Director, Product Stewardship Global Architectural

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Duties include, but are not limited to:

(a) Leads, develops, and establishes overall product stewardship strategy, deliverables, and daily activities for the Global Architectural business and Global Supply Chain, including providing leadership and strategic vision, allocating budgets and resources, managing talent within the organization, and maintaining relationships with internal business teams and external parties.

(b) Acts independently and is guided by broad objectives. Partners with cross-functional leadership to lead, develop, and ensure execution of product stewardship strategy and broader deliverables to support the overall business strategy and operations.

(c) Drives strategic relationships using collaborative stewardship with senior leadership and cross-functional teams. Coordinates activities multi-regionally through direct and indirect reports and has strong matrix management responsibilities. Operates as an active member of Global Architectural leadership teams.

(d) Directs Product Stewardship operational targets and efficiency projects for the Global Architectural business and Global Supply Chain, collaborating with Product Stewardship teams multi-regionally where these organizations operate.

(e) Supervises senior managers within the function, high-level advisors, and/or high-level analysts, including continued education, training, and development.

(1) ESTABLISH INTERNAL/EXTERNAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP:

• Leads and directs development of the strategic and operational plans intended to achieve regulatory compliance and meet business objectives in the North American and regional markets in which the Global Architectural business competes.
• Enables and influences internal and external connections to achieve strategic and long-term partnerships; establishes strategic alignment among senior management stakeholders to focus on desired outcomes.
• Partners broadly internally and with external parties to ensure that business management is satisfied or that issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Applies extensive knowledge of regulatory landscape to enhance key strategic relationships within business and takes responsibility for complying with applicable laws and regulations.

(2) ANTICIPATE, ANALYZE, AND INTERPRET REGULATORY CHANGES:

• Fills a top-level advisory role to business leadership on a comprehensive range of issues; defines, leads by example, and establishes an organization that uses a variety of complex resources to stay ahead of regulatory developments on a multi-regional scale.
• Collaborates with and influences senior business and functional leaders so that they anticipate and assess emerging trends in regulations and best practices and benefit from the insights provided by the Product Stewardship organization; as a result, the Global Architectural business achieves high-level goals and improves high-impact customer relationships.
• Benchmarks company practices to other organizations and to the industry to identify and proactively address improvement opportunities; recommends product stewardship practices for the successful multi-regional operation of Global Architectural businesses and Global Supply Chain.
• Drives necessary strategies to ensure compliance with all laws, regulations, and company policies and provides leadership, procedures, and tools to help proactively direct ongoing compliance process.

(3) RISK ASSESSMENT & SOLUTION/OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFICATION:

• Defines and directs product stewardship programs to accomplish long-term goals; provides direct oversight to ongoing initiatives involving analysis, assessment, evaluation, and auditing of critical information.
• Shares vital expertise with senior management stakeholders to respond to and anticipate complex questions and concerns. Answers questions across all areas of product stewardship.
• Assumes high-level responsibility for establishing valid and compliant processes for qualification and certification in multi-regional markets for the Global Architectural business.
• Responsibilities include project management for large-scale, highly visible, or highly complex projects, from start to finish; may contribute to design, communication, and implementation of operational plans for projects.
• Serves as the final contact for regulatory inquiries from federal and/or public regulators; presents policies to show proactive compliance with statutory requirements.

(4) TALENT MANAGEMENT:

• Leads, develops, and establishes regionally integrated approaches to talent acquisition and talent management that produce a high-quality global product stewardship leadership and professional team to ensure the achievement of an optimum level of workforce engagement.
• Identifies critical skills and knowledge necessary for job performance; recognizes top performers from all levels of the organization and identifies and removes barriers to high performance.
• Delivers, completes, and oversees performance management process in a timely fashion, including succession planning, reviews, development planning, and actively leading performance calibration according to business and technical competencies.
• Coaches and develops the Global Architectural Product Stewardship team; identifies skill gaps, creates development plans, provides feedback, and addresses performance issues proactively.

(5) RESOURCE ALLOCATION & BUDGET MANAGEMENT:

• Anticipates and creates plans for workforce and contractor needs during the strategic plan period; designs and develops workforce planning and staffing.
• Directs cross-functional and external resources (such as consultants) to build knowledge and capabilities beyond current expertise and/or scope; retains responsibility for resource output and optimization for the Global Architectural business across multiple regions.

"Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships."

This position is eligible for health benefits, such as medical, dental and vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), disability coverage, security, retirement and saving benefits. Additional benefits include a generous time away from work package, including personal leave, paid parental leave, medical leave, vacation, and holidays.

FORMAL EDUCATION:

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Science, Biology, Industrial Hygiene, or similar

Preferred:

• Master's Degree from an accredited institution in Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Science, Biology, Industrial Hygiene, or similar

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• 10+ years' combined experience in specific functions such as Product Stewardship, Regulatory Affairs, R&D, Marketing, Sustainability
• 5+ years' experience in direct employee supervision to include goal setting and performance evaluation
• Specific knowledge of coatings and consumer product applications, materials, and packaging
• Specific knowledge of U.S. and Canada chemical regulations

Preferred:

• 15+ years' combined experience in specific functions such as Product Stewardship, Regulatory Affairs, R&D, Marketing, Sustainability
• 10+ years' experience in direct employee supervision to include goal setting and performance evaluation
• General knowledge of global chemical regulations

TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

• Use of a wide variety of IT applications
• Project Management experience
• Executive communication skills

Preferred:

• Legal support experience
• Product development experience
• Professional certification

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: (TIME SPENT AWAY FROM HOME OR OTHER TYPICAL OFFICE LOCATION)

• 10%