Senior Manager, Environmental Health & Safety

Environmental Health and Safety Regional Manager

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.

The Environmental Health and Safety Regional Manager provides environmental, health, and safety leadership and support to Scent locations across North America and Latin America, helping ensure regulatory compliance, risk management, and continuous improvement across the region.

This role partners closely with site teams, operations leaders, and the Global Scent Environmental Health and Safety team to strengthen environmental stewardship, workplace safety, occupational health, process safety, and chemical management programs.

This position may be located near any IFF Scent site within North America or Latin America and is primarily remote, with business travel as needed (typically approximately 20%, with occasional travel up to 50%).

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

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Partner with Environmental Health and Safety leaders and site teams across North America and Latin America to strengthen compliance, risk management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Conduct regular reviews of incident data, performance metrics, leading indicators, and training effectiveness to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Lead and support site-level incident investigations, corrective action planning, and root cause analysis activities.
• Facilitate and oversee environmental, health, and safety audits, risk assessments, and program evaluations across the region.
• Provide technical guidance and support related to environmental compliance, occupational health, workplace safety, process safety, and chemical management.
• Collaborate with the Global Scent Environmental Health and Safety team to develop, implement, and share best practices, tools, training materials, and resources.
• Support site teams in developing and executing environmental, health, and safety improvement plans that align with business and corporate objectives.
• Partner with operations leadership to identify emerging risks, escalate concerns when appropriate, and drive sustainable solutions.
• Maintain relevant environmental, health, and safety documentation while supporting consistent program implementation across the regional network.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Engineering, Environmental Science, Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, or a related field with at least 10 years of relevant professional experience; or a high school diploma with at least 15 years of directly related experience.
• Experience leading or supporting environmental, health, and safety programs within manufacturing, industrial, or chemical processing environments.
• Knowledge of occupational safety regulations, environmental regulations, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Minimum of 5 years of site-level manufacturing or industrial experience.
• Experience conducting audits, inspections, risk assessments, and compliance evaluations.
• Experience with International Organization for Standardization management systems, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001.
• Ability to analyze environmental, health, and safety performance metrics and develop improvement strategies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and collaborate effectively across multiple locations, functions, and leadership levels.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Certified Safety Professional designation or another recognized environmental, health, and safety certification.
• Professional proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese.
• Experience facilitating Process Hazard Analyses, machine safety risk assessments, industrial hygiene exposure assessments, and environmental, health, and safety training programs.

Why Choose Us?

• Opportunity to make a regional impact across a diverse manufacturing network in North America and Latin America.
• Exposure to global environmental, health, and safety initiatives, strategies, and best practices.
• Collaborative work environment with opportunities to partner across functions, sites, and regions.
• Meaningful work supporting sustainability, safety culture, and operational excellence.
• Career development opportunities within a global organization.
• Competitive Benefits (US): Our benefit package includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), vacation, holidays, 16 weeks paid parental leave (maternity and paternity), and an annual bonus plan. IFF was also recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Perks & Benefits.

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.