Senior Procurement Compliance Specialist

The Procurement Strategy & Enablement team plays a critical role in shaping procurement governance and compliance across a global organization. This position offers the opportunity to lead strategic efforts in tariff management, regulatory & trade compliance, and ESG integration, while driving efficiency, mitigating risk, and enabling sustainable procurement practices.

Additional Information

The travel for this position is 10%.

This role will report to Sherwin-Williams Morikis Global Technology Center located at 6745 Miller Road, Brecksville, OH 44141.

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.

Governance & Compliance

• Establish, maintain, and enforce governance processes, policies, and standards to ensure compliance across global spend.
• Provide procurement support to ensure compliance with related policies and work processes, including trade compliance, conflict mineral, and other related requirements.
• Support regulatory, trade & sustainability compliance measures including data collection and accuracy review.
• Lead tariff-related activities, including country of origin data collection, maintenance, and analysisto ensure accuracy of data.

ESGLeadership

• Monitor Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives and regulatory developments; communicate impacts and create contingency strategies.
• Provide training and guidance to procurement teams and stakeholders on ESG requirements.
• Collaborate with legal, regulatory, sustainability, and other subject matter experts to align ESG strategies across business units.
• Preferred:Experience with ESG software implementation.
• Collaborate, build, and foster relationships with key stakeholders and cross-functional teams across multiple business units/divisions, including legal, IT, finance, sustainability and regulatory leaders as well as other subject matter experts, related to ESG requirements.

Risk Assessment & Mitigation

• Assess and mitigate supply chain risks related to compliance, ESG, sustainability and regulatory changes.
• Develop proactive strategies to reduce exposure and ensure business continuity.
• Monitor global trade and regulatory developments and communicate changes and timelines to affected stakeholders.
• Supports the evaluation of new and existing suppliers.

Process Optimization

• Identify opportunities to streamline procurement processes and reduce costs without compromising compliance.
• Support raw material supply chain and logistical initiatives aimed at improving service and efficiency.

Tools & Technology

• Contribute to the development and implementation of tools and solutions to meet evolving business needs.
• Identify and optimize utilization of global trade tools to assist the procurement team to identify saving opportunities and/or explore new markets.

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future (e.g., OPT, CPT, H1B, EB-1,etc.)
• Must have a bachelor's degree or higher

• Must have at least four (4) years of Procurement/Sourcing, Trade Compliance, Technical, Operations, Procurement, and/or Supply Chain

Preferred Qualification:

• Have at least six (6) years of Procurement/Sourcing, Trade Compliance, Technical, Operations, Procurement, and/or Supply Chain
• Have experience in global trade regulations, tariffs & duties, and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG)
• Have at least one (1) year of experience using Microsoft Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and/or Outlook)
• Have experience using Tableau
• Have project management experience and Process improvement experience