Upfield Recruitment for Site Safety Environment Manager

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for Upfield Recruitment for Site Safety Environment Manager.

Upfield is a consumer packaged goods company that sells multiple brands of margarine and other food spreads. It includes brands such as Flora, Stork, and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!. Upfield was spun off from Unilever and purchased by investment firm KKR in 2018.

Job Description

• Company: Upfield
• Location: Tema, Greater Accra Region, Ghana
• State: Tema

Your Role:

The site SHE Manager has overall responsibility for managing Safety, Health & Environment maintenance and improvement activities to achieve excellence at the site level. S/he works with site Supply Chain teams to develop the local SHE Strategy and improvement plans to achieve sustainable SHE standards, reducing injuries, illnesses and environmental impact as measured in the core KPIs. Where geographical proximity, size and complexity permit, this role may cover more than one site.

Accountabilities

·   Deploy the global/cluster SHE strategy, policy and standards in the site to achieve excellent sustainable results

·  Manage the SHE teams responsible to deliver Occupational Health, Safety and Environment results

·  Drive safety and environment risk assessment and develop/implement appropriate controls

·  Reduce the site’s environmental impact in the areas of COD, hazardous & non-hazardous waste, SOx & CO2 emissions and water & energy consumption

·    Lead the SHE Pillar in accordance with ManEx

·   Influence senior management and drive safety and environmental leadership through line management

·  Monitor site legal compliance and ensure the site meets all local/national regulatory requirements and provide advice on national SHE legislation requirements & implement relevant procedures and policies

·  Work closely with Occupational Health personnel to identify and mitigate risks which may lead to occupational ill health

·  Assist the site leader to develop and lead the internal crisis committees and safety committee; support the site leader in leading serious incident investigation and analysis

·  Advise line management in all accident/incident investigations

·  Conduct trend analysis from incidents, near misses, safe behaviour observations and deep compliance audits

·   Develop and deploy internal SHE auditing and inspection systems

·   Determine training needs and assist in delivery of training programs

Requirements

•   Minimum 3 years’ experience in Supply Chain Operations

•  Manufacturing and/or Engineering experience

•  Proven track record of analytical thinking and project management

•  Ability to articulate complex concepts clearly (both written and in presentations)

• Interest in sustainability and/or sustainable development / sustainable systems design

•               Great personal organization skills, attention to detail and ability to work to deadlines

in the multicultural environment

Your Personal Power!

At Upfield we want you to bring your ideas, your motivation and desire to succeed! This part of the role is up to you to complete.

Culture

We are a highly entrepreneurial fast-paced team running a multi-billion Euro business across 60+ countries with the mind-set of a start-up! We are agile, creative, fast-to-market and obsessed with

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should Visit [email protected] for enquiries.

If you’re an entrepeneur at heart and have a passion for winning, a strong understanding of the FMCG business, and would like to join us, apply and speak to one of our Talent Matchmakers!