Eastman - Product Stewardship Specialist

Role Description:

To support business growth within the Southeast Asia (SEA) and India, Eastman is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Product Steward & Regulatory Affairs (PSRA) team. The PSRA Representative is a key member of the company that links Eastman's Business Units (BUs- excluding Coating & Inks, Animal Nutrition and Crops), Technology (R&D), Legal and the larger Global Product Stewardship & Regulatory Affairs (PSRA) organization. This role collaborates closely with regional members of the product, marketing, technology, and Product Stewardship teams around the world to ensure operational compliance, support business growth and provide proactive services to the relevant BUs in accordance with the defined regional and global business strategies.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in chemistry, biology, or a relevant technical field

- A minimum of 5 years' experience in PSRA

- Experience in product stewardship and/or project management is preferred

- Association or government agency background is a plus

Responsibilities:

- Relationship management (internal and external):

- Build close relationships with regional businesses, technology personnel, other supporting functions, assigned regional PSRA for specific businesses and the Global PSRA team.

- Develop and document business specific PSRA objectives and ensure regular communication on risks, needs, priorities and agreed actions.

Regulatory understanding and leveraging:

- Develop deep understanding of specific product lines.

- Enforce PSRA processes and follow global chemical management procedure to ensure regulatory compliance and lead business growth projects in SEA & India.

- Identify and communicate the critical regulatory/customer issues that will drive change. Provide practical solutions to businesses and our India-based Technical Center in addressing these changes.

- Facilitate external communication of customer requests including Safety Data Sheets, labels and various regulatory questions via Eastman's Customer Inquiry Management system and business/ technology partners.

- Engage PSRA colleagues in Europe and the United States. Share the latest regulatory trends with regional business units and follow up as needed.

Project management:

- Lead/facilitate business growth & advocacy plans with stakeholders, as appropriate.

Advocacy:

- Network with key government agencies and trade associations as Eastman's representative.

- Monitor and lobby for new/upcoming legislation and/or regulations.

Other Skills and Abilities:

- Strong self-motivation, execution ability and good negotiation skills

- The ability to form solid relationships both internally and externally

- Effective in communication; fluent in English (written and verbal)

- Good negotiation skills; ability to resolve conflicts; ability to manage confrontation (i.e., with a positive outcome)

- Good team player, results-orientated and self-motivate