Director, Global Transportation & Distribution Safety

Director Global Transportation & Distribution Safety At Nouryon, our global team takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future. We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you? In your future role as a Director, Global T&DS, you will Nouryon operates a global specialty chemicals supply chain that moves hazardous, dangerous goods (DG), and temperature-sensitive materials across more than 100 countries. The Director, Global Transportation & Distribution Safety is accountable for leading and continuously improving the company’s end-to-end Transportation & Distribution Safety (T&DS) program — ensuring safe, legal, and secure movement of Nouryon materials worldwide, and serving as the senior technical authority on transport safety across the enterprise. The T&DS program scope covers all transport and storage of Nouryon goods outside the manufacturing footprint, whether owned or contracted. T&DS holds a Lead role where Nouryon manages transportation, and an Assist role where the customer or supplier manages transportation. This role owns the global T&DS program strategy, drives consistency across regions and functions, provides global guidance, and serves as the T&DS focal point across business lines. The T&DS Director partners closely with: VP Global Logistics — strategic sponsor and direct manager Global Logistics Leaders HSE&S — for EHS policy and incident management alignment PSRA / Global Product Safety — for SDS, labels, and shipping document alignment on product changes affecting transport compliance Logistics Procurement — for embedding T&DS qualification requirements into LSP contracts and pre-qualification processes Palantir Sentinel AI platform team — for digital integration of safety programs, incident analytics, and near-miss tracking Legal — for regulatory enforcement matters, contract audit rights, and compliance obligations Industry associations and regulatory agencies — COSTHA, CHEMTREC, CEFIC, ACC, and relevant port/customs authorities. Global T&DS Program Design & Governance: Own the global T&DS Program Policy — setting strategic objectives, governance structure, corporate alignment, and operating guardrails for the function worldwide. Lead the global T&DS Management System, with periodic review cycles that keep the program current and consistent across all regions. Maintain the RACI for T&DS key responsibilities — clarifying accountabilities across T&DS, Site HSE&S, Logistics Procurement, and business lines, and using it as an active stakeholder education tool. Govern the centralized T&DS document control structure on SharePoint, ensuring a single global source of truth across teams. Operate Management of Change (MOC) framework for logistics changes with T&DS safety implications — covering carrier changes, lane modifications, depot procedure updates, and DG classification changes. Chair modal- and site-level T&DS forums that enable global learning, best-practice sharing, and issue resolution, complementing the monthly DG cadence. LSP Qualification, Auditing & Risk Management: Own the global Logistics Standard for LSP transportation and distribution safety assessments — covering both pre-qualification and periodic operational audits — with global procedures aligned to the global standard. Partner with Logistics Procurement to embed T&DS qualification requirements into LSP pre-qualification for all hazardous product categories and for inbound purchased materials where Nouryon manages transportation. Champion standard LSP contract language granting Nouryon the right to periodically audit LSP operations for safety and compliance. Run the route risk assessment process for highly hazardous products, in collaboration with LSPs before route confirmation. Maintain a formal engagement process w…

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