Guinness Nigeria Plc Ongoing Recruitment

Guinness Nigeria Plc is a major market for Diageo: Guinness Nigeria operates in the unique and fast-growing alcohol industry of over 15mhl beer potential. It is the only company that does Total Beverage Alcohol (TBA) in Nigeria. It’s an on trade dominated market but with a fast-growing off-trade channel.

We are recruiting to fill the position below

Job Title: Demand Safety Manager – (Contractor)
AutoReqId: 62396BR
Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Function: Supply
Level: 5
Reports To: HSE Manager – Ogba and Corporate

Business and Role Context

• To protect people, brands and reputation of Diageo Africa Business, processes must operate effectively and efficiently to ensure adherence to legislation, Diageo’s policies and the Diageo Risks Management standards.
• This is in order to satisfy Diageo’s governance requirements of its operating units. Diageo has established requirements to provide operational risk management support across its demand locations in Africa.
• In Nigeria the Demand locations are located at HQ, Lagos and a number of locations across the region.

Purpose of the Role

• Provide leadership in auditing and management of health and safety and other risk management issues at all demand locations identified.
• Working with site management and executive teams to constantly improve standard in the area of:
  • Health and safety
  • Fire safety management
  • Use of Hazardous substances
  • Control and management of hazardous tasks
  • Events risk assessment
  • Risk management.

Complexity of the Role

• The role operates across multiple locations in Nigeria, as well as interacting at the regional and global level with safety teams and functions.
• The role includes ensuring compliance with diverse regulatory system and setting and adapting standards as needed.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Champion safety and risk management improvement across Nigeria.
• Be responsible for communicating, reporting and ensuring compliance to Diageo Global Risk Management Standards (GRMS).
• Lead the safety changes require to meet Diageo requirements across the demand locations for Nigeria.

Top Accountabilities

• Lead and support the activities across Nigeria’s Demand business to ensure they embed and sustain a culture of compliance to all the Diageo risk management standards including legal compliance.
• Lead safety management initiatives through the Demand leadership teams to ensure they are entrenched across all locations.
• Embed Diageo standards in all Demand locations in Nigeria, including training required at locations.
• Manage the development of safety capability of in-market resources.(e.g. Local H.R,safety champions and sales managers)

Qualifications and Experience Required

• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience with proven track record in safety management of at least 2-3 years.
• Good auditing and change management skills.
• Influencing without authority/Situational leadership, able to lead and work effectively across functions.
• HND/University Degree, Master’s Degree may be an advantage.
• Professional certification in NEBOSH level certificate in Health and safety equivalent.
• Excellent knowledge of Diageo risk management processes and policies.
• Computer literacy with strong analytical and problem solving skills.

How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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