Regional Health and Safety Leader – Americas Distribution

The Regional Health and Safety Leader – Americas is responsible for shaping, operationalizing, and continuously improving Health & Safety practices across Res Med’s Distribution network in the Americas region. This role ensures consistent implementation of safety standards, risk management processes, and cultural expectations across multiple distribution centers (both internal and 3PL-operated) while aligning fully to the Global H&S strategy and frameworks.

This leader will partner closely with regional Supply Chain, Distribution and site leaders to build strong local capabilities, drive compliance, and elevate safety performance. While the role is regionally focused, it plays a critical part in ensuring Americas Distribution is fully aligned with Res Med’s global Health & Safety Management System (HSMS) and supports global best-practice sharing.

• Lead the Americas Distribution H&S strategy in alignment with the Global H&S organization, ensuring regional objectives support global goals.
• Serve as the primary safety advisor for Distribution operations across the Americas, partnering with Regional Operations Leaders, SCLT members, and onsite H&S leads.
• Drive a strong, consistent safety culture across internal sites and 3PL-managed facilities.

• Implement and operationalize global H&S standards, policies, and procedures within the Americas Distribution environments.
• Build and maintain region-specific systems, workflows, and documentation that support local regulatory requirements while staying aligned with global governance.
• Coordinate and support internal and partner-site audits, ensuring timely corrective actions and continuous improvement.

• Identify regional risk trends and emerging issues, proactively developing mitigation plans with site leadership and 3PL partners.
• Lead initiatives that reduce injuries, improve ergonomics, strengthen material-handling safety, and enhance automation-related safety readiness.
• Support incident investigations and ensure systemic learnings are shared across the Americas network.

• Develop and mentor H&S professionals across the Americas Distribution network, reinforcing local ownership and leadership accountability.
• Provide guidance and learning programs for supervisors, warehouse teams, and 3PL partners to embed safe behaviors and practices.
• Promote knowledge sharing across regions and contribute Americas insights to global networks.

• Oversee safety performance data, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and timely reporting to regional and global stakeholders.
• Support ESG-related safety reporting requirements by providing regional Distribution inputs and performance insights.
• Track progress against leading and lagging indicators to drive action-oriented safety improvements.

• Lead H&S integration for new distribution and manufacturing sites, expansions, process changes, and automation initiatives within the Americas.
• Ensure seamless alignment to the Global HSMS during transitions or onboarding of new 3PL partners.
• Support readiness assessments and safety implications of new technologies or operational models.

• Act as an embedded H&S business partner to Americas Supply Chain and Distribution leadership teams.
• Provide strategic input into network design, operational planning, and risk mitigation activities.
• Foster cross-functional alignment across Operations, Engineering, Quality, and HR to support safe, reliable performance.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, Environmental Science, or related discipline.
• 8–12+ years of progressive H&S leadership experience within distribution, logistics, warehousing or supply chain operations.
• Strong working knowledge of regional H&S regulations (U.S., Canada, LATAM) and alignment with global standards such as ISO 45001.
• Demonstrated experience implementing safety programs across multi-site or multi-partner logistics networks.
• Exceptional…