Manager, Product Stewardship

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management of on-time, on-budget and quality functional project and core work of the product stewardship team to include; resource effort, schedule estimate and cost, for new and active projects.
• Prepare and submit annual reports for PFAS and EPR for each regulated jurisdiction.
• Develop and implement NPI process for product compliance across all businesses for EPR, PFAS and CA Prop 65.
• Anticipate, communicate, and manage regulatory changes with respect to existing regulations that may impact existing product lines and benefit new product introduction.
• Identify and manage risks early in the product life cycle. Understand potential product use and misuse and work across the function to complete appropriate risk assessments.
• Responsible for 18-month project forecasting for product stewardship team; accountable for direct reports project time accounting and execute 1-3 year regulatory roadmap projects.
• Lead cross-functional compliance efforts such as state-level EPR compliance, product stewardship, PFAS compliance, CA Prop. 65 labeling.
• Cook up cross-functionally with legal, marketing, sourcing, engineering, IT, health and safety, and other departments to make sure compliance projects are implemented correctly and that all legal/regulatory requirements are met.
• Develop compliance framework, SOPs, policies and procedures to ensure on-going product compliance.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives within the functional area.
• Monitor and educate cross-functional teams on new federal, state, and designated local regulations.
• Create training plans for direct reports that improves the core competencies of the functional area or business area.
• Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules; managers should also ensure compliance across their teams.
• Protect Chamberlain Group’s reputation by keeping information confidential.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed.
• Exercising supervision Motivate and lead a high performance team by attracting, developing, engaging and retaining team members.
• Drive the performance management and compensation processes by communicating job expectations, monitoring and evaluating performance, providing feedback and facilitating employee development per the company’s policies.
• Maintain transparent communication by appropriately communicating organization information to team through department meetings, one-on-one meetings, appropriate email, IM and regular interpersonal communications.
• Lead and motivate individuals and teams to create a workplace culture that is consistent with the CG mission, vision and values.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work
• 5+ years of regulatory experience associated with product compliance
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with superior attention to detail.
• Knowledge of relevant regulations, laws, and government agency functions.
• Expertise in driving and managing change and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills, including effective verbal, writing, and presentation proficiencies.
• Ability to train a technical staff in functional area on functional subjects, process and tools; Needs a good understanding of product stewardship compliance issues such as PFAS, EPR and CA Prop. 65 including understanding regulations, standards development, and product liability.
• Experience in project management
• Supply Chain Data Integration & Transparency – Experience building systems for supplier data collection and traceability to ensure compliance and sustainability across the product lifecycle.
• Strong technical skills including in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word, and enterprise resource planning systems similar to SAP.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $102,600.00 - $165,375.00; base pay offered may vary depending on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. In addition to base pay, also offered is a comprehensive benefits package and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).