Senior Director, Global Safety and Europe SQS Lead

Your role is about to drive the Global Safety Strategy and programs across all Bacardi and third-party manufacturers sites, and is also responsible to directly drive the implementation of the full scope of the SQS strategy within the plants part of the scope of the Europe Region.

You are passionate about Safety, and you will drive a culture of continuous improvement in safety performance across the business developing an Accident free vision for the Organization as a critical strategic and key success factor for the Company.

Capable to interact with different teams and culture, you will connect with the regional team to ensure SQS support to the specific business needs, while coordinating the local teams in the implementation of our safety, quality and sustainability strategies and objectives.

• Develop and ensure implementation of strategies to:
  • Continually improve safety performance across the business
  • support a proactive and preventive Accident free culture
• Develop and maintain systems and procedures to assure delivery of Bacardi Global Safety standards
• Provide deep Safety expertise globally to continuously improve operating performance.
• Co-ordinates Bacardi Safety issues and monitoring systems globally
• Develop and own the global CAPEX plan for Global Safety
• Ensure management systems are in place and operated to ensure one best practice way of working across Bacardi with continual improvement.
• Promote Bacardi approaches to Safety across and outside of the business.
• Ensure deployment of SQS strategy across all Bacardi and third‑party manufacturers within the scope of the Europe region
• Support the VP of Supply Chain and Manufacturing of Europe and its leadership team in any issue related to SQS matters
• Own the implementation of the CAPEX plan for SQS within the scope of the Europe region.
• Drive 100% compliance towards regulatory requirements and Bacardi standards.
• Ensure the business is adequately staffed with SQS people and that programs are in place for their continuing development

• Significant experience with organizations recognized for their strong Safety reputation.
• Regional or global leadership experience
• Demonstrable experience of driving Safety activities in a multi-site (ideally multi-regional and with remote team management)
• A strong manufacturing experience would be beneficial.
• Successful track record of interactions with the broader business including Marketing and Sales
• Working business experience in at least two countries
• Educational Requirements:
  
  Science or Engineering degree, ideally with post‑graduate qualification
• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Fluent English; any additional language as Spanish, French or Italian will be a plus

• Effective collaborator and communicator with experience of working in an international matrix organization
• Effective at building partnerships with Global and local management teams
• Continuous improvement mindset and ability to define structured and agile processes
• Understanding of data analytics and systems
• Self‑Awareness:
  You have high levels of self‑awareness, are reflective and know yourself well, understanding both your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others
• People Agility:
  You bring a deep ability to understand and relate to people and navigate through tough situations to harness and multiply collective performance
• Results Agility:
  You demonstrate consistent delivery of results in first‑time situations by inspiring teams, exhibiting a presence that builds confidence in yourself and others.
• Mental Agility:
  You can think critically to penetrate complex…