Product Regulations Specialist

About the position

The Product Regulations Specialist has the responsibility to support BASF ECT business group by assuring product compliance to International, Federal, State and local regulations. This individual must understand costs to business and be cognizant of regulatory impacts on BASF products, markets, and customers, while working independently within defined responsibilities under minimum supervision and coordinating with others globally and domestically. This is a temporary full-time 2-year project assignment.

Responsibilities

• Completion of all work with a commitment and focus on following all aspects of the guiding principles of BASF Responsible Care.
• Offer customer support and troubleshoot regulatory issues for the business while providing regulatory expertise to mitigate/ensure no non-compliance issues occur.
• Support sales and marketing initiatives and day-to-day business operations.
• Develop working relationships with BASF Groups and work in a cross-functional environment closely with Business Marketing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Operations, Sampling, and Customer Service Teams in North America and with global contacts in Europe, Asia Pacific, Central America, and South America.
• Routinely interface with Operations, R&D, Quality, EHS, Regulatory, Raw Materials, CoE, Stewardship, Toxicology, Legal, Marketing, Customer Care, Supply Chain, and Master Data teams by actively participating in relevant meetings.
• Work with the UN Global Harmonization System (GHS) to support imports and exports for Europe and Asia Pacific regions.
• Monitor and manage all data requirements and compliance documents in support of the Global Trade System and control activities in SAP for local, regional and global regulations, including GTS classifications.
• Proactively manage current and completed Master Data using the EHS SAP module to assure compliance with NA HAZCOM, TSCA, CEPA and other chemical and product regulations.
• Identify process improvements opportunities and propose potential solutions.
• Participate and potentially lead projects and take on additional tasks as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Toxicology, Chemistry, Sciences or other technical discipline is required.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in product regulations/regulatory affairs/product stewardship or related fields.
• Must be familiar with BASF product families and the chemistry associated with them.
• Strong knowledge of regulations that may affect BASF products, markets, and systems is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of EHS, TSCA, hazard communications standard (OSHA GHS and WHMIS 2015), as well as a good understanding of chemistry.
• Strong Master Data Management and data analysis experience is required.
• Must demonstrate ability to manage projects effectively.
• Comfortable using MS Office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Nice-to-haves

• Strong knowledge of other product regulations topics such as FIFRA (biocides), FDA, DEA, CWC and HTS is preferred.
• Strong SAP skills preferred, especially experience with EHS module Global Trade Control System and Global Label Management and SDS creation.

Benefits

• Temporary full-time 2-year project assignment.
• Onsite work schedule for the first 6 months, transitioning to a hybrid schedule.