Vice President, Global Environmental, Health, and Safety

Accountabilities:

• Develop and drive an enterprise-wide environmental, health, and safety strategy aligned with organizational objectives and industry best practices.
• Establish, implement, and continuously improve EHS policies, procedures, programs, governance structures, and accountability models.
• Drive a proactive safety culture across global manufacturing operations and promote consistent safety practices across locations.
• Define short- and long-term objectives for safety and sustainability and establish KPIs, monthly reporting, and business reviews to track progress.
• Assess and implement effective EHS organizational structures, tools, training programs, governance practices, and accountability frameworks.
• Lead the global safety organization through a matrix leadership model, providing direction, technical expertise, and thought leadership.
• Build synergies across sites by sharing knowledge, resources, personnel, tools, and proven safety practices.
• Ensure compliance with applicable environmental, health, and safety standards, including OSHA and relevant international regulations.
• Lead and monitor environmental sustainability programs and governance systems in alignment with established strategies, goals, measurement frameworks, and reporting standards.
• Support the U.S. Workers’ Compensation Program, including effective case management and return-to-work initiatives related to workplace illness and injury.
• Coordinate executive-level engagement between regional operations, customers, and senior stakeholders on EHS and sustainability priorities.
• Coach and mentor safety and supply chain professionals while strengthening organizational capabilities and leadership development.
• Promote a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing culture across the organization.
• Foster urgency, teamwork, continuous improvement, and effective talent development while maintaining high standards of quality and performance.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, risk management, industrial safety and health, safety engineering, safety management, or a closely related field.
• 15+ years of management or supervisory experience, including 10–15 years of leadership experience within regional or global manufacturing environments.
• Proven leadership experience within global manufacturing operations is required.
• Strong knowledge of environmental, health, and safety requirements across international locations, particularly the Americas and Europe.
• Demonstrated ability to establish, implement, and manage best-practice EHS programs across complex organizations.
• Experience interpreting and implementing OSHA requirements and other applicable global safety regulations.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 18001 implementation and program sustainability.
• Proven ability to lead diverse teams and achieve organizational objectives through influence in a matrix environment.
• Experience leading teams across large-scale industrial manufacturing operations is preferred.
• Strong executive presence and the ability to quickly establish credibility with senior leadership, managers, and individual contributors.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively, persuasively, and tactfully across all organizational levels.
• Strong presentation and training delivery capabilities.
• Strategic, solution-oriented, and proactive approach to resolving issues without compromising quality or compliance.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, organizational, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to build effective teams, foster collaboration, and maintain alignment around organizational goals.
• Experience working within global organizations and leading teams through influence and impact is preferred.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally to manufacturing sites.
• Must be able to work remotely from the United States.

Benefits:

• Remote, U.S.-based executive position.
• Opportunity to shape global environmental, health, and safety strategy across an international manufacturing organization.
• Executive-level visibility and collaboration with regional business leaders, customers, and senior stakeholders.
• International exposure across manufacturing operations in the Americas and Europe.
• Leadership responsibility for global EHS professionals and organizational development initiatives.
• Opportunity to lead sustainability programs and enterprise-wide safety culture initiatives.
• Focus on continuous improvement, best practices, governance, and measurable EHS performance.
• Opportunities to influence global manufacturing standards, workforce safety, and environmental sustainability.
• Travel opportunities to international manufacturing sites.