Job Description

As the VP - Global Safety, you will be responsible for leading the development and execution of the enterprise-wide safety strategy to ensure the protection of employees, contractors, and visitors across all business units. You will be accountable for driving a culture of safety excellence, ensuring regulatory compliance, mitigating operational risk, and embedding safety into the company, specifically focusing on frontline execution.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team responsible for safety performance across all business units
• Responsible for developing and executing global safety strategy in collaboration with business leaders
• Establish governance, policies, and standards to be used to drive safe behaviors and a culture of safety
• Ensure all equipment, facilities and initiatives have safety as a design element
• Ensure OSHA and global compliance
• Lead audits and investigations
• Drive culture of accountability and engagement with business leaders
• Establish KPIs and reporting for senior leaders
• Maintain safety compliance reporting across 50+ countries
• Deploy enterprise safety technology
• Partner with HR, Legal and Risk Management

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree - Safety, Environment Health & Safety   or Engineering or related field required
• Masters Degree - Safety, Environment Health & Safety or MBA preferred
• Licenses/Certificates/Designations: CSP, ASP, CHMM preferred
• 15 years working in a safety leadership role
• 8 years leading a multi-site and / or global organization 
• Experience presenting to the Executive Leadership and Board of Directors 
• Demonstrated expertise in OSHA and global safety regulations 
• Experience standing up a global health and safety program in a distribution industry preferred
• Ability to travel 25% - 50%