Europe SHE Regional Manager m/w/d

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organisation of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 20,000 people globally.

This is a strategic leadership role with direct impact on compliance, risk management, and cultural transformation. You’ll act as both advisor and hands-on leader, ensuring SHE excellence across diverse operations.

As Regional Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) Manager for Europe, you will lead the strategy that protects our people, communities, and planet. Reporting to the Global Head of SHE, you’ll shape regional programs across all industrial assets and offices in Europe, influencing senior leadership and embedding a culture of safety and sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Leadership: Develop and execute the regional SHE strategy, aligning global objectives with local needs. Advise senior leaders and chair regional committees to drive accountability.
• Compliance & Risk: Ensure adherence to SHE regulations across jurisdictions, manage permits, and lead risk assessments. Represent the company with regulators and authorities.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee SHE programs across sites, conduct safety walks, track corrective actions, and ensure emergency preparedness.
• Culture & People: Deliver training, communication campaigns, and leadership initiatives that embed safety and sustainability into daily operations.
• Sustainability: Lead initiatives to reduce environmental footprint, integrate sustainability into operations, and position the company as an industry leader.
• Data & Reporting: Define KPIs, build dashboards, and deliver clear reports that translate performance into actionable insights.

• Required experience: around 10 years working in industrial sites with chemical risk, dust management in cereals, gas and oil or other equivalent risk.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, problem solving and decision making skills.

• Knowledge of planning, general design activities, project engineering, operations and maintenance.

• Experience with safety management systems.

• Fluent in German and English. Other languages will be considered an asset.

Academics:

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

• Successfully completed studies or a master craftsman/technician qualification with several years of professional experience or a graduate of a relevant safety-related degree program with relevant internships and successful graduation

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Hybrid work available (not applicable to all roles)
• Pension contributions
• Access to Training and Development

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA.

LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.