Estée Lauder Companies Environmental, Health and Safety Manager

About Estée Lauder Companies

The Estée Lauder Companies is a global leader in prestige beauty, founded in 1946 by Estée and Joseph Lauder and built on an enduring belief in creativity, high-touch service, and entrepreneurial spirit. As an employer, the Group offers talent the scale of an international house with the energy of distinctive brands across skincare, makeup, fragrance, and hair care. Its culture values innovation, inclusion, learning, and responsible growth, inviting professionals to shape consumer experiences from laboratory to counter, digital platform to boardroom. Employees join a purpose-led organization where heritage, artistry, and scientific excellence meet to define the future of luxury beauty.

Role & Responsibilities

• Set and deliver the UK and Ireland environmental, health, safety and sustainability strategy for the retail and office estate, aligned with corporate and EUKEM priorities.
• Own the regional EHS management framework, keeping policies, standards, procedures and guidance current, practical and compliant with legal and corporate requirements.
• Lead environmental compliance and performance across the estate, focusing on waste management, the waste hierarchy, recycling, resource efficiency and reducing environmental impacts.
• Coordinate the UK and Ireland response to applicable Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements, supporting data quality, governance, compliance submissions and improvement plans across functions.
• Partner with Retail, Facilities, Procurement, Brands and Corporate Functions to define accountabilities and integrate EHS requirements into daily operations, projects and supplier arrangements.
• Assess existing and emerging EHS and environmental risks affecting employees, customers, visitors, brands and business operations, and ensure proportionate controls are implemented.
• Establish KPIs and an assurance framework to monitor legal compliance, incidents, corrective actions, waste and sustainability performance, and progress against corporate goals.
• Lead and coordinate audits, inspections and compliance reviews across offices, stores and counter locations; prioritise findings, assign ownership and ensure effective closure.
• Ensure accidents, near misses, environmental incidents and non-compliance events are investigated to identify root causes and deliver sustained corrective and preventive actions.
• Develop role-appropriate training, communications and engagement programmes to build employee and line-manager capability and strengthen a positive EHS and environmental culture.
• Provide competent, timely and pragmatic EHS advice for retail operations, office activities, events, new openings, refurbishments, maintenance and business change.
• Oversee external consultants and service providers supporting EHS, waste and environmental programmes, setting expectations and monitoring service and compliance performance.
• Represent the UK and Ireland region in EUKEM and Global EHS forums, sharing learning and supporting the development and implementation of corporate standards.
• Support crisis management and business continuity arrangements as the subject-matter expert for relevant safety and environmental matters.
• Lead, coach and develop the EHS team, setting clear priorities, objectives and development plans aligned with the evolving retail, office and sustainability agenda.

Qualifications

• Recognised NEBOSH professional qualification, at minimum.
• At least five years’ experience in an EHS, environmental or sustainability role with responsibility for legal compliance and management systems.
• Demonstrable knowledge of UK health and safety and environmental legislation relevant to retail and office environments.
• Practical experience of waste governance, environmental performance improvement and sustainability delivery; knowledge of Extended Producer Responsibility requirements is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting a geographically dispersed, multi-site estate; EHS experience in retail or another customer-facing environment is an advantage.
• Experience developing, implementing and maintaining EHS management systems; knowledge of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 is desirable.
• Ability to translate legal and corporate requirements into clear, proportionate and operationally workable standards and actions.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and secure ownership across functions and levels.
• Experience in incident investigation, root cause analysis, auditing, corrective action management, training and performance reporting.
• Effective project-management, analytical and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities across the UK and Ireland estate.
• Experience leading and developing a small team and managing specialist external providers.

Skills

Experience

At least five years’ experience in an EHS, environmental or sustainability role with responsibility for legal compliance and management systems.

Benefits

One day working from home; 25 days’ annual leave excluding bank holidays; one additional annual leave day for a birthday; holiday purchase opportunity; bonus opportunity; remote work abroad for up to 18 days per calendar year; Summer Fridays; generous staff discount; mental health wellbeing initiatives; benefits platform with exclusive discounts and offers; employee resource groups; LinkedIn Learning.

Culture

The Estée Lauder Companies fosters a collaborative, inclusive workplace where creativity, entrepreneurial thinking, and a passion for prestige beauty are deeply valued. As a global house of distinctive brands, it offers employees an environment that encourages innovation, professional growth, and a shared commitment to excellence and consumer inspiration.

About Cerulean

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