Paul Hegele
North America Quality Health Safety and Environmental Head
- Role
- Head of Qhse and Sustainability North America at CEVA Logistics
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Paul Hegele
An innovative and performance-driven, Global Environmental Health and Safety Leader. Transformational manager and a key member of the senior leadership team. Successful track record of program evaluation, program and process improvements, strategic intervention, and OSHA compliance at Fortune 500 companies. Excellent leadership, communication, influencing, and presentation skills. Able to build robust and mutually beneficial relationships at all levels. Global EHS Leadership, Program Assessment, Program Improvement, Risk Reduction, Best Practices Risk Avoidance, Safety Training, Root Cause Analysis, and Regulatory Compliance, Operational Excellence (OE), Lean Six Sigma, and OSHA VPP, ISO 14001, 45001, Certification Leadership: Implementing and overseeing global programs, EHS awareness initiatives, and EHS culture transformations for industry leaders, including General Electric, Coca-Cola, and Otis Elevator: Risk assessment, risk strategy, identifying and mitigating risks, establishing risk protocols. Applying best practices and lean methodologies to continuously improve EHS performance: Successfully interacting with key stakeholders including LOB and executive leadership, regarding safety culture, organizational development, and risk mitigation: Extensive full-lifecycle project management experience. Collaborating with key stakeholders, managing deadlines and budgets, understanding and articulating priorities, architecting solutions, and delivering results./: Bachelor’s Degree - Occupational Safety and Health, Master’s Degree - Management, Strategy, and Leadership, Six Sigma Green Belt, Special Government Employee - SGE (OSHA). Global EHS Leadership Program Assessment Program Management Performance Management / KPIs OSHA / Regulatory Compliance Risk Identification / Mitigation Continuous Program Improvement EHS Cultures / EHS Training Process Design Change Management Complex Investigations Data Collection / Analysis Safety Management Systems Accident Prevention Layout / Workflows Team Building / Development Business Objectives Safety Auditing
Experience
Head of Qhse and Sustainability North America
Jul 2024 — Present · Grand Rapids, MI, US
Responsible for leading the North American QHSE & Sustainability team supporting Field Operations, Ocean, Ground, Air and Rail. Responsibilities included implementing all Quality, Safety and Environmental compliance policies/procedures/training programs throughout North America. Provide leadership and guidance on all QHSE initiatives as well as DOT compliance related activities. Primary focus is around understanding CEVA’s QHSE culture and program maturity and developing strategy to move program maturity and culture to “World Class” status where leadership is fully supportive, accountable for and engaged in our QHSE program.
Education
Columbia Southern University
Bachelor's degree, Occupational Safety and Health
Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business
Master's degree, Management, Strategy and Leadership
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