Senior Product Steward

Job Description:

Senior Product Steward

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Senior Product Steward you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. The person hired for this position in the 3M Consumer Healthcare Business within Consumer Business Group will make an impact by:

• Serving as Functional Subject Matter Expert and Lead for the business
• Completing material and product compliance reviews for Consumer Healthcare Products. 
• Working with Country Product Stewards, Trade Compliance, Toxicology, and Regulatory Affairs to determine what global regulations and safety requirements apply to products

• Preparing and maintaining regulatory documentation for product life cycle management in division and corporate systems. 
• Providing information for applicable notifications and reporting requirements
• Participating as a functional SME and collaborating with business portfolio leader(s), application engineers, quality, manufacturing and other cross functional roles to provide regulatory/compliance input into CHC new product projects and conduct regulatory assessments for new products during the commercialization process.
• Conduct compliance reviews and work with cross functional teams on Change Management Projects
• Keeping abreast of changes in applicable standards and regulations/directives.
• Responding to customer inquiries
• Other responsibilities as assigned 

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
• Five (5) years of experience in a regulatory or product stewardship related role in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master's degree in chemistry, biology, environmental, occupational health and safety, or other scientific or engineering discipline
• Knowledge of general Product Steward regulations e.g. REACH, TSCA, RoHS, Prop 65, etc.
• Experience with Healthcare or Cosmetic products in a product stewardship role
• Demonstrated communication skills, must be able to summarize and articulate technical/regulatory information to diverse audiences both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work cross functionally across a complex global organization
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail
• Ability to work with different cultures and cross functional teams
• Problem solving skills with the ability to bring projects to a conclusion
• Experience driving process and system improvement activities
• Experience leading programs without significant oversite

Work location:

• Work location: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic/international

Relocation: Not authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $122,292 - $149,468, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may va