Head Environment

Reference Number: R2872638

Position title:

Head of Environment and Sustainability

Location:

Toronto, ON

About the job Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and  Manufacturing & Supply, you’ll help reimagine how life‑changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster.

About Sanofi We’re an R&D‑driven, AI‑powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

• Ensure the site’s activities compliance to all relevant Environment & Sustainability regulations and standards (local, state, and company).
• Support the HSE Head to maintain the environment permits.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with site related environmental regulatory agencies and ensure timely submission of required reports and documentation.
• Develop and implement site plans in alignment with Sanofi Environment & Sustainability Planet Care policies (Eco‑Design, Climate change, waste circularity, water stewardship, Biodiversity…).
• Conduct assessments and mitigate environmental impacts associated with the site’s operations:
  Identify, assess and manage environmental impacts and opportunities.
• Monitor the environmental performance of the site and oversee the monitoring of environmental parameters, such as air pollution, water and wastewater quality, waste management, and GHG emissions.
• Lead initiatives aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of the site, including Eco‑design, water stewardship, waste, Biodiversity, ….
• Support the engineering team to optimize the use of the resources and reduce the site’s environmental footprint (Energy, PIE, Water efficiency roadmap, etc).
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement initiatives and drive innovation in environmental practices and process improvements to maintain a competitive edge.
• Lead investigations into environmental severe impacts, incidents, and near‑misses to determine root causes and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Lead & promote proactive HSE Culture on environmental topics by developing and delivering training programs on Environment & Sustainability for all employees and stakeholders to guarantee that all employees have the knowledge and capabilities needed for their tasks.
• Engage with environmental external experts (consulting, academies, labs, …) to ensure that the site have all the environmental capabilities in line with the site responsibilities on environmental topics.
• Monitor/Report Environment & Sustainability local performance and trend (incl culture maturity index) to the SLT and above the site senior management to identify trends, assess performance, and make data‑driven decisions.
• Ensure quality and timeliness of the reporting of environmental data.
• Lead and manage the Environment team including hiring, training, coaching, capabilities developing and performance evaluation which drive an excellence operating mindset.
• Accountable for fostering site‑wide employee awareness of environmental and sustainability programs while owning the delivery of continuous improvement initiatives and projects that drive quantifiable progress toward Sanofi’s environmental goals.
• Perform additional Health, Safety, and Environment duties as assigned to support organizational HSE objectives and compliance requirements.

• Advice on Environmental & Sustainability Compliance Issues.
• Support Site HSE Head on Environmental‑related regulatory strategies and compliance…