Position: Chemical Substance Regulation Consultant

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Duration: 6 Months

The team is responsible for managing the regulations/legislation of various chemical and substances which client deals with while manufacturing or any similar use.

Manager is looking for candidate with the similar background who will be responsible for servile/listen to the broadcast of global regulatory activity of any chemical substance and perform advocacy for client.

There are several state laws related to procurement and usage of chemical substances which require client to pay relevant taxes for to the respective states. These substances are sold online by vendors and the candidate will be the representative of client through these trading associations.

Responsible for Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for these chemical substances and will share all the collected information with the internal client employees via emails, documentation, etc.

There are internal software, that is, chemical substances specific tools which the candidate will be using for communications.

Will assist where the acquired chemical substances are being used in the business.

Candidate will be working in an office environment and won’t be using any industrial/manufacturing equipment or dealing with chemicals substance by hands.

Candidate should have at least 5 years of relevant work experience and a bachelor's degree in education.

Key Responsibilities

Surveil, Analyze, and summarize critical material or chemical substance related regulation and legislative activity, with particular focus on non-U.S. related themes.

Coordinate the surveillance and broadcast of critical material or chemical substance related legislation and regulation to the business

Examples:

Create and distribute “alerts” to key internal stakeholders.

Input regulatory/legislative summaries into internal company software.

Using various tools, coordinate the tracking of substances being pursued by local and global regulatory or legislative bodies throughout the regulatory/legislative timeline.

Advocate on behalf of client with key North American agencies (via trade associations) on extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulatory or legislative topics that involve material or chemical substances.

Internally coordinate and develop client advocacy position on critical EPR related topics

Potential future collaboration with other client global affiliates

Occasional special advocacy or compliance projects may be requested, depending on available time.

Qualifications -

A successful candidate will have:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience working with consumer products industries, especially complex durable goods industries.

Strong working knowledge and understanding of global material or chemical substance regulations and legislations which may impact the auto industry.

Demonstrated analytical and reporting skills, such as issuance of reports to communicate technical matters to stakeholders.

Solid proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Strong communication skills, verbal and written

Problem solver with a customer-first approach and excellent interpersonal skills