Director Global Environmental Affairs

Responsibilities

• Drive culture change by communicating expectations and encouraging incident reporting and risk recognition through correct classification of severity.
• Critically evaluate incident root cause analyses and respectfully challenge the sites and segments to complete more in-depth analyses to prevent recurrence through robust corrective actions.
• Develop the tools and KPIs to monitor, measure, communicate, and drive the Company's progress toward mitigation of environmental risks.
• Institute metrics and benchmarks to track environmental compliance against established goals and recognized standards of excellence.
• Drive continuous improvement to deliver value at the global and segment level regarding regulatory surveillance, environmental reporting, targets and metrics, and community relations initiatives.
• Communicate significant risk issues to the Operations Leadership Team (OLT) and senior leaders with respect to environmental incidents and reporting, root-cause assessments, corrective actions, and non-compliances to drive change and improvements from the top down.
• Develop a strategy for negotiating rules, permits, and other matters with governmental officials.
• Manages and guides the company's response to government inquiries, enforcement, and other events.
• Procure, engage, and manage consultant partners, including development of scopes of work and requests for proposals, managing change and costs, critiquing reports, and providing feedback.
• Integrate newly acquired facilities into the Ingredion EHS&S culture.
• Provide leadership to the Global EHS&S monthly meetings with an emphasis on engaging segment and country EHS&S leads to proactively address and solve issues. Drives continuous improvements of the meeting and agenda to promote maximum value for the participants.
• Lead activities designed to train and increase the competencies of Ingredion's environmental professionals and mentor others who have responsibility for environmental affairs.
• Build a collaborative partnership with segment EHS&S and manufacturing leaders to drive environmental compliance practices throughout the organization.
• Conduct environmental compliance and EHS&S-MS audits of manufacturing facilities and use site auditing as an opportunity to build strong local relationships.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Global Operations on Environmental Affairs to promote regulatory compliance, fulfillment of Company requirements, and advancement of Company initiatives.
• Review strategic capital investment projects to ensure environmental compliance is addressed
• Oversee the Environmental Compliance module of the Global EHS&S database, ensuring that it is properly maintained, consistently implemented across all sites, and effectively utilized to support transparency and alignment in environmental compliance management.
• What will you bring:
• A proven ability to create a high-performance talent culture grounded in the belief that exceptional people deliver exceptional results.
• Strong execution mindset with the ability to make timely, globally informed decisions and take calculated risks aligned with business priorities.
• Commitment to creating shared value by actively engaging stakeholders and positioning Ingredion as a partner of choice.
• Courage to challenge the status quo and apply bold, innovative thinking across processes, products, and solutions.
• Passion for delivering results that enable Ingredion's long-term strategy.
• A collaborative leadership style that encourages experimentation and new ways of working.
• Strong relationship-building skills with senior leaders and key internal stakeholders.
• A continuous improvement and risk‑mitigation mindset.
• Resilience and confidence in addressing complex challenges with a structured, problem-solving approach.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of experience working in an environmental regulatory function within a complex manufacturing business or consu

Benefits

Additional Information

The Director, Global Environmental Affairs leads the development and execution of Ingredion's global environmental strategy by advancing a coordinated, systematic approach to compliance, risk mitigation, and reputation building across all operations. Supervision: Environmental Specialist

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