Product Safety and Compliance Specialist

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

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Job Purpose

• Ensure compliance with applicable chemical and product regulations across the product lifecycle.
• Manage product safety documentation, including Safety Data Sheets (SDS), labels, and regulatory declarations.
• Support business units by evaluating raw material data, monitoring regulatory changes, and providing product stewardship and regulatory compliance expertise.
• Respond to product safety and chemical regulatory inquiries accurately and in a timely manner.
  
  

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure compliance with local and international chemical, product safety, and environmental regulations.
• Maintain accurate raw material, substance, and product regulatory data in SAP and other regulatory systems.
• Prepare, review, and maintain Safety Data Sheets, Technical Data Sheets, product labels, and regulatory documentation.
• Perform GHS hazard classification, product labelling, and transportation classification in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Monitor regulatory changes, assess business impact, and recommend appropriate compliance actions.
• Verify and validate supplier documentation, including SDSs, composition data and regulatory declarations.
• Prepare customer declarations, compliance statements, and product certification documents.
• Respond to internal and external product safety and regulatory inquiries in a timely and accurate manner.
• Identify regulatory risks and ensure timely implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Support cross-functional teams, including R&D, Supply Chain, Product Management, and Commercial, on regulatory compliance matters.
• Coordinate external certification activities and regulatory submissions where required.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of SOPs, quality systems, and regulatory processes.
• Maintain compliance with company policies, ISO standards, and applicable legal requirements.
• Provide regulatory guidance and training to internal stakeholders on product stewardship and chemical compliance.
  
  

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Product Stewardship, Chemical Regulatory Affairs, Product Safety, or Regulatory Compliance.
• Experience in the paints, coatings, chemicals, adhesives, specialty chemicals, or manufacturing industry.
• Practical experience with GHS classification, SDS/TDS preparation, product labeling, and hazard communication.
• Working knowledge of chemical regulations such as GHS, REACH, CLP, chemical inventories, and transportation classification.
• Experience using SAP or similar ERP/regulatory management systems.
  
  

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Industrial Chemistry, or a related scientific discipline.
• Additional certifications in Product Stewardship, Chemical Regulations, or Regulatory Affairs will be an advantage.
  
  

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 55283