Regulatory SAP EHS Data Specialist

Company: Milliken & Company
Location: Spartanburg
Posted on: September 8, 2020

Job Description:

Headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Milliken & Company is a global, innovative, industrial diversified manufacturing company that has been exploring, discovering, and creating ways to enhance people s lives since 1865. With expertise across a breadth of disciplines including specialty chemical, floor covering, and performance materials, the company works around the world every day to add true value to people s lives, improve health and safety, and help make our world more sustainable. Milliken has long led the way for "knowledge-based" investment, employing over 100 PhDs, and has accumulated over 2,200 U.S. patents and more than 5,000 patents worldwide. Milliken is widely acknowledged as an international leader in research technology, innovation, and customer service. With over 35 manufacturing facilities located in the U.S., U.K., Belgium, France, China, India, Mexico, and Australia, and other sales and service operations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, Milliken's more than 7,000 associates work to deliver innovations that do good for the world, create new experiences, and build for the future.



Job Title: Regulatory SAP EHS Data Specialist

Job Summary: This position will support the Regulatory group in our Chemical Division and will currently report to the Director of Regulatory Affairs. You will be responsible for a variety of SAP EHS projects and responsibilities as it pertains to chemical regulatory compliance. This position is located at our Corporate Headquarters in Spartanburg, SC.

Regulatory Responsibilities:

* Ensure global regulatory compliance for Milliken Chemical products. This includes registration of products, shipment of products and development /maintenance of safety information provided for products.

* Manage the EHS module of SAP which includes generation of labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), storage of chemical compositions and substance volume tracking for compliance purposes.

* Provide responses to customer inquiries on chemical regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

* Project Manager for SAP EHS project implementation including those where external contractors and consultants are utilized to implement compliance projects in the module.

* Assist IS with the quarterly update process for SAP EHS, which includes running new Expert rules and updating data as needed.

* Become proficient in the SAP tools and transactions to pull and build data queries as needed.

* Manage the EHS product label process for the division within the boundaries of SAP understanding capabilities for specific country requirements and customer requests for private label activities.

* Evaluating substance changes on raw materials and products and implementing the changes and generation of SDS, as needed.

* Substance Volume Tracking (SVT) maintenance and monitoring, including loading/updating data, performing validation checks for system accuracy, managing country-specific blocks to ensure product registration compliance, and communicating issues with stakeholders across the supply chain.

* Development / update training documentation as needed to maintain data quality.

* Loading and updating SAP EHS with new information from our data provider. Evaluating changes prior to implementation to understand global impact as well as any issues that may arise. Work with the product stewardship team to develop communications for customers and stake holders before implementing changes.

* Loading raw materials specifications, physchem data, running Expert rules to get plant EHS info for a variety of reporting requirements.

* Building, loading and updating Dangerous Goods (DG) specification data, building DG relationships and tying data to MMR and the BOM for DG management.

* Support the plants and warehouses as label and DG questions arise.

Keys for Success:

* Attention to detail

* Competency with SAP

* Critical thinking, reading comprehension, and problem-solving skills

* Strong communication skills, written and verbal

* Competent with Microsoft products

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will possess the following experience and skills:

* Minimum bachelor's degree chemistry or related technical field

* Minimum of three years of experience in Chemical Regulatory, EHS, SAP, or a Milliken facility in a technical role

* Strong communication, teamwork and organizational skills

* Ability to work with people at all levels of the organization

* Self-starter, motivated

* Project management experience

* Ability to travel up to 5-10% (local facilities and international facilities potentially)

* Ability to work nonstandard work hours when needed for certain IS updates (infrequent, 2 - 4 times/year)

Preferred Credentials

* Experience with the SAP EHS module for generating Safety Data Sheets and managing various compliance processes within SAP EHS such as SVT, TSCA 12B notifications, GHS classification updates and DG classification.

* Experience in global dangerous good classification regulations, packaging requirements, and exceptions.



By combining science with design and insights, Milliken tackles the issues and concerns of today. Every day, our community of innovators is invigorated by the challenge of finding creative ways to enhance people's lives and make the world around us easier, safer, more sustainable and more beautiful.

Milliken & Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability

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