Product Stewardship Manager

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops, implements, and maintains organizational product stewardship strategies, plans, programs, policies, and management systems to minimize product risks, ensure safety and integrity across Airgas divisions, and assure regulatory compliance with all applicable federal and state environmental, health, and safety regulations.

• Drives business processes for the compliance of product safety documents such as Safety Data Sheets, labels, and Regulatory Data Sheets and maintaining accurate records of product information, including chemical inventories, safety data sheets (SDS), and compliance documentation.

• Serves as the point of contact and subject matter expert, providing expert advice and guidance on product stewardship matters to divisional regions and business units, and represents Airgas on industry committees, trade associations, and regulatory bodies including the Airgas Product Review Board.

• Analyzes incident data to identify trends and systemic issues, and develops recommendations for improvement initiatives.

• Establishes and monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) for product stewardship, evaluates program effectiveness, and recommends adjustments to enhance performance and compliance.

• Interprets and monitors regulatory compliance for Canada and the US related to hazard communication and labeling and provides strategic guidance on compliance strategies.

• Develops and applies Airgas policy to specific operational circumstances, ensuring consistent application across the organization.

• Manages reporting requirements for product stewardship and partners with Corporate Learning & Development to design and deliver related training programs.

• Promotes a strong organizational safety culture by modeling exemplary safety behavior, and coordinates and assists in SAFECOR environmental, transportation, trade compliance, industrial risk, health, and safety activities.

• Makes strategic recommendations to improve safety and risk management practices, including promoting self-governance and audit programs, and leads the review of new product offerings for potential safety and regulatory concerns.

• Collaborates with sales and marketing teams to provide strategic product stewardship guidance and support.

• Effectively engages with external agencies related to product compliance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Required Education/Licensing:

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, packaging, chemistry, toxicology, engineering, or other related technical field.

Required Length & Type of Experience:

• Minimum of 2-4 years' experience in active safety management, safety engineering, process engineering, or regulatory role.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience managing projects requiring input from cross-functional professionals and/or departments.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Master's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, toxicology, biology, industrial hygiene, or a specialized EH&S discipline.

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in active safety management, safety engineering, process engineering, or product stewardship.

• 3 - 5 years of relevant experience in the gas or chemical industry

• Certified Safety Professional, Associate Safety Professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist or similar safety accreditation

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to advocate and gain trust at all levels of an organization.

• Strong leadership skills to effectively influence all business units.

• Excellent organizational, written, and oral communication, listening, and presentation skills, including the ability to effectively present and discuss technical information and respond to questions from associates, government agency representatives, and customers.

• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and proactively communicate obstacles to completion.

• Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Technical competence and process knowledge

• Team facilitation skills: Favor Proposition of New Ideas - Keep Focus.

• Intermediate proficiency in Google applications, including Google Docs, Drive, Sheets, and Slides.

• Customer-oriented

• Demonstrates adaptability and embraces change and flexibility.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Associates may be required to remain stationary for extended periods of time.

• Associates may occasionally be required to traverse through office and/or manufacturing locations.

• Associates will frequently be required to actively listen and exchange information.

• Associates will be required to observe and assess information received via computer.

• Requires use of computer, telephone and operation of a motor vehicle

• May occasionally be required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and move more than 30 pounds with the aid of material handling equipment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Frequent regional travel (up to 10%) to include overnight stays.

• Must have reliable, appropriate transportation.

• Job may require visitation of various Airgas and customer sites, which have varying environments/conditions, layouts, and accessibility.

NOTE: The above-stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit the discretionary authority of supervisors to assign other tasks of similar nature or level of responsibility, nor does it imply an employment agreement.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability.

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We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.

Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

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Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.

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