About the position
As a Product Stewardship Analyst, you’ll integrate product legal and regulatory compliance processes across the MillerKnoll collective and identify risks. You will update and draft product compliance policies and procedures to ensure a robust compliance program. You’ll also develop and update processes to support the identification, analysis, and dissemination of new and emerging product compliance laws, regulations, and governance matters. The Product Stewardship Analyst sits within the Sustainability & Stewardship organization and works closely with related product compliance functions including Product Performance, Trade Compliance, Sustainability, Quality, and Packaging, as well as with Product Development and Management to ensure a compliant product and to advance sustainable and innovative outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Completing initial, periodic, and ad hoc reviews during the full life cycle of regulated products - from design and product testing, to launch and post-launch monitoring.
- Requesting, reviewing, and interpreting test results, supplier documents and technical reports.
- Confirming compliance and ensuring products can ship on time to their destined markets.
- Keeping commercial teams informed of status of compliance assessments to enable timely product launch with appropriate sign-off.
- Ensuring product teams are aware of new and upcoming regulations relevant to our customers.
- Monitoring regulatory and compliance developments and reporting to compliance management.
- Supporting and developing global processes that integrate with business processes to ensure company products have access to worldwide markets.
- Drafting relevant guidance bulletins and documents to communicate codes and regulations as well as their policy, application, and implication to the business.
- Participating in reviews, investigations, and other compliance monitoring and effectiveness assessments.
- Developing strong working relationships with key stakeholders within the organization and outside the company.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of experience and education.
- Four to six years of experience.
- Legislative and regulatory compliance experience.
- Ability to review and interpret regulations.
- Familiarity with use of laboratories for testing.
- Knowledge of chemical constituents is a plus.
- Product compliance and/or furniture industry experience is a plus.
- Strong analytical, written, and communication skills.
- Experience with regulatory or policy drafting or writing, as well as training and presentation experience is a plus.
Nice-to-haves
- The ability to read test reports is a plus.
- Unwavering ethics and integrity.
- Self-motivated, well-organized, and able to multi-task.
- Understanding of how to prioritize the appropriate work and plans to deliver on commitments.
- Ability to maintain a global perspective and work with diverse colleagues across various jurisdictions.
- Strong interpersonal and team skills, with a collaborative and learning mindset.
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employment.
- Commitment to reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.
