Global Product Stewardship Manager

About Momentive Technologies

Momentive Technologies delivers purity that inspires progress. Leveraging a nearly 75-year legacy of innovation, our ultra-high-purity products help enable high-quality processing and production for a wide range of applications in the semiconductor, photovoltaic, lighting, aerospace, water purification, pharmaceutical, consumer electronics and telecommunications industries.

As a world leader in fused quartz and ceramic solutions, we offer an unrivaled ability to supply custom material solutions at scale to the highest standards of quality. By engineering custom materials with uncommon purity and unwavering precision, Momentive Technologies gives our customers the freedom to think big and develop transformative products that benefit mankind on the grandest of scales. Together, Momentive Technologies and our customers are reshaping the world.

Global Product Stewardship Manager

The Global Product Stewardship Manager will provide expertise to the Quartz, Ceramics and Crucibles business units as the internal expert on the principle U.S. Federal and State chemical management laws and regulations as well as European REACH regulations. The Global Product Stewardship Manager will provide expertise and guidance to ensure compliance with relevant international regulations, such as REACH, RoHS, TSCA, California Proposition 65, and any other associated areas within the organization where Product Stewardship support is required, as the subject-matter-expert.

Responsibilities

• Own and direct the organization's Product Stewardship requirements within Momentive Technologies areas of operations as the subject-matter-expert on all relevant international regulations and applicable Hazard Communication Standards.
• Mentor all levels of management in Hazard Communication including US TSCA, REACH, and all applicable hazardous communications within Momentive Technologies area of operations.
• Provide support for REACH compliance related to exposure assessments, risk assessments and registrations.
• Formulate and maintain REACH strategies for both on-going and new registrations to facilitate commercial and supply chain activities related to the business unit's strategic plans and budgets.
• Provide technical expertise and value-added product stewardship services to internal and external customers and their commercial partners, either proactively or in response to requests for support.
• Advising internal teams regarding their product hazard communication requirements, to include packaging, labeling and SDS requirements.
• Generate and maintain SDSs and labels for products in the ERP system, ensuring compliance with global regulations.
• Develop strategies for implementation and ultimate compliance to the broad spectrum of customer regulatory requirements.
• Provide general guidance on the accessibility and documentation requirements for new products and management of change.
• Knowledge of chemical safety regulations globally and the Global Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) standard.
• Understand, secure and maintain necessary registrations, notifications, and authorizations in accordance with the global chemical control regulations such as REACH, TSCA, DSL, AICS.
• Respond to customer inquiries regarding REACH and RoHS Compliance, TSCA Verifications, Chemical Inventory Reviews, Letters of Confirmation, food contact and other product stewardship related issues globally.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Science or related field
• 10+ years of relevant product stewardship or regulatory compliance experience
• Excellent leadership, project management and team building skills
• Ability to facilitate and support internal team in the evaluation of SDS, labels and packaging requirements
• Ability to influence diverse, multi-functional teams and networks on a global scale
• Experience working with international product regulations, such as REACH, RoHS, and others
• Experience working in an ERP EHS system

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Science or related field
• 5+ years experience in a Chemical Manufacturing Environment
• Experience with SAP 3E ERC+ Module

Key Relationships:

• Senior Leadership Team, Business Unit Leaders of Ceramics, Quartz and Crucibles, Global Business Directors, Senior Director of Global Production Operators, Commercial and Supply Chain Teams and Operations Teams.

Travel Requirements:

• 10-15% Travel

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