Product Stewardship Manager

Company: HP Development Company, L.P.
Location: Pasco
Posted on: January 24, 2023

Job Description:

Product Stewardship Manager

Description -

From our earliest days as a company, HP has been a place where innovation drives extraordinary contributions to humanity. And now, as we are confronting a set of global, societal challenges, we believe we have a critical role to play in helping to solve these challenges. That's why, in 2021, we announced one of the most comprehensive environmental and social impact agendas in our industry. The commitments highlight the progress HP is making to drive a net zero carbon, fully regenerative economy, reduce our overall environmental footprint, and strengthen our business for the long term to create the most sustainable portfolio of products and solutions in the industry.

Job Description:

This is a unique opportunity to lead the Home & Office Print Stewardship team to provide the core leadership and expertise to inspire, empower, and support HP to achieve our goal of being the most sustainable and just technology company. This team provides deep technical & regulatory experience to guide and influence cross-functional innovation to ensure customers can and want to purchase HP Products and Services because they are safe, legally compliant, and sustainable. This dynamic and challenging role provides a great opportunity to work with colleagues across R&D, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Legal, and Government Relations.

Ideal candidates have robust leadership skills to coach and develop a diverse global team, combined with a strong passion to make a difference in the world. This role requires the ability to coach upward - helping build the business case for sustainable design and leading-edge regulatory compliance. Utilizing the Design for Sustainability (DfS) framework, you will lead product stewards who are focused on supporting product design, circular materials, product labeling, chemical choices, and recyclability. In addition to designing safer and more sustainable products, the team also partners with business teams to create a strong go-to-market strategy and drive customer preference for HP products and services.

You will evaluate and analyze regulatory and customer insights to inform future consumer and enterprise product and business model designs and influence HP's business leaders to take action and make investments. You will need to shift your focus regularly from wide angle lens to narrow and deep focus while coaching your employees and management team. As a member of the Sustainable Impact Operations & Compliance (SIOC) leadership team, you will help define and execute HP's overall Sustainable Impact strategy and achievement of our SI 2030 Goals.

Responsibilities:

• Protect HP's reputation by ensuring current products meet regulatory and market access requirements as products, supply chains, and requirements change.
• Put plans in place to ensure we deliver HP's 2030 Sustainable Impact goals.
• Partner with R&D to "design-in" sustainability as part of New Product Innovation (NPIs) or New Services (NSIs).
• Respond to customer, government, and key stakeholder inquiries.
• Continuously improve Product Stewardship processes, data automation, and tools to improve quality and operational efficiency.
• Inspire the team to work across complex and often ambiguous emerging regulatory frameworks that may impact product design or market access. Develop deep technical, regulatory, and customer insights to proactively influence the business unit leadership.
• Ensure program and project discipline is in place to execute HP's Sustainable Impact strategy in addition to core compliance and market access product requirements.
• Develop a deep understanding of the environmental and health aspects of HP's overall Print business (consumer, commercial, inks, toners, digital printing, industrial, 3D, and molded fibers).
• Thrive on quickly changing sustainability and regulatory landscapes - ensuring that HP maintains a leadership position across the industry and with our customers.
• Network across HP functions and business units to innovate, discover, and deploy compliance and sustainable impact solutions.
• Serve as a trusted 1:1 advisor to multiple Business and Functional executives.
  
  Education and Experience Required:
  
  • Degree in engineering, sciences, operations or related field with the ability to quickly understand and distill/communicate highly technical issues to a varied audience.
  • Proven success as a team and program leader.
  • Experience in Product Development, Operations, Supply Chain, or Business roles; familiarity with product development and manufacturing processes
  • Strong Negotiation and Influencing skills: able to build solid network of partners / teammates. Able to build up a strong reputation and become a trusted partner.
  • Strong program management skills.
  • Experienced in managing human capital across geographies to drive workforce development and achieve desired results.
  • Advanced communication skills catered to a wide variety of audiences. (e.g. written, verbal, presentation); mastery in English and local language.
    
    Desired Experience
    
    • Solid business acumen with an understanding of HP's financial systems and business concepts, along with budget management experience.
    • Familiarity with HP's Ink and LaserJet technologies across hardware and supplies.
    • Customer presence and experience.
    • Familiarity / understanding of competitive technologies, especially around EHS and other sustainability attributes.
    • Strong understanding of HP's policies and processes.
      
      Job -
      Engineering
      
      Schedule -
      Full time
      
      Shift -
      No shift premium (United States of America)
      
      Travel -
      
      Relocation -
      
      EEO Tagline -
      
      HP Inc. is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

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