Senior Product Safety Specialist

A Day in the Life

As the Sr Product Safety Specialist, you provide expertise and knowledge for the chemical control legislation for all product divisions in Europe. You will assist with substance registrations, dossier maintenance, process management and legislation interpretation in such ways that all the LYB legal entities are compliant. In addition, you will be responsible for the global chemical control evaluation and approval for all raw materials and finished goods including the SAP data requirements for compliance checks and volume tracking functionality. You anticipate and interpret complex regulatory issues and provides recommendations to business groups, sales, external customers, distributors, manufacturing facilities and R&D/technical. This position participates on external industry groups and trade associations dealing with global chemical control issues and represents LyondellBasell before regulatory agencies as appropriate.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Manage and resolve chemical control and Substance Volume requests for all materials globally.
• Provides chemical control expertise to all business area(s), manufacturing and R&D. Communicates new regulatory developments to key internal stakeholders and identifies the impacts to LYB.
• Assists with the registration process and data management systems for all legal entities.
  • Completes relevant steps within the registration process are being performed by the responsible individuals or groups to meet the timeline for the substances.
  • Focal point for sample collection, initiation of analytical testing and technical review of results to support substance identification.
  • Record keeping for the following critical information to support the chemical control processes:
    • Downstream uses
    • Downstream agreements for Strictly Controlled Conditions to support intermediate registrations
    • Only Representative agreements
    • Dossier versioning and communications with regulatory authorities   Letters of access for test studies
    • Assists with the data management within IUCLID and other chemical control databases.
    • Assists with IT upgrades and enhancements with IUCLID and CHESAR.
    • Participates in the dossier management team meetings with toxicology, hazard communication and regional chemical control staff to share and discuss registration/evaluation priorities and consortia activities.
  • Assists with consortium communication
  • Assists with customer and supplier communication for end use compliance.
  • Assists in the preparation of responses to ECHA and member states inquiries as required.
• Participates in the preparation for the manufacturing focal point network meetings, which involves holding regular meetings to update the network on the latest changes in regulations, provide training and address questions or concerns for site compliance.
• Familiar with the budget process and understands registration fees for all substances.
• Responsible for the global chemical control evaluation and approval for all European raw materials and finished goods including the SAP data requirements for compliance checks and volume tracking functionality.

You Bring This Value

• BSc/MSc technical degree (i.e., chemistry, engineering or an Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) discipline).
• Minimum 5 years specific functional experience in the areas of regulatory, manufacturing, EHS or product technical R&D is required.
• Experience in participating in external industry groups or advocacy with regulatory agencies (e.g., Catalyst Europe, Cefic, REACH Centrum, LOA, ECHA, Member States) is a plus.
• An understanding of processes for procurement, manufacturing, sales, supply chain, accounting, legal and finance.
• A strong working knowledge of IUCLID and REACH-IT to support registrations with the European Chemicals Agency
• English proficiency is required.

Competencies

To be successful in this role you must recognize yourself in the following profile: 

You drive for results with a balanced focus on people, processes and outcomes. You bring strong analytical, database and evaluation skills, including the ability to work with complex regulatory systems such as IUCLID and SAP. You collaborate effectively as a team member and coordinate processes to achieve measurable results. You communicate clearly in verbal, written and presentation settings and engage confidently with all levels of the organization. With solid technical skills, strong product understanding and sound business acumen, you contribute both operationally and strategically.

Candidates will be assessed on the following LYB competencies:

• Build Partnerships
• Deliver Results
• Drive Innovation
• Grow Capabilities
• Promote Inclusion

What We Offer

We offer an environment where we encourage personal and professional growth and where you will be rewarded for your performance and results. You will have the possibility to work with specialist on all fields to develop innovative solutions and to extend your national and international network. In addition, we offer you a competitive salary package. The Company's Global Remote Work Policy allows eligible employees the option to work up to two days a week from home. LyondellBasell is committed to advancing diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) to ensure a positive experience for all employees.

Interested?

Please feel free to contact Manoe Koningstein (Talent Acquisition Consultant) at manoe.koningstein@ lyondellbasell.com for more details. Would you like to apply? Just send us your motivation and resume via the application button. Only applications through this application button will be taken into consideration.

The recruitment process consists of an initial phone screening and two business interviews before proceeding to a possible job offer. A background check will be part of the process as well.

LyondellBasell does not accept or retain unsolicited résumés or phone calls and/or respond to them or to any third party representing job seekers.
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