Senior Manager, Safety

Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Together we can renew the everyday, for a future beyond fossils! Learn more about us as a workplace upm.com/careers We are now looking for a Senior Manager, Safety to drive safety excellence across UPM Specialty Materials. This is a unique opportunity to shape safety performance across our production sites in Finland, Germany and China. The position is located at one of our mill sites in Finland in either Valkeakoski or Jämsä. Greetings from your future manager "Great safety performance doesn’t happen by accident. It comes from consistent work, strong collaboration and a willingness to continuously improve. I’m looking for a colleague who enjoys working closely with our mills and HSEQ teams, turning complex challenges into practical actions that make a real difference. If you are passionate about safety and enjoy working with people, this could be the role for you."- Tomi Hytönen, VP, Operations, Global Specialty Papers What you will do Develop and shape the safety agenda for the Specialty Materials business area in close cooperation with key leaders, HSE Managers at our production sites and Group Health & Safety Run the Specialty Materials safety steering group. You will play a key role in driving continuous improvement and ensuring safety remains at the heart of everything we do Actively contribute to the UPM H&S Network activities, such as developing UPM-wide safety processes and initiatives, cross-BA audits, best practice sharing, incident investigations and updating the UPM safety standards and guidelines Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of UPM safety practices across Specialty Materials, enabling our sites to achieve ambitious safety goals and world-class performance Ensure effective deployment of UPM safety requirements through audits, risk assessments, incident investigations, KPI reporting, competence development and active safety communication Monitor industry developments, emerging safety trends and potential risks relevant to Specialty Materials operations and translate them into practical improvements that strengthen both safety performance and operational excellence Manage safety KPIs and target setting. Analyse safety data and provide performance insights Provide expertise, sparring and hands-on support to HSE Managers at Specialty Materials production sites to help further local safety projects and initiatives Collaborate across Specialty Materials and global UPM networks, sharing best practices and leading safety development initiatives across multiple production sites. The role includes regular travel to Specialty Materials production sites in Finland, Germany and China

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