Technical Lead – North America EPR and FPR

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
(1) REGULATORY SUPPORT:
Maintain deep Subject Matter Expertise in North America extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations, Canada Federal Plastics Registry (FPR), and adjacent regulations (Post-Consumer Recycled Content, Single-Use Plastics, Household Hazardous Waste, and Truth in Recycling, etc.), including national, U.S. state, and Canada provincial regulations. Anticipate changes to North America regulations and prepare Sherwin-Williams to address those changes. Maintain Knowledge of broader global regulatory landscape for these regulations. Partner closely with Sherwin-Williams Legal department on regulatory applicability and interpretations.
Lead cross-functional (Product Stewardship, Marketing, R&D, Procurement, Packaging Engineering, Finance, IT, etc.) impact assessments, compliance readiness assessments, and responses for significant new or modified regulations.
Define and lead implementation of required actions to support compliance and audits by U.S. state, and Canada province stewardships and Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs). Ensure compliance milestones and reporting requirements are met. Facilitate, support, and host internal and external audits.
Develop and implement robust regulatory controls and reporting capabilities within key Sherwin-Williams business processes and systems to achieve compliance with regulations.
Develop robust compliance assurance and reporting tools, such as assessment frameworks, audit protocols, formal Standards, and Key Performance Indicators.
Mentor additional Product Stewards, especially on EPR, FPR, and adjacent regulations.
(2) CUSTOMER SUPPORT:
Provide expert level response to internal and external customer inquiries. Represent Sherwin-Williams on EPR, FPR (and adjacent regulations) regulatory topics during customer, supplier, PRO, and stewardship meetings and internal/external audits.
Provide regulatory impact assessment summaries to executive leadership.
Partner closely with Sherwin-Williams Legal department to respond to U.S. state, Canada province, PRO, or state/province stewardship compliance inquiries.
Represent Sherwin-Williams externally on trade associations, including committee leadership roles. In partnership with Government Affairs and Legal, contribute to position papers and key pointers on business-critical legislative and regulatory issues relating to EPR, FPR, and adjacent regulations.
Provide training to internal customers on EPR, FPR, and adjacent regulation requirements and/or Sherwin-Williams processes.
(3) CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT:
Lead development of business requirements for any new or enhanced IT systems to support regulatory compliance for Sherwin-Williams with respect to EPR, FPR, and adjacent regulations.
Implement system or process improvements to improve efficiency, accuracy, or cost of compliance for meeting the requirements of EPR, FPR, and adjacent regulations.
Provide Subject Matter Expertise on cross functional continuous improvement teams.
Engage with professional societies as needed to maintain professional certifications.
Locations: Cleveland, Minneapolis, Chicago, and various North American SW locations.
“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 Companys staff, employees, and business relationships.”
FORMAL EDUCATION:
Required:
Bachelors Degree in packaging, chemistry, industrial hygiene, or other science or engineering from an accredited institution
Preferred:
Advanced degree (Masters or PhD) in packaging, chemistry, ind