Product Management Technical Specialist - Product Safety

About the role

Glencore is looking for a Product Management Technical Specialist within its Product Safety, Sustainability Department in The Hague, Netherlands. The specialist gives technical guidance on eco-toxicity, physicochemical properties and other product safety matters, turns complex scientific and regulatory information into clear business implications and strategic recommendations, and manages regulatory risks so the company complies with international product safety and chemical management regulations.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor and respond to regulatory risk management programmes for chemical substances and recyclables such as REACH and EPA that affect products or operations.
• Review product hazard assessments so they reflect current scientific knowledge, regulatory requirements and business priorities.
• Turn hazard assessment outcomes into recommendations for product stewardship, transport, recycling, operations and commercial activities.
• Help evaluate occupational exposure limits and other regulatory risk management options, and advise authors of safety data sheets and business on hazard assessment and classification decisions.
• Represent the company's technical and scientific views on topics such as endocrine disruption, bioleaching and emerging risk assessment approaches at industry associations, working groups and external forums.
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders, industry associations, working groups and scientific experts, and support and lead cross-functional projects on product safety, chemical compliance, sustainability and regulatory risk management.

Required profile

• Academic background, preferably in life sciences, chemistry, toxicology, environmental science or similar.
• 5-10 years of relevant experience, preferably in an international business environment, with substantial experience in product safety, chemical management or regulatory affairs.
• Demonstrated experience leading projects or workstreams with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Outgoing, communicative and able to build relationships across cultures; fluent English, with a good understanding of another language such as Dutch or Spanish considered beneficial.

Required skills

• Planning, organisation and communication skills, with effective prioritisation.
• Well-developed use of basic business IT applications.
• Advanced project management skills, including leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.