Compliance Manager
About the Role,
To ensure compliance to all Health, Security,
Safety, Environment (HSE) SOPs, work instructions and best practices for
efficient and effective company operations. Provide leadership in ensuring that
all HSE processes and projects comply with the company’s policies and guidelines
to meet the desired output as well as quality standards.
Reporting to: Director of Security, Safety and Environment (HSSE)
Roles and
Responsibilities
- Proactively offer HSE guidance
and advice to the management team, review new legislation and horizon scan
future potential hazards to ensure business compliance and report any
potential impacts.
- Prepare and provide training,
leadership and coaching on HSE issues such as new site inductions, safety
campaigns to ensure Wasoko remains compliant with all relevant Health
& Safety legislation, business strategy and Industry standards.
- Maintain and ‘challenge test’ the
Business Continuity Plan.
- Responsible for site security;
manned guarding contract and to ensure all branches/warehouses are always
secure.
- Ensure site regulatory HSE
compliance including Fire, Site Services (electricity, water), Noise etc.
- Conduct accident investigation
and analysis through to root cause, finding solutions to prevent a
recurrence.
- Report and update company systems
including Risk Register and liaise with Head of Security as required and
maintain HSE KPIs (e.g., Accidents, Near Misses, Hazards), collate,
analyze all relevant HSE matters, providing reports for managers,
supervisors, and information for colleagues via notice boards.
- Monitor and identify statutory
& mandatory training compliance of colleagues within the business
commensurate with their job role.
- Act as the Site lead for internal
& external HSE audits, ensuring any non-conformances are effectively
completed.
- Act as a contact point for and
liaise with external bodies including Fire Brigade, Environmental Health,
and Health and Safety Executive and liaise with police forces
- Assist & provide HSE
information to support customer queries.
- Adherence to HSE and Security
budgets.
- Proactively identify training
needs of HSE staff, including analysis of needs identified during
appraisals, and provide staff development opportunities in accordance with
needs
- Devise, develop and audit
effective Health and Safety policies and procedures to ensure statutory
compliance across all warehouses including fire safety.
- Ensure end to end logistics SOPs
compliance within the fulfillment centers right from product requisition,
receipt, put away, issuance as well as stock count and reconciliation.
- Lead, evaluate and drive process
improvements and compliance across the logistics department
- Identify training needs and gaps
for the logistics team and coordinate with L&D to schedule appropriate
training
- Work with Logistics country teams
to drive productivity and efficiency while ensuring resource optimization
and eliminating wastage.
- Provide compliance guidance and
training to teams that will result in cost savings and ultimately benefit
the company
- Work with the Wasoko’s internal
teams to develop creative and best in class logistics compliance business
processes that scale.
- Communicate compliance
requirements to all stakeholders both internal and external.
- Research and resolve compliance
issues and questions associated with logistics and impacting performance,
and summarize findings with effective communication skills.
- Offer guidance and support to
ensure staff safety, safe storage, handling and movement of products
within the fulfillment centers.
- Ensure storage facilities meet
the necessary safety and health requirements – sanitation, water,
lighting, etc., with clear safety markings and gangways.
- Offer practical solutions geared
towards efficient storage space utilization, damage control as well as
recovery
- Review day to day operations to
ensure compliance for both inbound and outbound processes at the
fulfillment centers and develop solutions to improve controls as necessary
- Ensure 3PL transporters and
service providers are performing as per the contractual SLAs and guidelines.
- Follow through to ensure the
logistics teams remain compliant to both cash, credit and product
reconciliation procedures, with an objective of minimizing the loss.
- Offer support to guarantee full
adherence to all HSSE protocols, procedures and guidelines with the goal
of achieving a healthy, safe, secure and environmentally sound workplaces
across all operations sites.
Requirements
- Degree (Bachelor/Masters) in
Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Business, Logistics
Operations, Engineering or related field
- 8-10+ years of experience in
Operations Management, HSE, and General Management with a data-driven and
analytical focus
- A good understanding of
fulfillment center and HSE operations with a regional / global span of
control
- Track record of leading and
inspiring a team of individuals to work collaboratively and continuously
improve results
- Solid team player with a Customer
First mindset
- Strong attention to detail,
analytical mindset and systematic problem-solving skills
- Self-motivated and desire to
learn and seek new challenges
- Ability to influence others,
including key stakeholders in the wider business
- Power BI/Tableau proficiency
advantageous
How to Apply
