Danone Early Life Nutrition is one of Danone Group's strategic business units (SBU) specialized in the field of infant nutrition. It contributes to fulfil Danone's mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible, especially during the first 1000 days of life. We are currently present in more than 40+ African countries including Nigeria.
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Inspire and drive the CBU Health Safety and Wellbeing (HS&W) Priorities
Lead WISE² safety program & HS&W activities, risks analysis and prevention, standards implementation, trainings, audits & inspection, incident and accident management, equipment safety,
Drive continuous Health Safety & Wellbeing continuous improvement & performance, through monitoring of HS&W metrics and action plans, implementation of effective systems, tools & processes.
Develop CBU safety capabilities and employees.
Education/Professional Qualification
A recognized degree or equivalent in Occupational Safety & Health, Environmental Science, Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
Knowledge of manufacturing or consumer industries in a fast-moving consumer goods environment.
Experience
Experience in managing safety & health in multi-national business.
Have significant safety management experiences in a manufacturing environment or any other industries with high safety standards.
Minimum 5 years of leadership / managerial experience.
Skills
Strong knowledge of Danone Wise2 safety management system.
Technical safety expertise or at least ability to acquire it or ability to mobilise safety experts efficiently.
Proven ability and enthusiasm to embark teams at management level on safety deployment, with the capability to influence & delegate effectively, whilst driving for performance.
Coordination, organization and networking capabilities; good level of autonomy to drive safety at CBU level.
Ability and vision to drive the level of ambition within the teams, challenge safety performance and culture, getting buy-in and focus on team priorities.
Excellent communicator at all levels
Negotiation skills and cooperative approach in dealing with conflicts and/or deviations supported by strong safety auditing skills. Maturity to inspire respect form stakeholders.
Coaching and training skills.
Motivation for safety and for the job.
Ability to travel frequently within the CBU and to connect with the zone network.