Global Health and Safety Manager (m/f/d)

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Your job mission:

Are you passionate about building a world-class Health & Safety culture and technical capability across global operations? We are looking for an experienced and strategic Health & Safety professional to lead capability development, drive best-in-class initiatives, and enable critical progress on our global H&S roadmap. In this role, you will champion the creation of an interdependent safety culture, the development of a skilled organisation, ensure compliance with international and local standards, and continuously improve performance through innovative solutions and robust monitoring systems. You will collaborate closely with global and regional teams, contribute to strategic projects, and support the execution of Operational Performance Improvement (OPI) safety action plans. Ready to make a global impact and shape the future of workplace safety? Apply today and help us set new standards for excellence.

Who are we?

JTI is a leading international tobacco company with locations in more than 130 countries and world-famous brands such as Winston, Camel and American Spirit. With our brands Nordic Spirit, Logic and Ploom, we also focus on growth through innovations in the field of reduced risk products. In Germany, we are the largest employer in our industry with over 2,000 employees.

As a multiple award-winning top employer, we offer an open and inclusive working environment with exciting tasks in a challenging environment. Flexible working concepts, diverse development opportunities and international career paths are part of our everyday life. Visit us at to find out more about JTI and what it's like to work for us.

Your tasks:

• Develop and implement the Global Supply Chain (GSC) Health & Safety capability building strategy, including training and qualification plans
• Design and deploy KPIs and measurement systems to monitor H&S capability levels and drive continuous improvement
• Build organizational and individual H&S competencies across regions, ensuring qualification of EHS leads and DMSO teams
• Manage the global H&S training matrix by job, function, and region, and deliver programs from operator to leadership level
• Simplify and localize global EHS standards, procedures, and tools, prioritizing critical areas such as risk assessments, machine safety and contractor safety
• Lead regular compliance assessments and peer reviews across GSC sites, ensuring adherence to local regulations and corporate standards
• Drive global ISO certification programs (ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001) and foster a continuous improvement mindset
• Collaborate with engineering and external partners to enhance machine safety design and operating standards

Your profile:

• Relevant educational background: University degree in EHS, Safety Management, Engineering or comparable education
• Practical experience: 10+ years of experience in EHS, expertise in Manufacturing excellence systems, such as IWS (Integrated Work Systems), is a strong asset
• Valuable knowledge: Strong knowledge of EHS regulations, standards, risk management, and ISO systems, fluent in English (written and spoken), expertise in H&S behavioral and cultural systems, as well as strong technical training capabilities
• Special strengths: Proven experience in machine safety design standards and operating procedures
• Suitable personality: Excellent communication, relationship management and problem-solving skills as well as demonstrated leadership skills and ability to influence across global teams

Your benefits:

• Your team: You will work in an open and international working environment with approx. 60 nations at the Trier site.
• Your remuneration: Above-average pay including 13th and 14th monthly salary and bonus as well as annual reviews. Individual company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits.
• Your meals: Our subsidized company canteen and numerous snack and coffee vending machines ensure your physical well-being.
• Your appreciation: You will receive regular feedback from us and, as your personal safety is important to us, we also protect you in your private life with our JTI accident insurance.
• Your work-life balance: You should enjoy your work! That's why we offer you 30 days of vacation for personal relaxation.
• Your mobility offer: With our BusinessBike program, we offer you the opportunity to lease the bike of your choice at attractive conditions as part of a permanent position. This is an uncomplicated and flexible way to promote your health.
• Your development: We focus on your personal development. We support you with a wide range of internal training courses as well as external training and development opportunities that are tailored specifically to you.
• Practiced working time model: flextime, possibility of 50% mobile office work within Germany on a monthly basis.

Have we aroused your interest?

Apply directly with your complete application documents (CV, cover letter & references) stating your earliest possible starting date (Job ID 103524).

Diversity & Inclusion

We want everyone at JTI to be themselves and develop their full potential, because each and every one of us makes a valuable contribution to the success of the company and the location in Germany. We live and promote diversity, equality and inclusion accordingly. We have local employee groups and networks, such as the PRIDE Chapter Germany or the togetHER network for female employees, in which committed colleagues are involved, and we support a wide range of projects in our local area. For this and many other activities in the area of diversity & inclusion, we have already been awarded the Global Equality Standard by Ernst & Young.

Sustainability & Commitment

We have particularly close ties to the Trier region and the greater Cologne area through our two locations and want to make a significant contribution to a high quality of life, e.g., through annual clean-up campaigns on the Rhine and Moselle and as a long-standing partner of the Cologne Green Foundation, we are committed to the preservation and expansion of the city's green spaces. Renewable energies are also part of our sustainability goals, which is why we are investing in the expansion of the Bescheid Süd wind farm, located 20 kilometers east of our Trier site, in order to secure green electricity for the region and for our production at the Trier plant. We are constantly reducing the amount of plastic used in the packaging of our classic tobacco products, thus saving tons of plastic waste.

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