Objectives of the Position
- Responsible for providing guidance in product stewardship and support to Performance Materials Asia Pacific regional business unit, plant, sales organization and product developers.
- Pre-empt risks of compliance to existing and upcoming product safety regulations to management team including recommendations and resolutions to overcome the challenges.
Responsibilities
Provide product stewardship guidance in strategic business development:
- Serve as point of contact for product stewardship enquiries.
- Promote awareness of proactive product stewardship
- Provide product safety and regulatory guidance to product development and new markets, including strategy with positive effect on speed to market and compliance cost.
- Drive product safety as key element in innovation and sustainable feedstocks such as recycled content and bio-based content.
- Implement governance measures and carry out risk assessment in business for selling products into sensitive application such as medical device, food contact, drinking water contact and toy.
- Monitor regulatory trends and keep regional leadership apprised of regulatory risks, potentials for non- compliances and related impacts on business and product portfolio development. Provide guidance and recommendation on appropriate measures to meet the challenges.
- Provide guidance and support to business in customer or supplier visit to address product safety and green procurement related topics and manage response in a manner that reduce business risks.
- Provide training to stakeholders and junior staff.
- Support regional advocacy works.
- Lead sustainability assessment of portfolio on regulatory risk and engage business stakeholders to review and trigger substitution plan for identified substance of concern where applicable.
Drive integration of product compliance and risk management in value chain process to secure “License to operate” of business:
- Support Operating Division on management of EHS master data of products and raw materials (e.g. composition, hazard classification, safe handling measures, regulatory information) in SAP database which is used to generate safety datasheet and labelling.
- Lead the implementation of compliant supply chain process via collaboration of local organization for trade control, import/export clearance, country safety datasheet & labelling and transportation safety & regulations.
- Drive product safety related management of change (MoC) measures along value chain and develop IT tool to facilitate its communication to reduce risk of incompliance.
- Provide guidance to cross-functional stakeholders on regulatory compliance requirements and cost related to introducing products to new market and implementation of REACH-like regulations. Align business decision to trigger preparation of dossier for product registration with government authorities via collaboration of country organization.
- Collaborate with Operating Division experts and BASF toxicologist to commission analytics, toxicological and/o eco-toxicological studies of product triggered by new regulatory request, new scientific knowledge and new processes, product and application.
- Provide guidance to operation for the implementation of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for food contact material in production. Participate in the audit requirement to ensure compliance to the requirements. Review and escalate for actions as required.
- Lead drinking water contact certification of products with external institution.
- Provide guidance and support Responsible Care audit, GMP audit of plant and R&D lab on product stewardship, including ABS / Nagoya regulations.
Support cross business management projects as required.
Team Leadership
- Lead Product Stewardship team.
- Review team performance, development and improvement measures.
Key shared accountabilities
With Operating Division (OD)
- Support globally relevant product safety topics.
- Support development of product stewardship strategy.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related field.
- 6 to 8 years’ experience in product stewardship, EHS or related functions in chemical industry.
- Strong working knowledge of Polymer Chemistry, value chain and safe handling in plant operation.
- Experience working with chemical regulations, including GHS, safety datasheet, product declaration and registration.
- Knowledge of thermoplastics compounding is an advantage.
- Understanding of Quality standard ISO9001 is an advantage.
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills in multicultural environment with regional exposure
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- SAP knowledge is an advantage
