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Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing.  We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit family atmosphere that comes with being a privately-held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.  Focus on our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Behaviors of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long term success and legacy of our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

Red Wing Shoe Company is looking for a Director of Global Safety & Security. This position will be based in Red Wing, MN with some ability to work remotely. This is a new role and is a great opportunity for someone with experience to make a global impact.

The Director of Global Safety & Security is responsible for establishing a strong culture of prevention, protection and compliance for all Red Wing Shoe Company regions and locations. They have global responsibility for strategic leadership and management of Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) programs and processes as well as security practices, both proactive and reactive to potential risk of violence. The Director of Global Safety & Security is also responsible for development and implementation of operational performance metrics, policies, procedures, and risk control strategies that ensure a safe, secure and healthy work environment, regulatory compliance and limit the loss exposure of the company. 

Qualified candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in Safety Management, Environmental Services, Engineering, Health Sciences, or related field, and a minimum of 10 years of experience leading an HSE function; Or equivalent education and experience. Master’s degree is a plus. In addition, candidates must have advanced safety designations from an accredited program (CSP, COSS, CSHO, CSHS)

The right candidate will have experience in successfully establishing and implementing EHS vision, strategies, and programs on a large scale; experience managing regional and/or global EHS programs, policies and procedures; experience working globally and cross culturally, with locations in multiple countries; experience in successfully leading teams

Candidates must have strong interpersonal and relationship building skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization; be skilled at building organizational talent and skills in EHS; excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to modify message and delivery based on the audience; demonstrated ability to get results through collaboration with organizational partners; ability to understand the business and appropriately interpret results to understand issues and provide recommended actions; possesses a strong ethical framework, enabling efficient and effective decision making; ability to effectively drive innovation and successfully lead organizational change in implementation of EHS programs; strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite 

Global travel is required to understand safety and security needs worldwide. Passport Required.

We look for team members who have a professional and mature disposition, unquestioned integrity, moral character, and ethical values; one whom the organization can trust without reservation. The successful candidate will have attitudes and behaviors that promote management’s belief in the value of employees to the organization and uphold Red Wing’s core values of Respect, Integrity, Excellence and Community.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)