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**Job ID:** 8717

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**Newell Brands** is a leading consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands like Graco®, Coleman®, Oster®, Rubbermaid®, Sharpie® and Yankee Candle® - and 24,000 talented teammates around the world. Our culture is built on values in action: Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, and Leadership. We work together to win, grow, and make a real impact—supported by a high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative environment where you can be your best, every day.

Job Summary:

The Newell Outdoor and Recreation (O&R) segment portfolio enables outdoor, backyard, and indoor fun across apparel, tents, coolers, camping stoves and other burning appliances, and hydration/thermal drinkware. We are seeking a Senior Product Safety Specialist to lead product safety and regulatory compliance activities for assigned categories across the US, Canada, and other regions. This role partners closely with R&D, Quality, Sourcing, Legal, and Commercial teams to embed safety and compliance into new product development and sustaining engineering, ensuring our products meet or exceed applicable laws, regulations, standards, and retailer requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Own safety & compliance strategy for assigned categories; act as the subject-matter expert guiding cross-functional teams through regulatory pathways and retailer requirements, ensure that all certification and regulatory activities are conducted within established budget, performance, and schedule constraints.

+ Plan and manage certifications/approvals with third-party agencies (FDA, DOT) and labs (e.g., UL/CSA/SGS) and EU conformity assessment and CE marking (e.g., General Product Safety Regulation, REACH, RoHS, applicable directives/regulations, and food-contact requirements for drinkware).

+ Translate requirements into design inputs for NPD and sustaining projects, including labeling, warnings, manuals/IFUs, packaging, and e-commerce content.

+ Lead hazard analysis and risk assessments (e.g., hazard-based safety principles, FMEA/HARA); define verification/validation and compliance test plans and review engineering test results.

+ Develops product safety test plans and implements existing testing methodologies on a program level and recommends improvements to Product Safety management team.

+ Develops and refines internal Product Safety acceptance criteria and helps junior staff resolve anomalous results and implement corrective actions.

+ Track and interpret emerging regulations/standards in the US/CA/EU; recommend actions and implement changes to maintain ongoing conformity.

+ Maintain compliance documentation: technical files, risk assessments, declarations of conformity, traceability, and change control.

+ Manage chemical compliance: monitor chemicals of concern (e.g., REACH SVHCs, Proposition 65), maintain and communicate the O&R Restricted Substances List (RSL), steward SDS updates, and manage retailer chemical portals (e.g., WERCS).

+ Resolve safety issues and incidents in partnership with Quality and Legal; investigate consumer contacts, drive CAPA, and recommend design/process improvements.

+ Coach and train cross-functional partners on safety/regulatory expectations, test methods, and documentation best practices.

+ Deliver schedule/budget for compliance activities, proactively communicate risk, mitigation, and status to stakeholders

+ Be located in our Wichita or Atlanta facilities

+ Be hybrid working at least 3 days per week in office

+ Able to travel up to 25% as needed to support role

_Qualifications_

+ College degree or equivalent work experience.

+ 5-7 years of regulatory compliance experience required.

+ Demonstrated working knowledge of US, Canadian, and EU frameworks and standards relevant to outdoor equipment, portable lighting, gas-fueled appliances, and hydration/thermal drinkware (e.g., UL/CSA/ETL, CPSC/Health Canada consumer product safety requirements; CE marking with GPSR, REACH, RoHS; applicable directives/regulations for gas appliances, Low Voltage/EMC; food-contact compliance for drinkware; UN 38.3 battery transport).

+ Excellent project management, time management, analytical, problem solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills.

+ Conscientious and able to work with confidential information on a daily basis.

+ Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause skills; able to influence without authority in a matrixed environment.

+ Excellent verbal/written communication and cross-functional partnership; highly organized self-starter able to manage multiple projects.

+ Demonstrates strong leadership and mentoring skills for team member interactions

_Preferred Qualifications_

+ Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Materials) or a related science field.

+ 6-10 years of related experience required

+ Previous experience leading people or is interested in a leadership track in the next 1-3 years

+ Previous experience with consumer products preferred

+ Previous product safety experience in textile products, regulatory compliance for apparel and other textile products

+ Experience working with North American agencies (CSA, UL, Intertek, USCG, CPSC, FDA)

+ Experience interpreting and implementing retailer requirements (e.g., REI, Costco, Walmart) and managing WERCS/WERCSmart submissions.

+ Participation in standards development committees or industry working groups.

+ Experience in post-market surveillance, trend analysis, and recall/field action support.

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.