NA and Latam Region EH&S Lead

Job Summary

Are you passionate about advancing environmental health and safety excellence across a diverse manufacturing network while making a meaningful impact on people operations and sustainability

IFF is a global leader in flavors fragrances food ingredients and health and biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.

Food Ingredients: Innovatingimproved nutritional profiles better taste and texture and greater cost efficiency to meet the needs of global food and beverage manufacturers.

The EHS Regional Lead is responsible for implementing monitoring and continuously improving Environment Health and Safety (EHS) goals across a designated region. This role provides oversight of regulatory compliance drives risk prevention initiatives promotes the organizational safety culture and supports local sites in setting and achieving EHS performance objectives.

Global Workplace safety lead across the food ingredients network focused on EHS risk reduction using data and trend analysis to define approaches and implementation.

This position may be located near any IFF Food Ingredients site within North America or Latin America and is primarily remote with business travel as needed

Be part of a collaborative strategic and solution-oriented team where together we make a meaningful impact on people communities and the environment.

For your awareness IFF has announced its intention to sell its Food Ingredients Business to CVC Capital Partners. The sale is presently expected to close in the first half of 2027 pending regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. The Food Ingredient business unit will remain a part of IFF until close and at such time it will transition to CVC Capital applying for this position you acknowledge your awareness that the position is a part of the Food Ingredient business unit and has been identified to transition to CVC Capital Partners.

Where Youll Make a Difference

• Define and deploy the regional EHS strategy aligned with the Food Ingredients global EHS roadmap.
• Partner with manufacturing sites to develop and execute annual EHS improvement plans.
• Support and develop local EHS teams to ensure consistent application of global standards and procedures.
• Identify assess and mitigate EHS risks while driving proactive risk-reduction initiatives.
• Develop and execute regional audit programs including internal audits and support for external inspections.
• Monitor EHS performance metrics and drive corrective actions to improve compliance and operational excellence.
• Design and deliver EHS training and awareness programs that strengthen organizational capability.
• Promote a strong safety culture and environmental responsibility across North America and Latin America.
• Collaborate with Operations Quality HR Engineering Supply Chain and Sustainability teams to embed EHS into business processes.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelors degree in Environmental Health & Safety Engineering Environmental Science or a related field.
• Significant EHS leadership experience within manufacturing food ingredients chemical or industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of EHS regulations compliance requirements and risk management practices.
• Experience developing and implementing regional EHS programs and strategic initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead audits investigations corrective action programs and compliance reviews.
• Experience analyzing EHS data and translating insights into measurable improvement plans.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Excellent communication and training facilitation capabilities.
• Fluent English with the ability to operate effectively in a multicultural regional environment.

How Would You Stand Out

• Experience supporting multiple sites across North America and Latin America.
• Expertise in ISO 14001 ISO 45001 Process Safety Management (PSM) or similar EHS management systems.
• Proven success building high-performing EHS teams and driving cultural transformation initiatives.

Why Choose Us

• Join a global leader committed to innovation sustainability and employee well-being.
• Influence EHS strategy and performance across a diverse regional manufacturing network.
• Collaborate with talented teams in a highly matrixed and international environment.
• Drive meaningful impact by protecting people communities and the environment.
• Access professional development and growth opportunities within a global organization.
• Be part of a culture that values inclusion continuous improvement and operational excellence.

We are a global leader in taste scent and nutrition offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity national origin race age sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion gender identity & expression sexual orientation or disability.

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