Director Global Environmental Affairs

The Director Global Environmental Affairs leads the development and execution of Ingredions global environmental strategy by advancing a coordinated systematic approach to compliance risk mitigation and reputation building across all operations.

Supervision: Environmental Specialist

What you will do:

• Drive the development and implementation of the global Environmental Health Safety and Sustainability Management System (EHS&S-MS) conducting a comprehensive annual review progressing Company Guidelines and developing new risk-based programs to promote performance improvements and reduce risk.
• Drive culture change by communicating expectations and encouraging incident reporting and risk recognition through correct classification of severity.
• Critically evaluate incident root cause analyses and respectfully challenge the sites and segments to complete more in-depth analyses to prevent recurrence through robust corrective actions.
• Develop the tools and KPIs to monitor measure communicate and drive the Companys progress toward mitigation of environmental risks.
• Institute metrics and benchmarks to track environmental compliance against established goals and recognized standards of excellence.
• Drive continuous improvement to deliver value at the global and segment level regarding regulatory surveillance environmental reporting targets and metrics and community relations initiatives.
• Communicate significant risk issues to the Operations Leadership Team (OLT) and senior leaders with respect to environmental incidents and reporting root-cause assessments corrective actions and non-compliances to drive change and improvements from the top down.
• Develop a strategy for negotiating rules permits and other matters with governmental officials.
• Manages and guides the companys response to government inquiries enforcement and other events.
• Procure engage and manage consultant partners including development of scopes of work and requests for proposals managing change and costs critiquing reports and providing feedback.
• Lead the EHS&S risk evaluation process for mergers acquisitions and divestitures. Oversees consulting partners to complete an evaluation of potential EHS&S and engineering risks with respect to site contamination non-compliance safety risks (e.g. combustible dust/explosion prevention electrical safety etc.) and the ability to expand operations to meet business objectives. Communicate the risks potential corrective actions and costs to the business leaders.
• Integrate newly acquired facilities into the Ingredion EHS&S culture.
• Provide leadership to the Global EHS&S monthly meetings with an emphasis on engaging segment and country EHS&S leads to proactively address and solve issues. Drives continuous improvements of the meeting and agenda to promote maximum value for the participants.
• Lead activities designed to train and increase the competencies of Ingredions environmental professionals and mentor others who have responsibility for environmental affairs.
• Build a collaborative partnership with segment EHS&S and manufacturing leaders to drive environmental compliance practices throughout the organization.
• Conduct environmental compliance and EHS&S-MS audits of manufacturing facilities and use site auditing as an opportunity to build strong local relationships.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Global Operations on Environmental Affairs to promote regulatory compliance fulfillment of Company requirements and advancement of Company initiatives.
• Review strategic capital investment projects to ensure environmental compliance is addressed
• Oversee the Environmental Compliance module of the Global EHS&S database ensuring that it is properly maintained consistently implemented across all sites and effectively utilized to support transparency and alignment in environmental compliance management.

What will you bring:

Who you are:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience working in an environmental regulatory function within a complex manufacturing business or consulting.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating risk compliance issues and fulfilling regulatory requirements in a practical cost-effective manner.
• Extensive experience in conducting and/or overseeing environmental regulatory compliance and EHS&S-MS audits prioritizing risk and developing corrective actions.

• Demonstrated experience in conducting or managing EHS&S due diligence assessments for mergers acquisitions and divestitures.
• Experience working in an international context and with people from diverse cultures.
• Proficiency with EHS&S database management systems.
• Successful history negotiating with government agencies on regulatory development and enforcement-related matters.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including formal and informal presentations.
• Bachelors degree in the sciences environment or (preferably) engineering. Masters degree and professional certifications are a plus.
• Willing to travel up to 20% including internationally.

Why Join Ingredion

• Discover why Ingredion is the ideal place to advance your career with our exceptional rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive. Create the future with us and enjoy:
• Total Rewards Package Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success
• Comprehensive Benefits & Wellness Support Health long-term savings and resources for your physical mental and emotional well-being
• Career Growth Learning training and development opportunities including tuition reimbursement
• Employee Recognition Program A culture of real-time appreciation with personalized recognition rewards globally
• Employee Discount Program Provides exclusive discounts on everyday products services and travel.

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Relocation Available:

Pay Range:

This pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data and applicable bargaining agreement (if any).

Incentive Compensation:

As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Ingredion Annual Incentive Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.

Benefits:

Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package which includes medical dental and vision coverage as well as a 401(k) plan with an competitive company match.