Global EHS CoE PMO Lead

Job Description:

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There's much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Overall mission:

The Global EHS CoE PMO Lead is accountable for driving the Global EHS Risk Management Governance, encompassing risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and mitigation assurance. The role ensures robust data collection - KPI monitoring and delivers clear, consistent reporting to senior leadership.
The position drives all EHS CoE programs and promotes project management maturity across the EHS CoE organization. Global EHS CoE PMO lead also serves as project manager for selected technical EHS CoE initiatives, ensuring timely and effective execution. In addition, Global EHS CoE PMO lead is responsible to manage Learning From Events process ensuring Plan-Do-Check-Act and strengthening LFE maturity across the organisation
Stakeholders: EHS, Operations, GBS CoE, Commercial FC&A, Independent Entities, Global, Regional and Local Management and Givaudan Senior Leadership.

Main responsibilities

People Management

-Build and lead the EHS CoE PMO and project management structure, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic objectives.
- Act as an enabler and influencer within a matrix organization to foster full compliance with EHS CoE project management standards and best practices.
- Evaluate, develop, and strengthen the team's project management competencies in collaboration with the HR Business Partner (HRBP); design and monitor tailored development plans to support continuous growth within the EHS organization.

Functional Management

Lead EHS Risk Management Governance, ensuring the implementation of foundational elements through:

* Periodic data collection and KPI monitoring on risk identification, evaluation, and prioritization of short-term control measures while investing in sustainable long-term mitigation. Establishment of streamlined reporting on the foundational elements of the EHS Risk Management Governance. Monitoring and assurance of sustained risk mitigation performance.

Lead EHS Learning from Events Process ensuring Plan-Do-Check-Act and strengthening LFE maturity across the organisation through:

* Plan: Establishing the LFE Strategy ensuring Objectives & Scope, create structured reporting systems, define roles, Do: Implementation of LFE actions, support thorough investigations and communicate lessons, Check: Monitoring and Auditing, track action effectiveness and measure maturity, Act: standardizing improvements and Management Review

Drive Project and Portfolio Management excellence, embedding a project-driven culture across Givaudan EHS by:

* Managing efficiency, and consistency across EHS CoE Global Programs and Projects.
* Liaising with the Global CAPEX PMO, Regional Engineering Business Partners, and Project Managers to ensure alignment and maintenance of shared standards and practices.
* Facilitating the resolution of project-related issues and escalations within the EHS CoE community.
* Conducting market research on engineering and EHS suppliers, coordinating contract evaluation with IM&S, and supporting RFP/RFQ preparation.
* Owning and maintaining the EHS PM Office (central knowledge base) with its standards, guidelines, tools, and templates, ensuring continuous improvement of existing practices.
* Designing and delivering assessments, development plans, training courses, mentoring and coaching, as well as PM/PfM support services.

Governance & Stakeholder Partnership

* Partner effectively with leadership teams and key stakeholders across functions and geographies to align priorities, provide transparency on progress, and ensure consistent governance and reporting expectations.
* Support the Global Head of EHS CoE by delivering insights, consolidated data, and leadership-level reports that drive decision-making and continuous improvement.

You?

- Diploma: BSc/MSc in Engineering or equivalent Business degree.
- Languages: Fluent in English

Professional experience:

- Minimum of 10 years running medium to large size projects, programs as technical PM & PMO
- Strong experience in application of Project, PMO and/or Portfolio Management frameworks
- Strong understanding of business processes and functional policies
- Experience in complex/matrix organizations
- Experience in working with diverse cultures and multi discipline specialists

Technical skills

- Expertise in running a service-based function
- Experience of delivering mid to large-scale projects and programs in a Global scale
- Advising, Training and Coaching skills
- Knowledge of Environmental, Health & Safety
- Solid experience in Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management and Operations Risk Management
- Software skills SAP and user of MS Office tools.

Functional certifications

- Project management certification (e.g. PMP / Project Management Professional)
- PMO certification (e.g. PMO-CP / PMO Certified Practitioner)
- Change Management would be an advantage (e.g. Prosci)

Our benefits for you

* Flexible Working Arrangements (3 office days in the first couple of months; 1-2 days office days per week after that)
* Private Health Insurance
* Monthly cafeteria plan
* Employee shop discount
* Travel reimbursement when commuting from outside the Budapest urban area
* Access to exclusive perfumes and other employee discounts
* Recognition and referral programs
* Career development opportunities in our multinational environment
* Team buildings and company events
* Learning programs to develop your soft and hard skills
* Free coffee and tea in our equipped kitchen

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.
We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.
Everyone - regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances - is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.
Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together