India 3rd Party HSE Auditor

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Role Title: India 3rd Party HSE Auditor

Location: Pune, Maharashtra

Role Purpose:

• To provide support to Global sourcing team in evaluating potential and current suppliers of raw materials, Intermediates and finished products in India by auditing their HSE standards, systems, procedures, practices, documentation and compliance.
• To communicate and drive Syngenta HSE standards within our supply base and the wider India chemical industry and drive continuous improvement and ensure supplier compliance with Syngenta globally defined HSE S&OP’s
• To work closely with T&S, Procurement, and other global functions to deliver the India sourcing strategy.
• To develop and drive different ways of working in the HSE audit space e.g. virtual auditing, to meet the needs of changing environment.
• Develop Technology and Sourcing skills to support broader global sourcing activities (sup-plier screening, HSE follow-up, technical capabilities evaluation, tech transfer, etc.) from India.

Accountabilities:

• To develop an annual HSE audit plan with the India sourcing manager based on the priorities, business requirements, and previous audit observations of the Suppliers.
• To carry out supplier HSE audits as per plan and issue reports with findings within the specified time.
• To provide technical support and participate with the Global Procurement Team, Engineering and Process Technology Team by interacting with suppliers during Process Risk Assessment, initial/pre-commissioning /post-commissioning project stages.
• To maintain an active database of current and potential suppliers, focussing on HSE performance and outstanding actions
• To provide support to low-performing suppliers in improving HSE standards to meet Syngenta requirements.
• To participate in the HSE conferences, workshops, and joint audits in the region.
• Provide to the global T&S group foresight of changes and developments in the Indian chemical industry, including regulatory and governmental changes

After the establishment of primary HSE role:

• Assist with the development of sourcing strategies for intermediates and AIs aligned to global sourcing principles
• Manage both internal (procurement, supply chain, regulatory, production, process technology, analytics, etc) and external (supplier management, 3rd party services, etc) stakeholders involved in the project and communicate the progress periodically.

Critical experience:

• Understanding of HSE 3rd party audit processes and sourcing strategy for India.
• Know what good HSE standards look like and be able to reliably measure potential and current suppliers against them.
• Adequate knowledge of a broad range of chemical manufacturing processes.
• Good understanding of HSE management standards, legislation, and processes.
• Knowledge and experience of Process Risk Assessment.
• Adequate auditing experience of HSE management systems
• Experience in root cause analysis application

Critical technical, professional, and personal capabilities:

• Project Management Skills: Balancing the priorities of a large number of projects.
• Be able to develop a trusted position internally and externally, ability to work to high ethical standards.
• Good communication skills. Must be able to interact well internally and externally.
• Ability to work at the interface between Syngenta and external companies – external auditing capability.
• Ability and willingness to collaborate across functions within Syngenta – HSE auditors in other countries, HSE functions in countries, regions, and global, and various Production and Supply groups functions and supply chain teams.
• Fluent in English (verbal and written).
• A hunger to learn and keep abreast of best practice in global HSE, process safety, and process risk management, and global and India specific HSE-related legislation
• Ability and confidence to work alone during audits at suppliers

Critical leadership competencies:

• Stakeholder engagement or management
• Knowledge of the regulatory environment
• Ability to learn new areas
• Good understanding of chemistry
• Good networker and communicator
• Strategic thinking
• Analytical thinking
• Independence of thinking, ability to develop own work programme aligned to the business needs
• Ability to work with uncertainty
• Cultural awareness when working in a non-Indian environment

• Graduate Chemical Engineer or Masters in Organic Chemistry with Diploma in Safety, Health/Environment.
• Work Experience- 5 to 10 years in the same field.
• Certification in HSE/Post diploma course in Industrial Safety is an additional desired qualification.

Note: Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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