Global Head of Lab Safety & Standards ‏(d/f/m)

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 47.000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

Dare to make an impact?

YOUR ROLE

• Guide team members on the correct use of project tools, methodologies and maintaining a positive team culture
• Drive knowledge-sharing across your team and cross-functional initiatives to support continous improvement
• Identify risks and use root-cause analytics to define effective countermeasures
• Take responsibility in solving problems and escalating them where necessary
• Analyze project management processes to identify optimzation potential and lead implementation of respective actions
• Manage individual, complex, cross-regional innovation projects at the operational level
• Leverage agile methods to streamline project management and give accountability to the team
• Manage and steer project budgets and costs leveraging cost-benefits analytics
• Use digital project management tools to support agile project management and facilitate project reporting

YOUR SKILLS

• Master’s degree in relevant fields such as: chemistry, chemical engineering, occupational health
• 10 years of work experience within lab safety, innovation excellence and driving change
• Demonstrated ability to lead, inspire and empower individuals or teams to achieve common goals
• Entrepreneurial mindset and demonstrated resilience in handling high-pressure situations
• A strong multi-tasker-capable of planning, organizing details while communicating effectively on all levels within the organization
• Demonstrated ability to strategically navigate and influence within a multi-matrix organizational structure, effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive initiatives forward
• Business Proficiency in English, German is a plus

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.