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.

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.

• 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 analysis to ensure accuracy of data.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 experience

• Have at least six (6) years of Procurement/Sourcing, Trade Compliance, Technical, Operations, Procurement, and/or Supply Chain experience
• 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