SEARCH: Global SHE Director

Search overview

The company

JDE Peet’s is a leading global coffee and beverage powerhouse, serving over 100 markets through a rich portfolio of iconic brands.With deep roots in manufacturing and retail, JDE Peet’s maintains a strong focus on operational excellence, sustainability, and innovation across its global production network.

As a performance-led organization, JDE Peet’s prioritizes azero-incident culture and environmental stewardship, embedding safety and sustainability deeply within its manufacturing DNA. With global operations and a high-intensity production footprint, the company required a visionary and hands-on leader to redefine Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE)performance.

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The search

Melium was retained to identify and appoint a Global SHEDirector, a senior, strategically vital role reporting into the VP Operations. The successful candidate would serve as the global lead for safety and environmental strategy, standards, and compliance across all JDE Peet’s manufacturing plants and regional operations.

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Melium Consulting invests heavily to ascertain the foundations for success, with a clear understanding of the AS-IS and TO-BE states. From our initial consultation it was clear we needed to understand the following areas;

• Lead SHE culture transformation across the Bradley Curvematurity journey.
• Drive global adoption of ISO 14001 & 45001certifications under a unified umbrella.
• Implement Process Safety Management (PSM) and riskgovernance across all production sites.
• Translate environmental and safety regulations into actionable policies and site-level excellence.
• Act as the global SHE voice in sustainability and operational improvement initiatives.

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• Global Regulatory & SHE Talent Ecosystem Mapping
• Manufacturing Plant Risk Profile Analysis
• Leadership Benchmarking Against Global FMCG/CPG Best-in-Class
• Behavioural Interview Framework + SHE Cultural Fit Matrix
• Competency Profiling: Change, Crisis, and ComplianceManagement
• Market Calibration for SHE Executive Roles Across Europe& Americas

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• Critical success factors and desired future state outcomes
• Competency matrix definition (Technical and Behavioural)
• Designed bespoke evaluation assessment from S-CAP inputs
• Value proposition creation to attract passive candidates.
• Project plan the process, stakeholder accountability, and route to success

Execution

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Focused on senior SHE executives with global and multi-site experience in food, beverage, chemical and consumer manufacturing.

Prioritized candidates with deep expertise in SHE systems(e.g. ISO 45001/14001), crisis management, and process safety compliance.

Targeted leaders with both strategic planning and hands-on factory implementation experience, familiar with culturally diverse and stafey critical operating environments.

Evaluation Criteria

• Proven success leading global safety transformations inmanufacturing-intensive sectors.
• Strength in developing training frameworks and employeeengagement programs to drive behavioural change.
• Experience overseeing internal and external audits,certifications, and performance tracking.
• Executive presence and agility to collaborate with stakeholders across regulatory, supply chain, operations, and ESG domains.
• High travel resilience and ability to lead globallydispersed teams.

Phase 1

Refined success profile in close collaboration with senior manufacturing and HR stakeholders. Defined culture-fit traits for driving compliance and ownership in a decentralised SHE maturity landscape.

Phase 2

Validated talent pipelines across Europe. Mapped industry leaders with relevant SHE system build outs and sustainability-aligned leadership.

Phase 3

Structured interviews assessed global perspective, influence, and operational credibility.Simulated stakeholder engagement and incident response scenarios tested real-world acumen.

Phase 4

Finalists underwent in-depth evaluation on SHE systems design, behavioural change leadership, and strategic alignment with JDE’s manufacturing modernisation roadmap.

Result

Delivered a high-quality shortlist within 8 weeks, featuring candidates from global beverage, food, and consumer goods companies with:

• Deep ISO, PSM, and regulatory command
• Exceptional stakeholder and cultural adaptability
• Experience scaling safety and environmental performance globally

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The appointed leader brings the vision, resilience, and technical gravitas to lead JDE Peet’s into its next chapter of SHE excellence and sustainability impact.

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