Location: Aimargues

Segment: Royal Canin

Type of contract: Permanent

As the HSE Manager for our flagship manufacturing site of around 250 associates you will be the guardian of safety health and environmental excellence. Youll lead a small but high-impact team set the sites HSE vision and ensure our people pets and planet are always protected. Through your expertise and leadership youll drive a strong safety culture regulatory compliance and continuous improvement across operations.

What are we looking for

• You have 7 to 10 years of HSE experience ideally in a manufacturing environment within the food agro-industrial or FMCG sector.

• You hold at least a bachelors degree (Bac3) in a relevant field.

• You bring a well-rounded set of functional capabilities from developing and deploying safety and environmental strategies to driving TPM initiatives auditing compliance and continuously improving processes and behaviors across the site.

• You demonstrate strong leadership skills able to set a vision motivate others influence without formal authority and operate with high autonomy.

• You thrive in a complex fast-paced manufacturing environment where collaboration with multiple stakeholders and external partners is key to success.

• You are confident in challenging decisions and standing your ground when safety or compliance are at stake.

• You are fluent in both French and English.

What will be your key responsibilities

Shape and deliver the sites HSE strategy

• Define and deploy HSE priorities in collaboration with site leadership and employee representatives.

• Leverage best practices and benchmark insights to continuously improve safety health and environmental standards.

• Address complex challenges with a pragmatic and innovative mindset turning issues into opportunities for improvement.

• Lead and implement key site policies such as the Pet Safety Policy and the Transportation Safety & Sustainability Policy ensuring both people and environment are protected.

Coordinate and develop the HSE function

• Apply deep HSE expertise while collaborating effectively with other functions (engineering production facilities etc.).

• Act as a trusted advisor influencing stakeholders across the site on HSE policies standards and behaviors.

• Lead a small team of HSE professionals and support their growth and capability building.

• Mentor colleagues and contribute to the broader HSE community through best practice sharing and continuous learning.

• Ensure all on-site service providers and contractors comply with the companys HSE requirements.

• Act as the main point of contact for local authorities on all matters related to health safety and environment.

• Operate autonomously demonstrating strong ownership and accountability.

Lead the security program

• Design implement and maintain robust security programs aligned with industry standards (e.g. TAPA) and company policies.

• Promote a strong culture of security awareness among associates and stakeholders.

• Optimize the sites security systems layouts and access controls to ensure effective protection and monitoring.

• Ensure emergency and crisis response plans are up to date tested and embedded in daily operations.

• Collaborate closely with external partners (security providers authorities) and internal stakeholders (e.g. regional security team).

• Maintain a structured approach to security governance and perform regular audits to identify risks and drive improvements.

• Develop and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess security program effectiveness and enable continuous improvement.

What can you expect from Mars

• At Mars we believe in a relationship of mutual trust dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship.

• As Associates we can expect to be respected supported and valued as individuals to be treated fairly and equitably.

• You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates dogs at the office!

• You will work in a unique campus which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ the French subsidiary two laboratories a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group

• Since 2015 no waste to landfill is made by the 16 Royal Canin factories in the world

• All Royal Canin products manufactured in Europe are ISO 14001 certified from design to factory gate

• You will evolve in the heart of an innovative production plant that will challenge you on a daily basis