Senior Compliance Manager

Our client is a global leader in airline catering, retail-on-board and hospitality products and services. They provide passengers with superior culinary and retail experiences, leveraging innovation and advanced technology solutions.

They are headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and deliver operational excellence through the most extensive catering network in the aviation industry, serving more than 700 million passengers annually from over 200 operating units in over 60 countries/territories across all continents with approximately 43,000 employees worldwide.

Responsibilities: 

• Provides leadership and development for hub unit QEH&S team members, through teaching and coaching. 
• Drives successful attainment of regional QEH&S goals, objectives and targets at the unit level. 
• Liaises with support functions such as Human Resources and Customer Service to evaluate and reduce potential risks. 
• Provides operating unit technical support in the areas of quality, food safety, occupational safety and health, chemical safety, waste management, waste water and storm water pollution prevention, air quality and environmental annual reporting. 
• Prepares proposals and reports for unit and regional leadership. 
• Ensures adherence to departmental budgets. 
• Liaises with unit customers, union representatives, airport and regulatory agencies to identify emerging trends and issues. 
• Implements special projects related to company business objectives related to the QEH&S. 
• Assesses and ensures compliance with local, state and federal food safety, environmental, health and safety regulations. 
• Ensures regulatory reporting responsibilities of units are met. 
• Partners with units to integrate sustainable compliance solutions within operations. 
• Supports Environmental Compliance Calendars for assigned units. 
• Works with regulatory agencies and environmental consulting firms to achieve goals and ensure permits are in place. 
• Supports unit operations training in QEH&S. 
• Drives waste minimization, reduction and recycling process through the identification of opportunities and targets. 
• Supports operating unit program implementation. 
• Supports operating units in determination of quality defects, accident and injury root causes, corrective and preventive actions. 
• Monitors, measures and communicates unit safety trends, targets and impacts through the use of QEH&S scorecards. 
• Evaluates and continuously improves unit risk prevention process effectiveness (Business Management System (BMS), Critical Control Points (CCPs), Personal Responsibility in your Daily Efforts (PRIDE) and Ramp Safety, Quality and Delivery (SQUAD). 
• Works with operations leadership to optimize deployment of QEH&S processes. 
• Administers corporate QEH&S policies and procedures within hub units and make improvement recommendations. 
• In conjunction with Human Resources, identifies and supports implementation of CSR, health and wellness initiatives at the unit level. 
• Completes Hazard Analysis and Risk Based Preventative Controls (HARPC) Preventative Controls for Human Food training and certification course to be a PCQI “Preventive Controls Qualified Individual according to company policy. 
• Completes all other company required training including but not limited to ServSafe Sanitation Manager Certification. 

Requirements:

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health and Safety or related field. 
• In exceptional cases, relevant and extensive work experience may substitute for the degree requirement. 

Work Experience:  

• Minimum 5 years industrial experience in quality, environmental, health and safety 
• Airline and/or food industry experience preferred 
• A proven track record of successful results 
• Proven experience in field implementation of quality, environmental, health and safety processes.