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Job Description
Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.
The R&D Systems Analyst supports North America Packaging laboratory, pilot plant, and production operations by creating, maintaining, and validating formula, raw material, intermediate, and finished-goods data across Product Data Hub (PDH), BIOS, Product Vision (PV), and related business systems. The role partners with R&D, Manufacturing, Sales, Procurement, Marketing, Quality, and IT to ensure product data is accurate, complete, and available to support product development, scale-up, and pilot. The analyst also identifies data or system issues, coordinates resolution, and develops reports that improve data quality and operational visibility.
Responsibilities
- Manage set-up of Packaging formulas/raw materials in the Product Data Hub (PDH) system.
- Lead point of contact for setting up new finished goods and internally produced raw materials across BIOS platforms.
- Support BIOS setup of purchased raw materials and intermediates.
- Work with Plants, Sales, and Technical teams to support Finished Good item creation.
- Support System Formula Feedback completion in Product Vision (PV).
- Enter quality control data for all NAR Pilot Plant batches.
- Generate reports using Tableau, Business Objects, Navigator, and Advanced Excel.
- Support formula entry and maintenance.
- Maintain accurate and complete product data in accordance with established data-governance, documentation, and change-control requirements.
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM
- One year of experience supporting technical, product, material, formula, manufacturing, or master-data processes. – Sean said that this should be in preferred.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related STEM discipline.
TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail when creating, reviewing, and maintaining technical and product data.
- Ability to interpret formulas, raw-material information, product specifications, manufacturing requirements, and related technical documentation.
- Ability to learn and work effectively within multiple product-development, master-data, reporting, and manufacturing systems.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including sorting, filtering, lookups, data validation, reconciliation, and basic data analysis.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify discrepancies, determine root causes, and coordinate resolution.
- Ability to manage multiple requests, prioritize work, maintain documentation, and meet established deadlines.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to gather information and explain data or system requirements to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently within established procedures and appropriately escalate exceptions, risks, or unresolved issues.
- Ability to handle confidential and proprietary product and formula information appropriately.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: 10%
About Us
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 It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible
At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/. Click on “Candidates” to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.
Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
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