Director, Global Environmental Affairs

The Director, Global Environmental Affairs develops and advances Ingredion's environmental strategy to provide a comprehensive, coordinated, and systematic approach to managing compliance, identifying and mitigating environmental risks and building reputation.

Key Deliverables

• Drive the development and implementation of the global Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Management System (EHSS-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 challenges the sites and regions 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 Company's 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 regional 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 strategy in negotiating rules, permits and other matters with governmental officials.
• Manages and guides company's 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 EHSS risk evaluation process for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Oversees consulting partners to complete an evaluation of potential EHSS 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 EHSS culture.
• Provide leadership to the Global EHS monthly meetings with an emphasis on engaging regional and country EHS leads to proactively address and solve issues. Drives continuous improvements of the meeting and agenda to promote maximum value for the participants.
• Serve as a member of the Global Sustainability Council and SME for environmental compliance and sustainability topics.
• Lead activities designed to train and increase competencies of Ingredion's environmental professionals and mentor others who have responsibility for environmental affairs.
• Build a collaborative partnership with regional EHS and manufacturing leaders to drive environmental compliance practices throughout the organization.
• Conduct environmental compliance and EHSS-MS audits of manufacturing facilities and use site auditing as an opportunity to build strong local relationships.
• Support global operations as a point of contact for Environmental Affairs to promote regulatory compliance, fulfillment of Company requirements, and advancement of Company initiatives.

Desired behavior, personal attributes, (Leader Imperatives and Competencies):

• Create a talent culture founded on a strong conviction that superior talent delivers superior results; scout to find the best people, drive performance, coach transparently, and build strong teams globally
• Push to continually drive personal and organizational results, make timely decisions that benefit Ingredion globally, take educated risks on business opportunities and benchmark external best practices to outperform the competition
• Create shared value and mutual growth by engaging stakeholders in developing solutions to make Ingredion a partner of choice
• Challenge the status quo and promote bold thinking to create value in new ways across customers, processes, products and solutions to stay relevant and competitive in changing markets
• Enjoy driving the delivery of goals to support the Company strategy.
• Encourage collaboration and experimentation to create new ways of working.
• Build long-term relationships with key decision-makers and internal stakeholders.
• Review opportunities and challenges with a continuous improvement and risk-mitigation mindset
• Embraces challenge and problem solving

Knowledge, Skills, and Requirements:

• 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 EHSS-MS audits, prioritizing risk, and developing corrective actions.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting or managing EHSS due diligence assessments for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
• Experience working in an international context and with people from diverse cultures.
• Successful history negotiating with government agencies on regulatory development and enforcement related matters.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including formal and informal presentations.
• Bachelor's degree in the sciences, environment, or (preferably) engineering. Master's degree and professional certifications a plus.
• Willing to travel up to 30%, including internationally.

Relocation Available? Yes

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.

Relocation Available:
Yes, Within Country