Director, Safety North America

HelloFresh • Aurora, IL

104d • $161,330 - $188,231

About The Position

As Director of Safety across the US, you are responsible for driving safe processes and ensuring compliance to all safety regulations. As well as being responsible for providing safety expertise leveraging lean principles and hierarchy of controls to ensure the safety of our team members. You will develop and deliver safe processes through engineering and ergonomic solutions in partnership with building and HQ leadership. You will need to coordinate extensively with cross-functional groups such as Operations, HR, Food Safety & Quality, Operational Excellence, and others. You will build and deliver on-time programs that support operational growth where experimentation, imagination, innovation, and results are measured. A successful Director of Safety will have strong leadership skills, be detail-oriented, resilient, a quick decision maker, work with data, and possess a commitment to getting things right. You must be highly determined to drive permanent removal of hazard root causes and strive for the highest quality of service is provided in an efficient, effective, and proactive manner. This role will require granular analysis, tactical execution of Safety functions, site travel, (50%) and project management. This position affords you the opportunity to build cooperative partnerships with numerous business teams within the fulfillment operations.

Requirements

• Certified Safety Professional or other Safety Certification
• 10+ years' management experience in occupational safety and health, NFPA, etc.
• Experience with OSHA VPP Star, preferred
• 5 years multi-site experience, managing a team of regional level leaders
• Experience in a Fulfilment or Distribution Environment

Responsibilities

• Drive a strategic safety approach in partnership with the various layers of your team
• Identify trends and areas of risk within buildings and support operations in corrective measures
• Continuously improve the safety culture through instruction and training of Safety and operations leaders on safety programs
• Assess performance, communicate to all levels of management, and ensure safety is incorporated into supply chain processes
• Escalate and report critical issues, compliance gaps and emerging risks for the network
• Maintain safety subject matter expertise, credentials and engage industry resources as appropriate
• Create weekly business reviews of projects, incidents, trend analysis (if any) and project statuses
• Work independently with limited direction and communicate effectively with team members

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 401k with company match that vests immediately upon participation
• Company equity plan based on role
• Generous PTO, including sabbatical, and parental leave of up to 16 weeks
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits with options at $0 monthly, effective first day of employment
• Tuition reimbursement for continuing education (upon 2 years of service)
• Up to 85% discount on subscriptions to HelloFresh meal plans (HelloFresh, Green Chef, Everyplate, and Factor_)
• Access to Employee Resource Groups that are open to all employees, including those pertaining to BIPOC, women, veterans, parents, and LGBTQ+
• Inclusive, collaborative, and dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company that is disrupting the traditional food supply chain

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree