Head of Health and Safety - EUANZ, AME

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Supply​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

The role will be part of the Global EH&S Compliance team. This role will lead the development and consistent implementation of Reckitt’s H&S requirements and oversee legal compliance for EMEA sites working closely with the other members of the global H&S team. The H&S Compliance team has been identified by senior leadership as playing an essential role in providing a consistent approach to H&S compliance and in achieving the goal of a world class H&S organisation. As such this role will have visibility and access to the highest levels of the organisation. The role will report directly to the Global H&S Director and will continually feed into the responsible Senior Leadership teams..

Your responsibilities

• Risk Register updates & current "uncomfortable-Site Of Focus (SOF) -comfortable"
• Site support to deliver EHS plans for
• uncomfortable & SOF remediation (site
• visits, site reviews etc)
• Business Partner - Regional Directors
• Business Partner – Relevant Business Organisation
• Chair Regional Meetings
• Audit Planning
• Auditing
• Incident Investigations
• Global H&S Standard updates
• Management of corporate EHS reporting system for EMEA region
• Europe Works Council point of contact
• Coaching – direct reports and wider EHS
• Managers
• FM Global Progression
• Finance management
• Engaging externally

The experience we're looking for

•           Hold minimum Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (e.g. NEBOSH or other country equivalent)

•           Considerable experience working in Manufacturing or similar to a senior management position, engaging with senior leaders across different functions

•           Proven experience of working in a corporate / global EHS function and working cross culturally, collaborating with other global peers

•           Good understanding of overall HS legislation applicable to a manufacturing site in one or more countries.

•           Ability to critically assess existing EHS systems, with proven experience of implementing solutions to further improve

•           Experience in auditing, including against ISO 45001 management standards

•           Good overall knowledge of safety & Risk (e.g. process safety, LOTO, electrical safety, manual handling, contractor safety, vehicle safety, chemical & hazardous material handling, occupational health, training/coaching etc), comfortable in position as a regional subject matter expert

•           Proven experience in manufacturing / FMCG

•           Hold a relevant degree level qualification – eg Engineering/Chemical/EHS Disciplines

•           Chartered H&S professional or working towards Chartered Status.

•           Bilingual / Multilingual will be an advantage. Excellent communication skills a must.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Relationship Management, Distribution Logistics, Logistics Management, Management Third-party Logistics Providers, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Management, Procurement.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.