Head of Transformation in HSE for Europe

You are

Your have a strong leadership while speaking about transformation across your team in Europe.

You have a successful track record in defining and implementing Health and Safety strategies within industrial activities in matrix organisations at an international level.

Your strong communication, persuasive abilities and your excellent interpersonal skills enable you to influence and drive changes across all levels in your work.

The role

Reporting to our QHSE & Sustainability Director for Europe, the Head of HSE works for Suntory Beverage and Food Europe and manages his/her/them team in Europe (the SBFE EHS Engineer) and also, transversally others HSE teams such as the EHS Managers; Markets'Health & Safety Champions or HSE teams accross Europe while ensuring a holistic approach of EHS, etc.

He/she/them will define the HSE strategy and the road map and priorities for Europe. 

The role includes to manage the Group Health and safety policy for Europe, define standards (processes, rules, etc) and ensure their application across the organisation and carefully define and monitor KPIs and provide effective reporting to senior management for Health and Safety.

Furthermore, he/she/them will have to manage the HSE risk analysis in collaboration with relevant teams and identify and evaluate risks faced, to implement controls and improvement plans to effectively manage these risks and manage relative reportings.

He/she/them will have to lead the HSE transformation. That includes working on developping a strong safety culture coordinating and engaging local teams to ensure consistent and effective safety practices, etc.

As a good leader, he/she/them will works closed to the HSE team stakeholders across the markets/sites and all the organisation to make transformation happen; that also includes HSE strategic projects, etc.

About us

Suntory is a Japanese company and the world’s third biggest player in the drinks industry. We want to help manage our natural resources sustainably, creating harmony with nature and protecting our environment for the next generation.  We minimise our environmental impact through the whole product lifecycle; sourcing, manufacturing, packaging, distributing, selling, recycling, and managing post-consumer waste.  Our strong belief is Growing for Good means that we will keep working together to improve our environment.  We wouldn’t achieve what we do without our people who are at the heart of everything we do. Our people unleash their spirit daily, they craft exceptional drinks, and they fuel our Growth.

Your future with us

Joining Suntory isn’t just about taking on a role, it’s about embarking on a career journey. You have the opportunity to work with talented, inspiring and authentic leaders and have the freedom to dream big and go for it (Yatte Minahare). At Suntory you’ll find a supportive work environment that values work life balance and that will help you realise your full potential and grow for good. Our People and Culture team are a team that genuinely care about creating a great experience for our employees and we would love you to be part of it.

Skills and Experience

• Engineering diploma
• +/- 15 years of experience with a strong operational experience within a FMCG environment.
• Languages: English is mandatory; French is a plus.

The role requires regular travels around Europe (60%).

Our Comittment

At Suntory, we greatly appreciate the value that diverse knowledge, perspectives, and backgrounds can bring. Our colleagues from a wide range of cultures, lifestyles, and experiences contribute significantly to our collective success. We understand that our candidates all have unique career trajectories and experiences, and this can sometimes deter you from applying for a role if you don’t feel that you meet all the criteria. If you believe that you have relevant skills and experience that you feel could benefit us, we would love to know what unique perspectives and experience you can bring to help make us better, together in a company that is committed to Growing for Good and Giving Back to Society.

Our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based on the skills and competencies of the above role. We are committed to and value diversity, equity and inclusion in our recruitment process and do not discriminate based on gender, race or ethnic background, class, economic status, disability status, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, marital status or any other protected characteristic. We want to ensure that our interview process is as inclusive as possible. If you require any reasonable accommodation as part of the process, do not hesitate to let your recruiter know who will be happy to help.