We are looking to hire a Health, Safety & Wellbeing Manager - West Africa, who will support all manufacturing, distribution, HQ, office and sales sites and employees in the CBU.
The HSWM will:
1. Inspire and drive the CBU Health Safety and Wellbeing (HS&W) Priorities
2. Lead WISE² safety program & HS&W activities, risks analysis and prevention, standards implementation, trainings, audits & inspection, incident and accident management, equipment safety,
3. Drive continuous Health Safety & Wellbeing continuous improvement & performance, through monitoring of HS&W metrics and action plans, implementation of effective systems, tools & processes.
4. Develop CBU safety capabilities and employees.
About you
The ideal candidate should have the following:
- 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
Fan Milk, a Danone Company is a leading manufacturer and retailer of ice cream, juices, yogurt and frozen dairy on the West African market. We are an iconic brand providing healthy nourishments since 1960.
Our mission is bringing health through food to as many people as possible, recognizing the power people have to impact the world through their daily choices.
Having gained the love and trust of consumers over the years, we invite you to join the movement for a healthier world. Healthy food needs a healthy planet, and this is why we are passionate about our new signature vision “One Planet One Health”.
You are welcome into a company with vital behaviors which invites you own the business, partner with people, challenge people and enable people and teams to get into action. Join us, to touch the lives of 10 million people every day with healthy products.
