Management Manager
Resume:
Matthew Wallace
Apartment ***
Naka-Ku, Nagoya 460-0022
Japan
Phone: +81-80-479*-****
**********@****.***
SUMMARY
Accomplished Environmental, Health and Safety professional with 25 years of experience. Strong organizational, developmental and technical experience. Proven record of successfully developing strategic vision, managing people, and guiding implementation to drive continuous EH&S program and performance improvements.
Dynamic and seasoned planner/developer of top performing organizations focused on the areas of emergency management; workplace safety; contingency/crisis planning; occupational hygiene and environmental management programs. Strong knowledge of Environmental, Health and Safety laws, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teva Pharmaceuticals
2014 ~ Present
Asia Pacific EHS Regional Operation Manager
Regional responsibility included overseeing staff and leading corporate programs related to environment, health, safety, compliance and continuous improvement for Teva Pharma covering over 23 locations encompassing office, research and development, quality control laboratory, and quality assurance laboratory locations throughout Asia Pacific Region.
Worked with Senior Leadership Team to implement a CO2 reduction and energy saving program that cut CO2 emissions by 16.1% over a one-year period.
Delivered ISO 14001 Environmental Management certification project on-time/on-budget by leading cross-functional team and introducing project management best practices.
Developed long-term EHS strategic plans toward operational excellence – Developed long-range forecasts and maintained long-range financial plans, developed and implemented organizational EHS strategies and policies.
Reduced annual costs by $400K through kaizen techniques to reduce unnecessary costs and improve efficiency.
Alcoa Howmet Japan Limited
2011 ~ 2013
Senior Manager, Environment, Health and Safety
Designed and integrated EHS programs, systems, and infrastructure components for meeting ever-changing EHS regulations in Japan. Supervised team of 14 EHS managers and EHS Staff. Audited sites and prepared audit reports, scheduling and communicating audits to relevant team members. Implemented ongoing training at sites. Worked with individuals from a multitude of countries to ensure compliance with regulations. Planned, administered, and monitored budget.
Developed the Crisis Management Plan for Japan, Facilitated a site failure Disaster Recovery exercise, Developed Operational Recovery Checklists for critical business processes, and Planned and facilitated Business Continuity exercises for all Asian-Pacific Operations
Tracked and analyzed workplace injuries and illnesses, with a special emphasis on determining root causes and implementing corrective actions and prevention strategies.
Coordinated various activities such as blood drives and other wellness programs.
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GlaxoSmithKline Japan
2009 ~ 2011
Environment, Health, Safety and Security Manger
Ensured compliance with EHS standards and local regulations for 1 manufacturing site and 2 warehouse sites in Japan. Directed and coached a team of 3 site EHS managers. Functioned as a Subject Matter Expert for EHS-related topics. Managed sites undergoing audits, including completion of audit action plans for addressing findings.
Developed contingency/crisis planning, emergency action plans, physical security plans, and EH&S policies, procedures and guidelines.
Developed a project on process safety that uses physical safeguards and lock-out/tag system to eliminate human access to moving parts of production machinery to reduce adverse incidents.
Secured over $6 million in funding for implementing EHS projects, including ergonomic improvement, waste and water use reduction, and safety improvement initiatives.
EDUCATION
Integrated Leadership
Central Michigan University (Planned Graduation 05/2017)
Bachelor of Science in Emergency and Disaster Management
Japan Center for Emergency Management
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Japanese: Fluent (Speak, Read, Write)
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