BU Safety Specialist at International Breweries

The key purpose of this role is to oversee and provide comprehensive and professional safety management service, to ensure that the Company operates in a lawful and ethical manner, abides to the health and Safety legislation, Road Safety legislation, Governance Codes (Combined Code) of practice pertaining to Safety Management (Including AB InBev Safety Policy and Standards) and Corporate Governance, protecting stakeholder interests through the mitigation of all safety risks  at the source of loss across the broad spectrum of the AB InBev operations.

Key roles and responsibilities: 

• Ensure compliance with the national/local road traffic legislation as well as  health and safety legislation
• Drive the DPO/VPO  safety pillar roll out  through the effective implementation a ramp up plan; documented procedures and processes that are compliant to the local legislations; Zone and Global Standards and Procedures
• Document Safety requirements into operational procedures and train all stakeholders, including contractors
• Develop Safety One Point Lessons where appropriate and train all stakeholders, including contractors
• Develop and implement processes for the monitoring of adherence to documented safety procedures and OPLs
• Accountable to providing sustainable safety support to the Logistics department for T1 and T2 Transportation operations
• Facilitation of Training on the requirements of DPO/VPO Safety Pillar  requirements for the Logistics Management and Operational teams
• Providing support to management for the monitoring and measuring of safety performance using the appropriate DPO/VPO Management Tools
• Facilitating the development of strategies for the continuous improvement of the overall safety performance
• The Logistics Department operations run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as beyond the perimeter of the site location, as such, the support provided by this role is of such a nature that  it entails collaboration with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including law and order authorities; contractors; etc.
• Execution of thorough monthly Safety Pillar Self-Assessment against DPO/VPO Safety Pillar requirements Across sites.
• Facilitation of the development of strategies to close gaps identified, and to monitor the closing of gaps
• Monitoring of effectiveness of strategies implemented to close gaps
• Lead; Advice and Facilitate the implementation of the process of Hazards Identification, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation/Control and Risk Review by Logistics Management. These processes must extend to operations/activities in trade
• Implement effective processes to ensure that all stakeholders ( Employees, Contractors, including Spot Hire Contractors, visitors  etc.) are inducted across Sites & and are fully conversant with the Hazards and Risk the AB-InBev operation exposes them to and the controls thereto
• Periodic Reporting on the Logistics Safety performance to the business (Local and Zone) and planned actions to achieve performance indicators

Ensure Integrity and Quality of Information

• To monitor and identify those Safety Management aspects as defined in Corporate Governance and Ethics and those serious exposures which need to be reported to the Audit Committee / Board in terms of sound corporate governance are elevated through management as applicable.
• To ensure that reported statistics are accurate and a true reflection of the operation taking into account the disclosure in the Corporate Annual report in triple bottom line results.

Support Logistics

• Support Logistics operations by providing guidance during the risk assessment review sessions
• Maintain a close link with both T1 and T2 operations
• Facilitate, working closely with the DCs & Depot Managers, accident and incident investigations and ensure timeous close out;
• Collate and Load other corporate governance reports;
• Ad Hoc support & assistance Logistics ops
• Assist with IR processes as and when they arise.
• Collaboration with Corporate Risk Department in the implementation of processes and procedure in compatible aspects

Profile:

• Min. of B.Sc./ B.Tech/HND in a related field – Safety Management
• 3 – 5 years post qualification experience
• NEBOSH International Diploma / Safety Management Diploma/Degree
• Min 3 Years experience in Safety Management
• Computer Literate
• Compliance driven
• Self-motivated: Working effectively with little direction
• Team-oriented: Making the most out of collaboration
• Strong work ethic: Setting and achieving goals