Product Stewardship Associate

Product Stewardship Associate

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role.

Neither are we.

Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference.

Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU. 

In this role, you will:

Be responsible for supporting regional compliance, hazard communication, chemical reporting, raw materials data collection, assessment and other regulatory, internal and customer requirements related to the ingredients and chemical composition of products in support of the chemical management, safety assessment, stewardship, sustainability reporting and product compliance through all phases of development, commercialization and post-market life cycle management.

This position is located in Sao Paulo, Brazil.



* Engage K-C suppliers in order to obtain material disclosures, required compliance information, compositional information and additional test data for raw material and chemical level ingredients for safety evaluation, regulatory registration or notification programs such as European or Korean REACH, EU RoHS, US TSCA, China New Chemical Substances regulation, etc.

Manage and maintain key stewardship contacts for suppliers.


* Follow standardized strategy for record creation and document review of supplier data and declarations for quality and completion.

Ensure data entered into SAP EHS for raw materials, ingredients, and finished products is maintained with high quality standards in accordance with data models developed to support product safety, product stewardship, and chemical regulation compliance.

Summarize ingredient and material properties and compliance data, create output reports.

and complete chemical compliance assessments for raw materials. 


* Enter product Bill of Materials in SAP EHS database, manage chemical and ingredient regulatory compliance data and SAP reporting activities, and collaborate with team members to ensure ongoing compliance through change management, new product development and market expansion.  Ensure data entered into SAP EHS for products and their materials is maintained with high quality standards in accordance with data models developed to support product safety, stewardship, and chemical regulation compliance.


* Perform technical compliance evaluations/assessment of products and their ingredients/raw materials sold in region to enable compliance to applicable standards and regulations.

Communicate and support compliance actions.  Identify and escalate as appropriate technical or chemical compliance issues or material changes that may impact K-C products or business sectors. 


* Conduct product and substance hazard classification, ...