Environment, Health & Safety Manager

Job Summary Looking for a role that challenges you while making an impact on products people use every day? IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences, we deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products. Global Operations: Ensuring excellence in execution—from procurement to supply chain and reliability—delivering quality, safety, efficiency and sustainability across the value chain. The role is based in Gotemba, Japan (anchor role). Be part of a motivated, passionate, and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration. Where You’ll Make a Difference Provide all aspects of health, safety, and environmental support to the operation site. Ensure compliance with regulations enforced through all laws/regulations pertaining to health, safety and the environment. Manage all incident/accident investigations; support effective injury/illness case management including return-to-work/transitional duty programs; lost time injury rate, recordable incident rate. Develop, implement, and execute training programs for safety and environmental to ensure compliance with all company and government requirements; maintain supporting documentation and safety training hours records. Organize, lead, and participate in activities that promote employee ownership in the safety & environmental programs (e.g. safety committees, ergonomic committees, accident investigation committees). Gather and report data on safety and environmental performance, compliance, expenses and incidents; keep site managers apprised of status, trends and progress compared to goals. Participate in the review of new operations, processes and procedures (as well as changes to existing operations) at the proposal/design phase and throughout implementation to assure consideration of safety & environmental issues/hazards. Support management of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Waste Disposal Program; ensure all shipments are properly manifested and labeled. Review new materials for the site and ensure Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for each is maintained and up to date. Ensure that proper safety controls are put in place for new processes or products. Manage the development and execution of capital projects to improve EHS for the site. Supervise one full-time employee and one dispatched staff member. What Makes You the Right Fit Over 3 years of experience in EHS-related work Business-level English proficiency How Would You Stand Out? Knowledge and experience in facility management Why Choose Us? Professional onboarding process Training opportunities Learning and development programs from day one We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability. Visit to learn more