EMEA HSE Manager in Southampton

We are seeking an experienced EMEA QHSE director on behalf of our client. The EMEA QHSE director will be responsible for all aspects of QHSE within the European business, in particular representing factories in France, UK, Tunisia and Denmark. The EMEA QA director is responsible directly for all quality related matters in collaboration with other functional leaders (e.g. Accountable for Assurance & Systems, Product Quality and Customer Quality, the EMEA QHSE Director is responsible for defining, leading and continuously improving strategy, control and performance. This role provides strategic leadership across all businesses within EMEA, ensuring that QHSE is fully integrated into business strategy, operational decision-making and company culture. The EMEA QHSE Director is part of the Executive Management Team, ensuring compliance with legislation, standards, customer requirements and Group policies whilst driving operational excellence, risk reduction and continuous improvement. x Define the Group QHSE strategy establishing the quality vision, objectives and policies aligned with business strategy. × x Manage external regulatory bodies and lead audits and certification: oversee internal, external, customer, and certification audits and ensure closure of findings. × Harmonize quality system: develop common quality processes, standards, tools, and KPIs across all sites and subsidiaries, consistently with Group policies . × Measure efficiency of solutions and processes, drive the needed changes, lead initiatives to reduce defects, complaints, rework, scrap, and quality-related costs. × Manage customer quality: ensure customer satisfaction, manage major complaints, and coordinate corrective/preventive actions. × Supplier quality: establish supplier-quality requirements and monitor critical suppliers and their performance. × Quality risk management: identify and mitigate product, process, regulatory, and operational quality risks. × Develop QHSE culture: promote QHSE ownership throughout the organization and at all levels through training, communication, and leadership. × Manage and develop the QHSE organization: define roles, competencies, resources, appraisals, variable salary parts and career development for quality Heads and teams. × Monitor EMEA QHSE performance: establish dashboards and KPIs and regularly report performance to executive management. x Support new products: ensure quality is built into design, development, and production processes. × Crisis and escalation management: lead the response to major quality incidents and coordinate actions across affected sites. × Quality cost management: monitor Cost of Poor Quality and prioritise actions with the highest financial and customer impact. Key Performance Indicators: Performance will be assessed through a combination of strategic, operational and cultural indicators, including: × Quality non-conformities and customer complaints × Cost of poor quality × Regulatory compliances × Energy, emissions, waste and resource-efficiency indicators × QHSE maturity across business units × Employee engagement and safety culture indicators × x Qualification in Engineering, Science, Environmental Management, Occupational Health & Safety, Quality Management or a related discipline. × Executive presence: confident communication and influence at Board and Executive Committee level. × People leadership: ability to build high-performing teams and develop QHSE talent across multiple different entities (size, business areas). × Fluent in English and French (mandatory) × Significant senior-level experience in QHSE leadership, within a multinational industrial manufacturing structure, with complex and highly demanding environment regarding products and applications. This role will be based in the UK but with significant travel to the various production sites in France, Tunisia and Denmark. Competitive salary and package As an equal opportunity's employer, 1to1 Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. 1to1 Group is one of the leading recruitment agencies for jobs in Hampshire for permanent, temporary and contract recruitment solutions. In the meantime please keep an eye on our website for any other potential vacancies.