PEX Manager

Job Description

Strategic Staffing Solutions client - a global electronics manufacturer - is seeking a new member - PEX Manager 

Position Overview:

Lead environmental and material compliance for the company's component portfolio, ensuring full adherence to global regulatory requirements and customer-specific standards. Oversee restricted substance programs, maintain accurate material declarations, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Partner with R&D, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Legal, and Quality teams to embed environmental compliance throughout the entire product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

Regulatory Compliance:

• Monitor, interpret, and implement environmental regulations relevant to electronic components, including:
• • Conflict Minerals
  • RoHS, REACH (SVHC & Annex XVII)
  • WEEE, ELV
  • TSCA, Prop 65, and other global chemical regulations
  • IEC, JEDEC, IPC compliance standards (e.g., IPC-1752A)
  • POPs, SCIP, CBAM etc.

• Develop internal policies and procedures to ensure sustained compliance for high-volume, multi-SKU electronic component lines.
• Provide expert guidance to engineering, quality, and product management on regulatory impacts and design-for-compliance considerations.
• Develop and deliver training programs for internal stakeholders covering environmental regulations and label requirements (e.g., CE, RoHS, REACH, Prop 65)
• Conduct substance impact analyses and support material substitution/redesign for restricted chemicals
• Lead investigations into non-compliance and remediation initiatives

Supplier Compliance:

• Collaborate with global suppliers to obtain accurate and complete materials data, including chemical composition and test reports.
• Conduct supplier audits to verify adherence to RoHS, REACH, halogen-free, and material purity requirements.
• Support supplier development activities to improve data quality and compliance readiness.
• Compliance Systems and Reporting:
• Maintain internal compliance databases (e.g., Assent, 3E Toxnot, or equivalent systems)
• Support customer reporting portals and respond to environmental compliance questionnaires, audits and inquiries.
• Track and report environmental KPIs such as % RoHS-compliant SKUs, supplier data completion rates, and new regulatory impacts.
• Ensure accurate regulatory filings, technical dossiers, and substance reporting to authorities

• Work with engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality teams to embed compliance in component design and production
• Work with operations and manufacturing to ensure material changes and process updates remain compliant.
• Collaborate with sales and customer service to provide technical compliance support to customers.