Director, Occupational Health- Americas
About The Position
At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow. This position is with our Adhesive Technologies business unit – where we empower our people to transform industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel. This role elevates occupational health to an enterprise risk discipline ensuring consistent governance, executive visibility, and accountable performance across 48 sites across North America and Latin America. This leader will set the strategy, standards, and operating cadence required to measurably reduce exposure-related risk and liability, lower incident frequency and severity, and strengthen regulatory compliance, while enabling operational continuity. The role will drive execution through industrial hygiene including enterprise exposure risk assessments, monitoring strategies and sampling plans, critical program governance (e.g., chemical hygiene, respiratory protection, and ergonomics). Operating within a lean model, this role influences site teams and external partners while providing direct Safety, Health, Environmental (SHE) support to a defined network of sites.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred in Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science, or a closely related discipline.
- Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) required; additional credentials (e.g., CSP, COHN/COHN-S) a plus.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in occupational health/industrial hygiene, including multi-site leadership and program standardization in complex, regulated environments.
- Willingness to travel 40%
Benefits
- Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
- Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
- Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
- Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
- Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
