Director, Regional EHS Leader (EMEA)

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Director Regional EHS Leader located in Ringaskiddy (Ireland) or Suzhou (China) or Tokyo (Japan) or Leeds (UK) or (Singapore).

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

Ireland - Requisition Number: 074913

UK - Requisition Number:077442

Japan - Requisition Number:077445

Singapore and China - Requisition Number: 077446

Remember whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers your applications will be considered as a single submission.

The Regional EHS&S Lead EMEA is a senior leader accountable for setting regional EHS&S strategy governance and risk posture across the EMEA. This role shapes how EHS&S enables business performance protects enterprise value and ensures sustainable operations across manufacturing R&D facilities and commercial activities within the region.

Reporting to the Global Head of EHS&S this role operates with a high degree of autonomy and regional decision authority translating global enterprise priorities into region-specific EHS&S strategies operating models and governance mechanisms. The role is accountable for defining success criteria risk tolerance and strategic trade-offs for the EMEA region.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• 25% - Owns and sets the EMEA EHS&S regional strategy aligned to enterprise direction/ EHS&S management system requirements and multi-year outcomes.

• 20% - Establishes regional governance assurance mechanisms decision-right framework and drives accountability through regular performance reviews with business leaders.

• 15% - Ensures compliance with all applicable federal state/provincial local and Company regulations policies and procedures.

• 15%- Leads and develops a lean regional EHS&S team; ensures succession and capability maturity.

• 10% - Partners with Supply Chain R&D Facilities and Commercial leaders to deliver EHS&S services that support business objectives; conducts periodic performance and service satisfaction reviews with business leadership.

• 10% Defines and coordinates regional EHS&S resource needs and capability development while optimizing leverage of subject matter experts (e.g. safety industrial hygiene environmental etc.) across Make Source Deliver R&D and commercial locations.

• 5% - Communicates business-related EHS&S risks trends and improvement opportunities to senior leadership and escalates significant issues in a timely manner.

100% Total

Other Duties

Acts as senior advisor to business and functional leaders on EHS&S-related investment decisions risk management and crisis management for significant incidents.

Required Qualifications

Required Minimum Education: A university/bachelors degree or equivalent level of degree is . Science engineering or related EHS discipline/degree is preferred.

Required Years of Related Experience: 10-12 years progressive EHS&S leadership experience with demonstrated enterprise or regional strategy responsibility.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated site/regional EHS leadership experience including accountability for strategy deployment governance and performance across multiple sites/region.

• Strong people leaderships skills with the proven ability to lead multiple teams at regionally dispersed sites.

• Strong working knowledge of applicable EHS regulations and standards across the EMEA (e.g. HSE HSA EPA etc; provincial/state/local requirements) and experience interfacing with regulators.

• Experience advising site/business leadership teams in order to meet EHS&S risks and opportunities.

• Ability to explain complex issues and requirements in an easily understood manner in order to negotiate with and influence key business leaders.

• Strong compliance orientation with a focus on end-to-end regional process management.

• Ability to work in a matrix team-oriented environment is .

Travel on the Job

Travel Required: Yes

Percentage Traveled: Approximately 30-40%

Type of Travel Required: Domestic and International

People Management Experience

People Management Experience Required: Previously demonstrated supervisory/ leadership experience is

Required Years of People Management Experience: 5 years direct management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Minimum Education: Advanced degree in relevant technical scientific or business discipline.

Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Professional EHS certification preferred (e.g. CSP CIH REP CHMM NEBOSH etc).

• Demonstrated ability to design and mature EHS management systems and governance (e.g. ISO 14001/45001 alignment) including assurance auditing and management review.

• Experience leading serious incident investigations.

• Strong business acumen and financial skills to develop budgets business cases and ROI for risk reduction and sustainability investments.

• Experience establishing and monitoring EHS performance metrics dashboards and corrective action systems; strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into decisions.

• Experience working in MedTech manufacturing or other highly regulated environments.

Key Working Relationships

Internal: Site Leaders (GM/PM); Real Estate; Facilities; Risk Management; R&D; Supply Chain; Commercial; Quality; Regulatory; Finance; Legal; and HR.

External: Regulatory authorities industry associations and external service providers.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports: Approximately 10 site EHS&S leads and sub-regional office/deliver/fleet specialists.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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