Job Description
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Role Purpose
The Senior Director, Safety & Risk will be the strategic and operational leader for Health, Safety, and Risk Management across the Africa Operating Unit (AOU), shaping the future safety culture for The Coca-Cola System in the region. This pivotal role will advance operational excellence while embedding safety as a core business value, influencing across a complex network of bottling partners, internal leaders, and global stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Health & Safety Leadership
- Define, execute, and continuously evolve the AOU’s Occupational Health & Safety (H&S) strategy, ensuring alignment with global frameworks, Long Range Plans (LRP), and Annual Business Plans (ABP).
- Champion safety culture transformation through visionary leadership, ensuring a “Zero is Possible” mindset and embedding H&S as a competitive advantage.
- Integrate safety into business outcomes, influencing investment decisions, innovation pipelines, and operational design.
- Implement global H&S systems and governance structures, ensuring compliance with KORE requirements and occupational license-to-operate regulations.
- Lead the adoption of cutting-edge safety technologies and process innovations from high performing external industries (e.g., oil & gas, chemical, automotive, pharma).
Risk & Crisis Management
- Lead Incident Management & Crisis Resolution (IMCR) processes for the AOU, ensuring preparedness, proactive risk identification, and rapid response to protect people, operations, and brand reputation.
- Maintain robust Technical Risk Management Framework (TRMF) and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) integration, with actionable mitigation plans across manufacturing, logistics, innovation, and marketplace operations.
- Partner with PACS, Strategic Security, and franchise system leadership on risk mitigation, scenario planning, and high impact decision making.
Business Continuity
- Own and implement the AOU Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to ensure operational recovery during disruptions.
- Coordinate cross functional recovery teams and external bottler partners for synchronized effective responses.
- Keep leadership informed via clear, concise, and timely status reporting.
Stakeholder Engagement & Influence
- Engage with senior internal and external leaders, industry associations, and regulatory bodies to drive alignment and share best practices.
- Communicate with impact across multiple levels — from executive boardrooms to plant floor teams — adjusting style and messaging accordingly.
- Negotiate and align on safety priorities where strategic or operational interests may differ.
People & Capability Development
- Build and empower a high performing H&S team; mentor, coach, and enable others to lead safety effectively at all levels.
- Establish the AOU as a regional center of excellence for safety knowledge, benchmarking, and capability development.
- Foster cross system, cross functional collaboration to ensure “One Team” execution and shared accountability for safety goals.
Experience & Expertise
- 8–10+ years senior leadership in Technical/H&S operations, with proven success in cultural transformation and change leadership.
- Background from high safety maturity industries (energy, chemicals, manufacturing, automotive, pharma) strongly preferred.
- End to end Occupational Health & Safety leadership, covering manufacturing, logistics, and marketplace environments.
- Experience influencing in a complex, global, and matrixed system without direct authority.
- Proven track record of cross regional, cross functional leadership and delivering strategic plans in alignment with global business objectives.
- Strong knowledge of H&S management systems, risk management frameworks, compliance requirements, and crisis response best practices.
- Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with executives, franchise partners, and regulatory or industry bodies.
How to Apply
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