Specialist, Regulatory

Job Summary:

• Manage the collection, validation, and maintenance of regulatory information for globally sourced raw materials.
• Ensure the accuracy and consistency of compliance data across systems such as SAP EH&S, UL WERCS, and internal databases.
• Act as a key liaison between suppliers, sourcing, procurement, and internal compliance stakeholders.
• Support global product stewardship initiatives by maintaining high-quality, standardized regulatory datasets.
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance data quality, streamline processes, and strengthen supplier engagement.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

• Coordinate with global suppliers to obtain required regulatory documentation, including SDS, composition data, and compliance declarations.
• Validate and maintain regulatory compliance records within SAP EH&S, UL WERCS, and related systems, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Evaluate raw materials against applicable global regulations, such as REACH, RoHS, Proposition 65, Food Contact, Conflict Minerals, and Toy Safety requirements.
• Monitor supplier performance with respect to responsiveness, data quality, and turnaround times; escalate gaps or non-compliance to relevant stakeholders.
• Develop and manage a centralized repository to facilitate efficient global access to regulatory information.
• Support SDS approval processes, hazard classification, and dangerous goods evaluations, as required.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Technology, Sourcing, Procurement, and Product Stewardship, to address regulatory requirements.
• Generate insights, reports, and performance metrics to track compliance status and identify trends in supplier performance.
• Must be able to work flexible hours to accommodate US and UK time zones.
• Other projects/duties as assigned or needed. 

Other

Reports to Manager, Regulatory Or Team Lead, Regulatory

Education:       

• Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Organic chemistry/ Chemical Engineering/ Chemical Technology/Environmental Science/ or a relevant experience in the field. Completed

Note: Additional training or certification in Regulatory Affairs or Product Stewardship is advantageous. Familiarity with EH&S systems and compliance frameworks is preferred. Knowledge of SDS authoring or hazard communication standards would be beneficial.       

Experience:    

• EH&S - Environmental, Health and Safety          2-3 Years
• EH&S - Safety Improvement                                  2-3 Years
• Cross Functional - Manufacturing Industry        1-2 Years
• EH&S - Safety Standards                                         2-3 Years

Skills and Certifications:       

• Personal Skills - Stress Management           Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Self Motivated                     Intermediate
• Software Skills - Microsoft Access                Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Analytical Skills                   Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Time/Priority Management             Intermediate
• Software Skills - Microsoft Outlook              Intermediate
• Software Skills - Microsoft Word                   Intermediate
• Software Skills - Microsoft Excel                   Intermediate
• Software Skills - SAP                                        Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Work on a Team                  Intermediate
• Software Skills - Microsoft PowerPoint        Intermediate

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world.  In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.