Director Facilities Management, Health & Safety Europe (d/m/f)

Infrastructure Services Safety, health, environment, quality (SHEQ) Germany, Düsseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia Full Time Regular
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About this Position

As Head of Infrastructure Europe, you define and drive the regional infrastructure, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leadership. You ensure that Facility, Security, Safety and Health Management are tightly aligned with business priorities and actively enable performance across the region. You combine operational excellence with long-term transformation, delivering sustainable, resilient, and cost-effective solutions at scale. By setting clear standards, creating transparency, and orchestrating regional execution, you ensure that capabilities directly support business success. This is a pivotal leadership role for executives who think holistically, act decisively, and translate strategy into measurable regional impact.

What you´ll do

  • The Head of Infrastructure Europe leads a team of more than 100 FTE in the Europe region and is accountable for: Facility Management, Fleet Management, Security Management, Resilience (Crisis Management, Business Continuity) as well as Safety, Health and Environment. This role ensures compliance with standards and local regulations, drives reporting transparency, and constantly seeks excellence and cost effectiveness in his/her team's activities.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, ensuring that Infrastructure strategies directly support business goals
  • The Head of Infrastructure Europe develops and maintains strategic, sustainable, and effective working relationships with the stakeholders in the region. This encompasses external and internal stakeholders including Country ExComs and up to Regional Leadership level and global functions.
  • This role coordinates the response to potentially high impact events in his/her cluster: Crisis Management, Threat Management.
  • The Head of Infrastructure Regions develops and promotes excellence and expertise in the aforementioned areas. Participates and contributes in relevant external networks.
  • Lead regional Infrastructure projects and support cross-regional alignment between teams.
  • Execute regional talent management and succession planning strategies to build a strong leadership pipeline.

What makes you a good fit

  • Minimum 10 years of professional experience within relevant field
  • Master's degree in Security, Safety, Health, Facility Management or any other related field
  • Experience managing Security, Safety, Health or Facility Management across multiple countries
  • Proven experience in leading and managing cross-functional teams in a global environment.
  • Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively at all levels of the organization.
  • High level of personal initiative, accountability, and interpersonal skills, combined with an inspiring and collaborative leadership style.
  • Fluency in English (written & spoken); German language skills are a plus.
  • Flexibility to travel internationally as needed.

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, generations and disabilities. If there are any specific accommodations or adjustments you require for the interview process or your on-site appointment, please inform us, and we'll do our best to accommodate your requests.

JOB ID: 25090094

Job Locations: Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Düsseldorf

Contact information for application-related questions: Recruitment-Germany@henkel.com

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Despre Henkel

Pornind de la moștenirea noastră impresionantă de peste 150 de ani, suntem deschizători de drumuri pentru îmbunătățirea vietii, în fiecare zi. Astăzi și pentru generațiile viitoare. Prin mărcile și tehnologiile noastre inovatoare și sustenabile, cu ajutorul echipelor noastre din întreaga lume. Henkel deține poziții de lider atât în domeniul industrial, cât și în cel al bunurilor de consum. Portofoliul nostru include produse de îngrijire a părului bine-cunoscute, produse de igienă personală și a locuinței, detergent de rufe, precum și adezivi, etanșanți și soluții funcționale pentru suprafețe. 

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FAQ

Da - pur și simplu completează profilul tău în sistemul nostru de aplicare online. Odată ce profilul tău online este complet, poți aplica pentru mai multe poziții.

Da, te rugăm. Deoarece Henkel este o companie internațională, vei lucra cu colegi din întreaga lume, iar limba engleză este limba oficială a companiei. În general, „regula” este: Te rugăm să aplici folosind aceeași limbă ca și anunțul jobului.

Fiecare post pe care îl avem deschis la Henkel este unic, iar găsirea candidatului potrivit este important atât pentru candidatul angajat, cât și pentru Henkel. Vrem să ne asigurăm că atât candidatul, cât și compania se potrivesc reciproc. Vom oferi feedback candidaților pe parcursul întregului proces.

Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
 

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