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Head of IMS & Audits APAC
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About this Position
- As Regional Head of Integrated Management System (IMS) & Audits APAC, you will play a key role in advancing the IMS across one of our most diverse and dynamic regions.
- As part of the Global IMS & Audits organization, you will work closely with regional and sub-regional leaders, site management teams, and functional experts to build awareness, engagement, and ownership of IMS practices, helping sites consistently meet business, customer, and certification expectations.
- Operating in a highly collaborative and international environment, you will drive process management maturity, operational excellence, and continual improvement while contributing to transformation and integration initiatives across the region.
What you´ll do
- IMS governance & strategy: You represent the region within the Global IMS team, bring regional needs and insights into the development of global IMS strategy while driving the alignment, deployment and continual improvement of the IMS in the region.
- Certification program: You drive and sustain regional certifications to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and other applicable standards, ensuring adherence to applicable requirements, certification readiness, and successful external audit outcomes.
- Audit program: You own the regional audit program, ensuring internal & external audits are effectively planned, executed, reported, and followed through, while fostering internal auditor competence and audit effectiveness.
- Certification body management: You serve as the primary regional interface with the certification body, managing certification requirements, overseeing external audit schedules, commercial & contractual topics, issue resolution, and certification-related risks.
- Process management & improvement: You partner with quality, SHE and IMS professionals, process owners and functional leaders to strengthen process management maturity through effective governance, continual improvement and structured problem-solving.
- IMS processes & systems: You drive adoption of global IMS processes and systems across the region through training, coaching and change support.
- Performance management: You monitor and coordinate the regular review of the regional IMS performance, including documentation and action management and audit status, providing regular reporting, and escalating issues to support effective decision-making and continual improvement.
- Special programs: You lead, coordinate, and contribute to special customer-/ business-/ transformation-driven programs, including acquisition integration & relocation initiatives, enabling audit readiness, IMS integration, best-practice sharing, and supporting successful certification, compliance, and operational integration.
What makes you a good fit
- Bachelor or master degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Business Administration or other related fields.
- Proven experience in a Management System related role, ideally as Lead Auditor.
- Proficiency in Quality & SHE international management system standard related skills (e.g. Quality core tools, Occupational health & safety, environment, auditing, 3rd party registrar/ certification body management, continual improvement, problem solving & root-cause analysis, risk & project management).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration.
- Experience in managing projects and ability to support and work with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Ability to adapt to new business needs and work in a dynamic environment.
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Comprehensive Group Insurance Scheme
- Annual Physical Examination
- Flexible Benefits cover for dependents
- Company Products Discount
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.
JOB ID: 26102809
Job Locations: China, Shanghai
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The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
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Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
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Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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