Regulatory Affairs Specialist in Wokingham

This role provides product stewardship and regulatory support for the CBG and EPS businesses across the EMEAI region, ensuring compliance with consumer product regulations. It serves as the primary point of contact for regulatory and product safety matters, supports business decisions through impact assessments, and drives harmonization of stewardship processes, SDS, labeling, and regulatory projects. This position is ideally based working hybrid from our site in Sheffield but could also be based near our office in Wokingham, Reading with some travel to Sheffield.

In this role you will be accountable for:

• Compliance Support: Interpret and apply EMEAI consumer product regulations (CBG & EPS), developing compliance strategies and conducting independent impact assessments.
• Act as subject matter expert for consumer product regulations and drive harmonised stewardship processes across sites.
• Represent Product Stewardship with external bodies (e.g. trade associations, working groups) as required.
• Own SDS preparation and maintenance; review and approve regulatory content for product labels.
• Support and improve regulatory systems, data integrity, and software alignment across sites.

Customer and Business Support:

• Independently resolve routine to complex internal and external customer regulatory inquiries.
• Act as EMEAI single point of contact for regulatory, legislative, and product safety matters.
• Support R&D, Marketing, Sales, and customers with strategic, regulation-driven guidance.
• Prepare responses to regulatory agency inquiries in collaboration with Legal and management.
• Represent Product Stewardship in business and project meetings; maintain SDS portals.

Continuous Improvement:

• Identify and drive process and system improvements to meet evolving regulatory requirements.
• Lead complex product stewardship projects and contribute to cross-functional initiatives.
• Deliver training and awareness sessions on product stewardship trends and regulatory updates.

The skills and experience you will ideally have:

• Bachelors degree in a scientific discipline (e.g. chemistry, engineering, industrial hygiene); Masters preferred, ideally in polymer chemistry.
• Minimum 3 years experience in product stewardship or regulatory roles (6 years preferred).
• Strong knowledge of EMEAI chemical regulations, including REACH, CLP (EU/UK) and BPR.
• Experience managing raw material and finished goods compliance and responding to customer inquiries.
• SDS and label authoring experience; global and UK regulatory exposure preferred.
• Background in paint & coatings, chemical industry, or consumer products advantageous.
• Proficient with regulatory, formulation, and ERP systems; strong data analysis skills.
• Fluent in English; product development and project management experience a plus.

Our offer to you:

• Work life balance hybrid and flexible working schedule.
• Competitive compensation programme.
• Company bonus plan.
• Private medical insurance.
• Company contributed pension.
• Career growth opportunities in a truly international environment.
• Innovation leaders in the protective coatings industry.
• Sherwin Academy offers continuous training programmes for all seniority levels.
• Attractive wellbeing, mental health, women & inclusion and ID&E programmes.

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

• Life with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being.
• Career with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution.
• Connection with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities.

Eligibility to Work: You will need to provide proof of right to work. It is a condition of any offer of employment we make to you that you have the permission to work in the country for the role for which you are applying for.

Equal Opportunity Employer: An equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, colour, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic or national origin, disability, age pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or any other protected characteristic prohibited by law.

Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.