Senior Product Stewardship Specialist (Houston) at Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom

Kelly is currently seeking Senior Product Stewardship Specialist for a long-term opportunity in the Houston, Texas area! The Senior Product Stewardship Specialist will support regulatory and compliance initiatives for companys Packaging & Specialty Plastics (P&SP) Univation business in North American (NA). This role collaborates with R&D, commercial, and operations teams, as well as the Global and NA P&SP Product Stewardship team, to ensure new technologies and products meet safety and regulatory standards. Key responsibilities include leveraging EHS&S processes, regulatory expertise, and product safety resources to maintain compliance with US EPA TSCA, CEPA, and other relevant regulations. The position requires close coordination with internal and external R&D partners, including senior leadership.Responsibilities / Duties:Understands, integrates, and leverages various functional work processes, focused specifically on ensuring product safety and regulatory compliance for in NA partnering with EHS&S functions in Operations, Research & Development, Technical Center, Derivatives, Legal, Commercial, Product Regulatory Services, Toxicology, and Excellence.Gains a thorough understanding of product technology including hazards, product end-use applications (both supported and not supported) and existing product risk characterizations to enable appropriate risk management.Maintains a network of product safety resources to engage for compliance and risk management activities.Implements business-specific Product Stewardship MI plans that address business and company needs.Supports business goals to enable growth.Provides leadership in translating business strategies to regulatory needs and monitors external changes to the regulatory landscape that may impact the business.Ensures chemical regulatory compliance is met for each product.Reviews raw material suppliers and product formulations materials for regulatory compliance and addresses necessary registration needs to ensure safe and compliant operations.Designs and delivers product stewardship, safe handling, and regulatory training for key internal and external stakeholders (e.g., customers, suppliers, regional leadership teams, etc.).Partners with Product Stewardship leadership on relevant NA advocacy efforts related to safer materials and other regional specific concerns.Reviews and approves product literature for appropriate EHS&S content.Completes compliance-related customer inquiries within timelines given in the Customer Experience (Cx) framework.Assists in identifying and investigating customer EH&S incidents.Identifies and reports events that qualify for the Product Stewardship Metric.Responsible for execution of key work processes (i.e. Business Risk Review, Management of Change, Change Management Tool request, etc.) and training the business on Product Stewardship work processes.Conducts targeted Business Risk Reviews (BRRs) to run the business activities.Qualifications:A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Toxicology, Industrial Hygiene, or a Specialized EH&S Discipline.Relevant experience in the industry (i.e., Petrochemical, Chemical, Refining Operations, Plastic Manufacturing) or in EHS&S related functional role (i.e., Product Stewardship, Product Regulatory, Toxicology, Sustainability).Petrochemical, Chemical, Refining Operations, Plastic Manufacturing, Catalyst manufacturing, or EHS&S related functional role).Has a good product, market and regulatory knowledge, including US EPA and CEPA.Has a strong emphasis on a safe work environment by working safely and, complying with environmental, health and safety rules, regulations, and standards.Has a focus on project management, collaboration strategy execution, stakeholder communication.The position may require infrequent travel for business team meetings and trade/industry association meetings.