliance with global chemical registration and chemical safety laws necessary to sell products in countries of interest.

• Provide specialized technical and regulatory expertise as needed via internal or external resources to support and deliver continued compliance.
• All products, both existing and experimental, as well as their process intermediates, impurities, and byproducts are assessed to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations, potential market expectations, and established product safety requirements.
• Product registrations, certifications, drug master files, etc. are maintained according to corresponding procedures and regulations.
• Review experimental production orders (EPOs) and Product Spec Changes as part of the product development process and assist with bringing those products to the marketplace according to plan and in compliance with all applicable regulations. Record Product Stewardship comments on the product development workflows to communicate any regulatory concerns prior to implementation.
• Review and approve new and existing raw materials, such as additives, catalysts, processing aides, water treatment chemicals, etc. to document regulatory compliance for specific end uses.
• Issue and update Safety Data Sheets (SDS) to communicate product hazards.
• Manage customer communications concerning product regulatory status and clearances while always cognizant of legal liabilities.
• Issue and update each product’s Regulatory Position Statements (RPS) in timely fashion to communicate compliance to external customers.
• Understand olefins and polymers product slate and commercial strategy in order to advise operating companies on chemical registration and toxicology emerging issues.
• Review customer concerns and respond within at timely manner.
• Interact with other INEOS companies to ensure effective and efficient compliance for transactions involving multiple parties.
• Manage compliance with global inventory registrations, such as US EPA TSCA and EU REACH.
• Advocate O&P interests as product legislation and regulations are developed.

Project Management

• Takes a visible and supporting role in establishing, implementing, and maintaining a written Product Stewardship Program across all management practices through strategy development, active engagement, documentation, communication, and resource allocation.
• Develop strategies for evaluating product stewardship elements, approaches for continuous improvement, and increasing stakeholder engagement.
• Promote the value and principles of the established product stewardship management program as it related to the product’s lifecycle.
• Gains resource commitments from other functional areas (i.e. manufacturing) to address product-related compliance problems.
• Can lead 6-sigma GB project
  • Integrates and aligns customer requirements with INEOS capability in framing the project charter 

• Defines and accomplishes broadly defined jobs/projects across functions
• Understands the 6-sigma GB tools used in Define & Analyze      
• Applies some higher level  6-sigma tools when appropriate
• Recognizes broader impact of 6-sigma analysis and how it may impact performance outside of product stewardship area
• Sees connections/ trends and applies basic business acumen in data analysis                            

Team Leadership/Building

• Can build a cross functional team to accomplish a task.
• Able to influence others without direct authority including higher grade levels;
• Is frequently requested to lead diverse, cross-functional teams.
• Fosters collaboration between team members
• Uses consensus and participation in decision-making appropriately; sees connections/ trends; 
• Stimulates others for innovation.  

Regulatory Authority

• Recognized as a regulatory authority.
• Capable of seeing both the industry and customer sides of regulatory issue in market analysis of new regulations
• Acts as a discipline resource and is adept at the technical aspects and ability to bring projects to completion and solutions to fruition.
• Supports developing and sharing of best practices within the broader organization.  
• Generates new ideas / innovation.

Skills & Knowledge Required

Education/Experience

• B.S. in, Chemistry, BS science related degree or 10+ years in the olefin/polymer industry as equivalent experience. 
• Knowledge of either regulations or olefin/polymer product lines 

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with customers, marketing, TS&D, SHE and other O&P personnel as avenues to gain technical information, build Product Stewardship’s relationships with them, and enhance the reputation of Product Stewardship.

Skills/Competencies

Technical skills

• Application of scientific and regulatory knowledge to solve challenging problems within and outside of O&P USA.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Capable of interpreting regulatory compliance requirements and applying practical programs to implement response solutions. 
• Knowledge of regulatory standards and laws governing the use of chemicals, where to find them and who to consult for support when needed.
• Broad understanding of our products/assets/markets  (both PE and PP)

Behavioural skills

• Shows mature, professional judgment in planning and performing assignments and achieving prescribed objectives. 
• Works consistently with little/no supervision.

• Many assignments are self-initiated so incumbent must be a highly motivated self-starter. 
• Ability to influence others without direct authority, leveraging their network
• Fosters collaboration between team members.
• Uses consensus and participation in decision making appropriately; sees connections/ trends; 
• Effective communicator across organizational boundaries
• Detail oriented and able to respond to the clients’ needs and requests in a timely manner.
• Able to present ideas and concepts to non-discipline colleagues and management in a manner that is respectful and understandable. 
• Encourages open expression of ideas and opinions.
• Proactive and innovative in addressing problems and developing ideas  

Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance.On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.