Senior Chemist, Product Stewardship
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only sections that have real specific content. The posting includes Overview (which is about the role), Responsibilities, Qualifications. No explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule sections. So we should include About the role (from Overview), Responsibilities, Qualifications. Possibly Skills? The qualifications include skills but we can put under Qualifications. The instruction: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can use About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications. Not include Requirements if not present. Also not include Skills separate unless we want to extract skills from qualifications. But we can keep Qualifications covering both qualifications and skills. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we will have three sections.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate. So we need to extract the overview text (the first paragraph(s) before "Responsibilities").
Let's parse the posting:
Overview We are seeking senior level Food Contact Regulatory Affairs subject matter expert to join our Americas Product Stewardship team. This role will provide independent technical and regulatory expertise for U.S. FDA food contact and indirect food additive requirements with an additional focus on MERCOSUR food contact regulations. The role provides regulatory leadership and technical expertise to support the development, manufacture, and commercialization of products used in food contact applications. The successful candidate will proactively and independently monitor and interpret evolving regulatory requirements, assess product and raw material compositions to determine product compliance, and manage food contact regulatory portfolios across Celanese’s business lines. This position is responsible for ensuring that food contact compliance is established, maintained, and continuously evaluated in line with regulatory developments and business needs. The role will provide strategic regulatory guidance to internal cross-functional stakeholders, enabling business growth while ensuring compliance with applicable food contact legislation and customer requirements. The preferred location is at one of our facilities in; Florence, Kentucky or Irving, Texas or Wilmington, Delaware.
Then "Responsibilities Role Level and Decision Scope This is a senior individual contributor role expected to operate with a high degree of independence. The role is accountable for making technical regulatory assessments, documenting defensible compliance determinations, advising business and technical stakeholders on risk-based options, and escalating high-risk or novel questions to Legal, Toxicology, Quality, or Product Stewardship leadership as appropriate. Key Responsibilities Serve as the Sr. Product Stewardship SME for food contact regulations, with primary focus on: U.S. FDA food contact regulations applicable to polymeric materials and additives, including relevant provisions under 21 CFR. Food Contact Notifications (FCNs), Food Additive Regulations, and Threshold of Regulation (TOR) exemptions. MERCOSUR food contact regulations for plastic materials and articles, including applicable positive lists and related compliance requirements. Monitor, evaluate, and communicate emerging regulatory developments, legislative changes, and enforcement trends impacting food contact applications. Independently assess raw materials, additives, formulations, and finished products for compliance with applicable food contact requirements. Maintain and manage the food contact product portfolio, ensuring regulatory assessments and compliance determinations remain current and aligned with evolving legislation. Conduct product risk assessments and risk management activities in close collaboration with toxicologists to evaluate substance status, migration considerations, and food contact compliance. Lead the assessment of complex food contact compliance questions, providing regulatory expertise to support customer requirements, business decisions, and commercialization activities. Define and oversee external testing strategies, including collaboration with accredited laboratories and test institutes, as needed to support food contact compliance assessments. Partner with manufacturing, quality, procurement, legal, and technology teams to ensure compliance throughout the product lifecycle. Contribute to the continuous improvement of product stewardship processes, regulatory databases, and compliance management systems. Develop and provide food contact regulatory guidance, knowledge-sharing, and training initiatives for internal stakeholders."
Then "Qualifications Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, Toxicology, Regulatory Affairs, Food Science, or a related scientific discipline required; advanced degree preferred. 8+ years of experience in Product Stewardship, Regulatory Affairs, Product Safety, Food Contact Compliance, or a related technical regulatory role. Demonstrated experience interpreting and applying U.S. FDA and/or MERCOSUR food contact regulations, particularly for chemicals, polymers, additives, compounds, or specialty materials. Strong understanding of food contact compliance assessments, migration principles, substance authorization frameworks, and regulatory risk evaluation. Experience working with cross-functional business and technical teams in a global environment. Familiarity with SAP EHS, Product Compliance systems, and regulatory databases. Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Excellent analytical thinking, problem-solving, organization, and risk assessment capabilities. Ability to independently interpret regulations, apply them to product compositions and use conditions, document conclusions, and provide pragmatic, risk-based recommendations that balance business objectives with compliance obligations. Preferred Qualifications Experience with additional global food contact regulatory frameworks, including European Union, China, and Japan food contact regulations. Experience supporting food contact compliance for polymers, compounds, and related materials, including substance assessments, compliance determinations, and portfolio management. Spanish or Portuguese reading capability, or demonstrated experience working with translated regulatory texts and local counsel or consultants."
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About the role
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then- each responsibility bullet. The responsibilities text includes a paragraph about role level and decision scope, then "Key Responsibilities" then a list. We need to capture all responsibilities as list items. The paragraph about role level and decision scope could be a separate
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Responsibilities
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Similarly for Qualifications: we have a paragraph "Qualifications:" then list of qualifications. Could treat the first sentence as prose? Actually it's a heading "Qualifications:" then list. We'll output
- each qualification bullet. The preferred qualifications also can be included as list items.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Ensure we don't lose any details like location mention in overview. Include location in overview paragraph.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Already not.
We must not include Job ID etc.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present.
Now produce HTML.
Let's craft overview paragraph: Combine all overview sentences into one or multiple
. Probably one
is fine. Overview text: "We are seeking senior level Food Contact Regulatory Affairs subject matter expert to join our Americas Product Stewardship team. This role will provide independent technical and regulatory expertise for U.S. FDA food contact and indirect food additive requirements with an additional focus on MERCOSUR food contact regulations. The role provides regulatory leadership and technical expertise to support the development, manufacture, and commercialization of products used in food contact applications. The successful candidate will proactively and independently monitor and interpret evolving regulatory requirements, assess product and raw material compositions to determine product compliance, and manage food contact regulatory portfolios across Celanese’s business lines. This position is responsible for ensuring that food contact compliance is established, maintained, and continuously evaluated in line with regulatory developments and business needs. The role will provide strategic regulatory guidance to internal cross-functional stakeholders, enabling business growth while ensuring compliance with applicable food contact legislation and customer requirements. The preferred location is at one of our facilities in Florence, Kentucky or Irving, Texas or Wilmington, Delaware." Note: original had a semicolon after "in;" but we can correct. Now responsibilities prose: "This is a senior individual contributor role expected to operate with a high degree of independence. The role is accountable for making technical regulatory assessments, documenting defensible compliance determinations, advising business and technical stakeholders on risk-based options, and escalating high-risk or novel questions to Legal, Toxicology, Quality, or Product Stewardship leadership as appropriate." Now list items: - Serve as the Sr. Product Stewardship SME for food contact regulations, with primary focus on: - U.S. FDA food contact regulations applicable to polymeric materials and additives, including relevant provisions under 21 CFR. - Food Contact Notifications (FCNs), Food Additive Regulations, and Threshold of Regulation (TOR) exemptions. - MERCOSUR food contact regulations for plastic materials and articles, including applicable positive lists and related compliance requirements. But the original had a colon then bullet list. We need to preserve detail. Could flatten: "Serve as the Sr. Product Stewardship SME for food contact regulations, with primary focus on U.S. FDA food contact regulations applicable to polymeric materials and additives, including relevant provisions under 21 CFR; Food Contact Notifications (FCNs), Food Additive Regulations, and Threshold of Regulation (TOR) exemptions; and MERCOSUR food contact regulations for plastic materials and articles, including applicable positive lists and related compliance requirements." But we could keep as separate list items for each bullet under that responsibility. However the instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can treat each bullet as a list item. The sub-bullets could be separate list items or we can embed them in the same li using semicolons. Simpler: make each top-level bullet as li, and include the sub-details inside. Thus list items: 1. Serve as the Sr. Product Stewardship SME for food contact regulations, with primary focus on: U.S. FDA food contact regulations applicable to polymeric materials and additives, including relevant provisions under 21 CFR; Food Contact Notifications (FCNs), Food Additive Regulations, and Threshold of Regulation (TOR) exemptions; MERCOSUR food contact regulations for plastic materials and articles, including applicable positive lists and related compliance requirements. 2. Monitor, evaluate, and communicate emerging regulatory developments, legislative changes, and enforcement trends impacting food contact applications. 3. Independently assess raw materials, additives, formulations, and finished products for compliance with applicable food contact requirements. 4. Maintain and manage the food contact product portfolio, ensuring regulatory assessments and compliance determinations remain current and aligned with evolving legislation. 5. Conduct product risk assessments and risk management activities in close collaboration with toxicologists to evaluate substance status, migration considerations, and food contact compliance. 6. Lead the assessment of complex food contact compliance questions, providing regulatory expertise to support customer requirements, business decisions, and commercialization activities. 7. Define and oversee external testing strategies, including collaboration with accredited laboratories and test institutes, as needed to support food contact compliance assessments. 8. Partner with manufacturing, quality, procurement, legal, and technology teams to ensure compliance throughout the product lifecycle. 9. Contribute to the continuous improvement of product stewardship processes, regulatory databases, and compliance management systems. 10. Develop and provide food contact regulatory guidance, knowledge-sharing, and training initiatives for internal stakeholders. Now qualifications list: We have required qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, Toxicology, Regulatory Affairs, Food Science, or a related scientific discipline required; advanced degree preferred. - 8+ years of experience in Product Stewardship, Regulatory Affairs, Product Safety, Food Contact Compliance, or a related technical regulatory role. - Demonstrated experience interpreting and applying U.S. FDA and/or MERCOSUR food contact regulations, particularly for chemicals, polymers, additives, compounds, or specialty materials. - Strong understanding of food contact compliance assessments, migration principles, substance authorization frameworks, and regulatory risk evaluation. - Experience working with cross-functional business and technical teams in a global environment. - Familiarity with SAP EHS, Product Compliance systems, and regulatory databases. - Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills. - Excellent
Qualifications
then - each qualification bullet. The preferred qualifications also can be included as list items.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Ensure we don't lose any details like location mention in overview. Include location in overview paragraph.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Already not.
We must not include Job ID etc.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present.
Now produce HTML.
Let's craft overview paragraph: Combine all overview sentences into one or multiple
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and