Strategic & Financial Results

• Develop, implement and continuous review of HBI’s health, safety and risk strategy.
• Ensure all health and safety policies, procedures, and practices are compliant with local legislation in each market.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of health and safety legislation and best practices globally and locally.
• Identify Risks/opportunities/strategies to leverage Health, Safety and Risk performance.
• Determine benchmarking requirements to establish common indicators/measurements.
• Assure compliance to all company and statutory regulations.
• Health, Safety and Risk Health, Safety and Risk reporting to all governance committees within Heineken Beverages & HBI.
• To plan and control the central Health, Safety and Risk budget to deliver the most cost-effective results leading to continued competitive advantage.

Operational Results

• Achieve Health, Safety & Risk statutory compliance, the Health, Safety & Risk goals and management system requirements.
• Assure the maintenance and development of ISO1800 (45000) Health and Safety management systems for the agreed area/site/market and retain accreditation.
• Coordinate with local regulatory bodies to ensure compliance and address any issues promptly.
• Lead and facilitate the development of policies, standards, philosophies and assure/facilitate implementation.
• Assure the maintenance and development of management systems for each area and retain accreditation.
• To manage company policies and statutory regulations for Health, Safety and Risk, including looking at accident prevention & implementation of systems to reduce accident rates.
• To ensure the development and implementation of training Health, Safety and Risk ensuring mandatory training is delivered.

Customer & Stakeholder Relationship results

• To build effective partnerships with suppliers, regulatory bodies and government agencies which lead to continuous improvement in their services.
• Build effective relationships with all stakeholders within HBI and wider Heineken, to ensure Health Safety & Risk compliance
• Support commercial teams by providing health and safety expertise in client proposals and projects.
• Ensure health and safety considerations are integrated into business development activities.
• Collaborate with clients and partners to ensure joint health and safety initiatives are effectively implemented.

. Innovation & Improvement Results

• Continuously improve and innovate Health, Safety & Risk technology approaches & practices.
• Promote and drive collaboration between other Heineken Opco’s inn the AME (Africa Middle East) Region to drive performance improvement through benchmarking both internally and externally.
• Effect organization change & drive effective innovation, results and teamwork.
• To develop a culture of continuous improvement to drive improvements within Health, Safety and Risk.
• Establish forums/networks for effective functional communication/knowledge transfer.
• Lead functional knowledge management and sharing processes: Lead as a center of excellence and subject matter expert for HBI.

The successful candidate must have the following experience/skills:

• Relevant Degree (Honors Degree will be advantageous)
• 8-10 years minimum relevant working experience.
• Experience in working with Africa/International countries.
• Proven experience in Health and Safety Management Systems.
• Strong leadership capabilities with a focus on influencing key stakeholders.
• Subject matter expert in Health, Safety and Risk legislation.
• Incident investigation.
• Partnerships with regulatory bodies and government agencies.
• Health, Safety and Risk reporting to all governance committees Implementation of preventative measures.
• Track record of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience in benchmarking current processes against best practices.
• Proven experience in improvement of Health and Safety objectives with regards to DIFR, IOD, incidents, Hazards and near misses.
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills (verbal & written).
• Computer literacy essential (MS Excel, PowerPoint)