Safety & Health Manager

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the Safety & Health team, fostering a high-performance culture built on collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

• Oversee the effective management of Safety & Health across the company's operational footprint, including supermarkets, warehouses, offices, dormitories and other facilities, ensuring consistent standards across all sites.

• Translate the company's Safety & Health objectives into practical action plans, ensuring their effective implementation and continuous monitoring across the business.

• Provide expert guidance and practical solutions to managers on occupational safety, health and risk management, supporting safe and compliant day-to-day operations.

• Drive compliance with all Safety & Health legislation, company policies and industry best practices, while keeping management informed of emerging legal and regulatory developments.

• Lead the identification, assessment and mitigation of workplace risks, ensuring timely investigations, corrective actions and continuous improvement following incidents, near misses and audits.

• Ensure operational readiness by overseeing emergency response plans, business continuity measures and workplace inspections across all company sites.

• Build strong partnerships with operational teams, regulators and external stakeholders to promote a safe, compliant and healthy working environment.

• Develop organisational capability by identifying training needs, delivering awareness initiatives and ensuring all statutory Safety & Health requirements are met.

• Promote a positive safety culture through effective communication, employee engagement and continuous awareness programmes.

• Manage departmental performance and resources, including budgets, reporting, committee governance and the effective delivery of Safety & Health initiatives.

• Contribute to business improvement projects, providing technical expertise and practical recommendations to ensure Safety & Health considerations are embedded in operational decisions and change initiatives.

Job requisites:

• BSc in Safety and Health Management or any other equivalent qualifications

• At least 5 years of proven supervisory experience in a Safety and Health Management

• Conversant with MS Office Suite

• Experience in the retail sector will constitute an advantage

• Up-to-date knowledge of trends and best practices in the field of Safety and Health

• Ability to effectively deal with a variety of audience, some of whom will require high levels of patience, tact and diplomacy

• Committed to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Effective communication, organizational and time management skills

• Analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills

• Detail and results-oriented

• Be employee service-oriented

• Holder of a valid driving licence