Key responsibilities:

Strategy

• Drive the development of label and Packaging solutions, with goal toward standardization, sustainability, and cost effectiveness to reduce the number and complexity of E&I labels.
• Propose label & packaging strategy and serve as advisor for new labels/packaging and major label/packaging modifications.
• Create and own a governance process for evaluating label change requests, which evaluates complexity vs. value of requests.

Run-the-Business Tactical Support

• Communicate SAP label changes and share best practices across Business Units and Central support as required.
• Review and disseminate regulatory requirements for finished product labeling projects.
• Manage and prioritize SAP labeling enhancements as they arise from business users.
• Serve as the primary E&I business contact with corporate label management IT resources.
• Understand data sources for the label template to support label updates.
• Answer questions from the business on label format such as font size, layout, language, etc.
• Create relationships with Labeling Key Users.
• Act as Label Key User for 3^rd Party Warehouses.
• Understand, for EMEA, 3rd Party sites printing from ECC/P80 (e.g., SSPI), 3rd Party sites printing from hDow Templates (e.g., MERCK) and nonstandard printers (e.g., Moerdijk).

Continuous Improvement

• Validate labeling capabilities as they apply to customer requests and changes to business (new product introduction, product changes, logo updates etc.).
• Assist in Artwork and Branding changes at Business Unit and Enterprise levels.
• Participate in integration testing/regression testing.
• Support, or as time allows serve as Project Manager, for label projects including the management of label development, testing, and implementation.

Critical Success Factors for a Global Label Specialist include:

• Quickly comprehends new and complex requirements and understands the importance of sustainable solutions. Makes connections between related projects, tools, and processes.
• Accurately frames the risks and impacts of various solutions and able to communicate them clearly to leadership with a recommendation based on informed assessment.
• Manages multiple initiatives and prioritizes appropriately, consulting leadership as needed.
• Facilitates team discussions and leads problem solving efforts.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills and ability to network across all functions and geographies.
• Team player: Desire to help others succeed.
• Self-starter: Follows through on commitments.
• Strategic thinker

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related technical field.
• Chemical industry experience preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on business or operational expertise in an SAP environment. For example, SAP EHS/ GLM+.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in both local language and English language.
• Computer proficiency, Office 365, PowerPoint/Word/Excel, Microsoft Teams OL, etc.
• Artwork expertise Adobe Illustrator & PDF Writer, MS Publisher.
• Must be able to work flexible working hours.

Key Experiences:

• Worked with diverse team members and business partners in different geographical locations.
• Good working knowledge of manufacturing business operations.
• Experience working in a customer-focused, market-facing business environment.

• Experience with labeling requirements and systems.
• Performed problem solving support work.
• Worked on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Able to foster interpersonal relationships broadly.
• Strong facilitation skills.
• Good judgment and sound analytical capability.
• Willingness to own and drive issues and projects.
• Ability to define, integrate, and deliver solutions from ambiguous starting point.
• Global Project management.