Engineering CAPEX Director

Givaudan Fragrances
401(k)
United States, New Jersey, Budd Lake
Jun 23, 2025
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There's much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature. Join us as our next Engineering CAPEX Director for the North America and Latin America regions reporting to our Head of COE and Global Integration Lead. You will be the key point of contact for major CAPEX investments between COE and regional OPS/commercial/S&T organizations. Guide critical and strategical Givaudan's CAPEX in the region and manage the implementation of the CoE strategy aligned with our corporate strategy. You will be accountable for the entire end-to-end regional CAPEX project portfolio. You will be based in Mount Olive, NJ. Salary expectation based on technical experience: $175,000.00 - 210,000. In this exciting role you will: *Functional management* Accountable for the end-to-end Engineering CAPEX process, including The entire capex budgeting process and the agreement between local, regional, global ops and functional priorities Implement the regional capex portfolio in scope, time and budget The tracking, monitoring and reporting of projects KPIs (scope, time, budget) The tracking, monitoring and reporting of project financial controlling KPIs (spend curve, LE) The engineering resource allocation to build the regional portfolio The capex maturity level assessment of the region Implement preventive and corrective actions to increase the maturity level of the region according to the capex maturity roadmap Accountable for long-term investment planning. Accountable for all major investments > 5 mCHF Accountable for commercial investment > 1 mCHF Guide major Capex projects as member of the Steering Committee Deploy (train, mentor, coach, assess and track) CAPEX Methodologies/Tools/Standards to the Engineering community Be a first contact for any escalation for CoE Capex activities within the region Share best practices across the region and feedback to global CoE stream leads for understanding and development of global standards. Lead internal and external benchmark (methodology) Foster collaboration with other COE functions Technical Skills Project management Asset management processes Utilities management processes Financial (CAPEX and OPEX) Expertise in running a service-based function and managing and communicating with stakeholders Advise, training and coaching skills Required Qualifications: University degree in an engineering discipline 5 to 8 years of experience in a manufacturing organization, with a background in engineering, maintenance, project management, utilities systems, operation, and business process redesign 5 to 10 years management experience Experience in large Capex projects management Continuous improvement experience Languages: Fluent in English What We Can Offer You: Healthcare Plan: Medical Dental Vision High matching 401k plan Vacation days #LI-Onsite #ZR At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Every essence of you enriches our world.Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.