Health Safety and Wellbeing Manager - West Africa at Danone

The HSWM will:

• 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.
• Fluent spoken and written English