Vice President Global Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security
Westchester, Illinois, Us
Responsible for the direction and management of all EHSS initiatives and associated project activities, for setting the vision and providing solutions that continuously evolve in pace with the needs of the business. Other accomplishments and responsibilities include:• Actively promoted a zero-injury culture across all employees & contractors and functions. Achieved lowest global employee TRIR of 0.19 ever in Company's history. Reduced incident of thermal events by over 70% in less than 3 years.• Designed, developed, and deployed a world class Digital EHS & Sustainability system across the entire Company's network• Led all safety related programs throughout the organization. This includes: risk assessment, incident prevention and response, operating procedures, training, reporting and governance, and compliance assurance.• Developed robust succession and development plans for global EHSS talent• Coordinated regular global functional excellence communication, training & development events.• Accountable for the design, build and compliance to appropriate ISO management system(s). • Designed, built and monitored compliance tracking to all site permits world-wide. • Drove continuous improvement of safety behaviors and outcomes by delivering methodologies and tools to effectively mitigate identified risks.• Designed and executed injury prevention initiatives to inspire the creation of a world class safety culture and minimize risk.• Coached and guided site personnel during interactions with regulatory bodies and provide guidance in developing written correspondences as needed. • Supported M&A activities as needed in collaboration with the VP of Operations Strategy.