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Overview:
The Brazil HSE EEM & Affiliates LATAM has overall responsibility for coordinating HSE compliance for all of LATAM including: EEM hub, Barueri Mfg site, Affiliates, and warehouses.
Description of Responsibilities:
Regulatory compliance and company policy oversight

• Ensure that corporate policies and practices are applied in accordance with global procedures and local legal requirements, including permits and licenses.
• Utilize regulatory watch software/tool to assure all applicable regulatory compliance items are implemented and adhered to.
• Standardize HSE procedures and practices in LATAM.
• Participates, coordinates, and supports internal quality audits and external regulatory bodies and services (i.e. insurance assessment).
• Manage product and facility changes and ensure that all information complies with safety, health and environmental requirements, global standards and local legislation and standards.
• Supports and provides input into Business continuity planning for critical operations (i.e., employee safety and welfare, product safety, etc.).
• Supports company sustainability initiatives and projects aimed at minimizing environmental impacts: e.g. carbon, water, electricity, etc.

Occupational Health and Medicine:

• Ensure that all occupational exposures have been identified, monitoring and controlling exposure points. Reduce exposure to highly toxic and corrosive products.
• Manage Health Examination Campaigns and provide support for human resources with the occupational medicine supplier.
• Managing medical reports (specifically disease) in the event of an accident.
• Managing Occupational Hygiene Assessments in the LTCAT (Brazil only).
• Manage HSE information in the Elanco employee PPP (Brazil only).

Leadership, Continuous Improvement, and KPI’s

• The position must focus on results, employees, customers, and compliance requirements with an understanding of the business, thinking and acting strategically to anticipate customer needs.
• Lead with a customer service/collaborative mindset for both internal and external customers.
• Recognize and make decisions quickly and get results from others in different cultures, contexts and different teams.
• Coordinate and train teams to meet HSE requirements. Including direct/in-direct reports, internal departments, process teams, etc. Lead and promote a culture of HSE for all employees and third parties to incorporate the values in HSE.
• Establish and drive to meet or exceed health, safety, and environmental KPIs.
• Strategic in the execution of: HSE Standards; loss prevention (trends); incident/injury reduction; and managing HSE crises.

EEM LATAM

• Oversees and supports their hub HSE programs, including developing the local assessment schedule.
• Performs HSE reviews (questionnaires and on-site assessments); assisting the hub with managing major and critical observations to closure.
• Provide responsible HSE product risk management/assessment in technical transfers and new contract/due diligence external partner (EP) selection; and resolving product-related HSE issues with EPs.
• Assess and provide artwork approval; dangerous goods support (verification of labels); and coordinating new or revised SDS’s (using Veeva quality control tool).

AFFILIATES LATAM

• Provide ongoing support to LATAM Commercial Offices and helps implement HSE programs and policies (outlined in company HSE-STD-700).
• Responsible for developing, maintaining, oversight of LATAM applicable affiliate sites written HSE Management System.
• Facilitates Affiliate HSE Management System Gap Assessment conducted periodically Global HSE audit team.
• Conducts and/or coordinates (with site HSE rep and Americas HSE Lead Advisor/Director) site specific documented risk assessments.
• Institute a process for conducting proactive ergonomic assessments for fixed, remote, flexible and teleworkers. Monitor self and in-person assessment completion and corrective actions.
• Develop and implement an emergency management and security plan for office and field force personnel.

Requirements:

• Professional with a degree in Health, Safety, & Environment, Environmental Engineering, Safety Engineer, Occupational Safety Engineering, Biological Sciences, and related areas.
• Advanced English and Portuguese (required) both written and verbal. Intermediate Spanish (nice to have).
• 7 or more years experience in HSE, of which at tleast 4 years experience is in manufacturing.
• Experience in team management, KPI management, knowledge of quality tools, cost management, environmental licensing and familiarity with Environmental Sustainability, Health & Safety issues.
• Expert or highly skilled in HSE assessments/auditing and application of federal and local HSE regulations.
• Experience with Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI) Principles and assessment tools is a plus.

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status