CAROL R. POWELL

Hillsboro, OR ***** 732-***-**** add1gz@r.postjobfree.com

ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH & SAFETY LEADERSHIP

Accomplished executive with extensive experience in leading environmental, health, safety and sustainability work on an international basis. Highly skilled in developing talent and building a high performing global team. Company liaison with regulatory agencies and in the EU works councils. Adept at systems development and implementation. Managed the environmental aspects of acquisitions and divestitures including remediation activities.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Chemical Management

Business Continuity

Emergency Planning

Risk Management

Occupational Health

Building Safety Culture

Global Team Leadership

Sustainability

Budget Management

ISO Systems & Certification

Behavioral Based Programs

Process Safety Management

EXPERIENCE

PATINA March 2020 - present

Crisis Management & Global EHS Professional

Contract position, working directly with a large, international company based in the Midwest. Directly managing a team of 200 professionals. Company is currently without a VP of EHS and EMEA regional EHS lead. Significant work needed to collaborate EHS with overall company response to Covid-19

Leading crisis management specific to the corporate COVID-19 response, primarily from an EHS standpoint and in close partnership with HR, legal, procurement and manufacturing

Advise the company on how best to manage the COVID-19 crisis response across the operating regions and support the team in making rapid and effective decisions.

Assess the crisis response efforts to-date and recommendations for enhancement.

Advise on a variety of topics such as policy & procedures, comprehensive cross-regional response strategies through the lens of professional’s global EHS domain knowledge.

Develop an overall policy and documentation strategy specific to company-wide or large scale business disruptions events

Build procedures and guidelines with input from across the organization specific to social distancing, use of PPE, health screening, and return to work policies

Interact with the business on global EHS concerns including agency interactions

INTEL September 2019 – February 2020

Vice President, Environmental, Health & Safety

Directly manage a global team of 150 professionals and approximately 350 contract workers. Oversee EHS team which includes construction safety, all medical personnel, corporate and site EHS teams.

Manage an $80MM budget within 5% variance.

Develop corporate EHSS vision and long-term strategy while setting company metrics, including leading indicators.

Key member of task force focused on long term impacts to environmental compliance based on growth and chemistry evolution.

Created a custom EHSS career ladder within the organization’s existing career structure to promote employee development. Guided employee hiring, talent development and succession planning.

Engage with regulators and industry teams on chemicals of concern.

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB January 2015 – August 2019

Global Head and Vice President, Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability

Directly managed a team of 130 professionals globally, including manufacturing, R&D and commercial.

Built the global EHSS team into a corporate entity of seven separate groups. Managed a $30MM budget within 5% variance.

Developed a corporate EHSS vision and long-term strategy, set yearly enterprise-wide metrics.

Created an enterprise-wide safety culture through collaboration with senior company leaders and BU leadership. Collaborate with BU leads to implement and integrate EHSS into all activities.

Oversaw company directives in EHSS (management system) and drove for continuous simplification.

Managed internal EHS audit and third party manufacture audit.

Implemented a business-wide data management platform for EHSS. Improved risk recognition and data collection and retention.

Steered the development and progress of the company-wide 2020 Sustainability goals.

Interacted with BMS board of directors and stakeholders on audit, sustainability and EHS quarterly.

Provided EHS guidance on all site closures, acquisitions and divestitures including remediation activities. Actively managed all company remediation sites and reserve.

Mentored 6 – 8 people from across the organization annually.

Sponsored a team from across BMS to One Young World annually.

MERCK July 2010 – January 2015

Executive Director, Europe, Global Safety and the Environment (GSE), (10/2012 – 1/2015)

Directly managed a team of 140 plus personnel in 28 countries, including 22 manufacturing facilities, three R&D sites and 76 offices. Managed a $28MM budget within 2% variance.

Worked directly with the Senior VP of Small Molecule line of business (LOB) to coordinate safety activities across the globe, including launch of behavior based safety, tighter controls on reducing employee exposures to highly hazardous compounds, and improved incident investigations.

Key member of the Small Molecule LOB global team and EMEA leadership team, providing strategic direction to the global LOB and Europe region.

Worked with the global environmental team to eliminate hormones in waste water.

Led sustainability efforts in Europe to align, meet and promote Merck’s stated goals.

Spearheaded a team to enable the divestiture of part of a manufacturing site ($6 BN sale), including the development and acceptance of the Dutch authorities to hold all environmental permits in an above site legal entity. This enabled the sale to occur within 10 months of the initial agreements.

Selected to represent Merck at the White House “Women and the Environment” round tables.

One of 7 peers on the GSE leadership team. Established strategy, worked with senior management to set yearly company metrics, develop the GSE portfolio, and manage the GSE budget.

Director: Asia Pacific; Europe, Middle East & Africa; Latin America, GSE, (10/2011 – 10/2012)

Led a team of 160 people, across 20 countries and 35 manufacturing facilities. Built a diverse team, including hiring and restructuring. Implemented global systems.

Aligned team to meet Merck’s expectations and standards, not just local regulations; improving worker safety, process safety and less environmental incidents.

Improved RIR and LTI rates by 30%, while getting increased reporting of incidents.

Worked with divisional Senior VPs as part of the leadership team in each region, setting strategic direction and reaching agreement on capital spend for safety and environmental improvements.

Director, Asia Pacific and Americas, GSE, (7/2010 – 10/2011)

Directed a team of 90 GSE personnel, across 23 countries and 26 manufacturing sites.

Managed restructure of the GSE function, both central and in assigned regions, including a 35% RIF.

Represented BU in Merck realignment of career banding, wages and benefits following the merger with Schering Plough.

Developed the Merck EHS management system.

Improved RIR and LTI rates by 8%.

Worked directly with site management to address issues, build alignment around programs and strategy.

OWENS CORNING June 2002 – July 2010

Global Environmental, Health & Safety Leader, Masonry Products, (9/2006 – 2/2010)

Pioneered a global EHS network that changed the culture of the organization. Established global environmental and safety standards, set expectations for assigned BU.

Led the integration of an acquired international (Europe and Asia) business into Owens Corning’s EHS programs and culture.

Corporate ENVIRONMENTAL development team leader, setting environmental goals and objectives that align with the company’s business objectives and continuous improvement.

Led the development and implementation of a corporate-wide Environmental Management System.

Guided the corporate waste reduction team for sustainability, reducing waste by 35% companywide.

Worked with sites to achieve zero discharge – waste and water.

Established protocols and standard approaches for environmental emissions across like processes and facilities for permit activities.

Voting member of the Capital Review Board (Stage Gate process) and review all for safety and environmental impacts.

Reduced injury rates over 90% and severity rates by 99% in less than three years.

Authored and implemented a method for proactive measurements of safety.

Additional Owens Corning Experience: Divisional Environmental Leader, Exterior Systems Business

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Ashtabula, OH, Senior Engineer

Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Additives Division, Suffolk, VA, EHS/Special PM, Environmental Engineer

Virginia Department of Labor & Industry, Norfolk, VA, Enforcement Officer, OSHA Enforcement

Bekaert Co. (Belgium owned), Rome, GA, Environmental Engineer

Martin Engineering Co., Neponset, IL, Industrial Engineer

LaSalle Rolling Mills, LaSalle, IL, Process Chemist

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Berry College, Rome, GA

BS, Industrial Technology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Chemical Engineering Course Work, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, IA

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Board member since January 2017, WEC, World Environmental Center

Executive board member, Treasurer, current

Member of Pharma, including company contact for PEG and PSG

Lean Sigma Green Belt

Merck Woman’s Executive Leadership Program

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