QEHS Director: Quality, Safety & Sustainability Lead

Suntory Beverage & Food France; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Suntory Beverage & Food France seeks a senior QEHS leader to provide strategic governance across Quality, Environment, Health and Safety for GB&I. You will drive protection of consumers and brands, co-ordinate global standards deployment, and lead a zero-harm culture across sites and co-packers.

Responsibilities include end-to-end QEHS governance, audit readiness, incident management and cross-functional project leadership.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in complex, multi-site FMCG environments with QEHS governance.
• Advanced expertise in product quality, food safety management systems, audits and traceability.
• Strong incident/crisis management capability.
• Proven ability to deploy safety programmes and lead culture transformation aligned with Zero Harm.
• Environmental management knowledge including compliance, wastewater, waste, emissions and resource efficiency.
• Strong stakeholder management across organisational levels.
• Analytical, data-driven mindset with problem-solving and continuous improvement.
• Degree in Chemistry, Biology, Food Science, Engineering or related field.
• Willingness to travel regularly.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end QEHS governance ensuring compliance with Suntory standards and best practices.
• Deploy Protect the Castle initiatives to safeguard product integrity, vulnerability assessments, food defence and fraud prevention.
• Own QEHS management systems and certifications (ISO, FSSC, AIB), sustaining audit readiness.
• Guarantee robust end-to-end traceability from raw materials to finished goods for rapid issue response.
• Lead technical and service teams for new product industrialisation and incident management framework.
• Champion and lead deployment of the Zero Harm programme to build a proactive EHS culture.
• Embed Zero Harm principles into daily operations with site leaders and frontline teams.
• Drive QEHS strategy and roadmap for GB&I aligning with SBFE direction.
• Provide financial oversight of QEHS spend including contracted services and labs.

Skills

Senior leadership

QEHS governance

Product Quality

Food Safety

Audits & traceability

Crisis management

Safety programmes

Environmental management

Stakeholder management

Data-driven

Analytical thinking

Travel availability

Education

Chemistry/Biology/Engineering/Science degree

Job description

Suntory Beverage & Food France seeks a senior QEHS leader to provide strategic governance across Quality, Environment, Health and Safety for GB&I. You will drive protection of consumers and brands, co-ordinate global standards deployment, and lead a zero-harm culture across sites and co-packers.

Responsibilities include end-to-end QEHS governance, audit readiness, incident management and cross-functional project leadership.