Experienced HSE Director for strategic role with global scope

<p><span>Where there is light, there is life. This philosophy is at the heart of what we do, linking natural resources with human needs. As "daylight engineers," we are committed to achieving our goal of constantly giving the world new possibilities of bringing daylight and fresh air into the homes and lives of people.</span><br/><span>Our culture reflects our values and way of working and we strive to let them shine through everything we do. Whether pursuing a career in sales, marketing, distribution, manufacturing or support operations, we believe in working as a unified team to bring light to life.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><b>Are you all about Safety, Health and Environment, and do you want to play an instrumental role in further developing and strengthening our safety culture globally - stiving for zero accidents? Can you collaborate and build relations with stakeholders across all levels in a global organization?</b></p><p></p><p>Then come join us as HSE Director!</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is your chance to join us in a strategically important role, where you will utilize your experience, motivation, and commitment to HSE to head up, develop, implement and anchor our Safety, Health and Environment strategy globally. We are a company where Health and Safety are topics high on the agenda, and backed by top management as a key priority.</p><p></p><p>As HSE Director, you will report directly to the Vice President of QHSE&amp;E, Thomas Ellert. You will join the global QHSE&amp;E management team, and become a central part of our Global Quality, Health, Safety, Environment &amp; Energy Organization in VELUX, covering the whole VELUX Group.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><b>About the job</b></p><p></p><p>As HSE Director, you will be responsible for developing, implementing and leading the VELUX Health, Safety and Environment agenda in close cooperation with managers and employees across our global organization. We are proud to say that we already have a deeply anchored safety culture in our operations and supply organization, and your task will be to maintain and further develop this safety culture and continue striving towards our zero accidents targets. In other parts of our organisation, we are less mature when it comes to  establishing a safety first culture, and here you will have a critical role in assessing current state and develop and implement appropriate strategies, initiatives, policies and procedures to establish a stronger health and safety awareness which over time should found a culture where health and safety are core pillars in the ways-of-working.</p><p></p><p>Being part of a Matrix organisation, you will have an important role in communicating and aligning knowledge and strategic direction for Health, Safety and Environment across the VELUX organization.</p><p></p><p>More specifically, your responsibilities will include:</p><ul><li><p>Driving the Safety initiatives in the VELUX Group to create and sustain a safe working environment and to develop the safety culture towards safety excellence</p></li><li><p>Spearheading collaboration and knowledge sharing within all Business Areas of the VELUX Group</p></li><li><p>Identifying safety improvement areas and developing HSE strategies that align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements</p></li><li><p>Collaborating with the various functional areas and local resources in our organization to ensure global implementation</p></li><li><p>Developing and updating global HSE policies and procedures</p></li><li><p>Verifying compliance with applicable global standards through audits at production sites</p></li><li><p>Identifying, proposing, and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) that support proactive safety measures for the global reporting</p></li><li><p>Motivating, supporting, coaching, guiding and developing your HSE team in Global QHSE&amp;E to perform their best</p></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p>The role will be based at one of our European sites in either Denmark, Germany, France, Poland, Hungary or Czech Republic depending on where you reside. As the role entails global responsibility, you can expect to travel 30-50 days/year to visit local sites.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><b>About you</b></p><p></p><p>As a person, you are characterized by your structured approach to your work and your keen eye for process improvements, and you deliver high quality even when deadlines are tight. You have excellent interpersonal skills, are collaborative by heart, and enjoy working with and managing multiple stakeholders at various organizational levels. With your great communication skills and accommodating nature, you easily build rapport and instill trust with your stakeholders, and you are curious to understand their business challenges and development needs. You know when to stand firm and when to be flexible, and you are comfortable being in a position with high exposure to top management level.</p><p></p><p>Additionally, we expect that you:</p><