AkzoNobel - Manager - Health/Safety & Environment

Responsibilities:

- Develop action plan and drive HSE&S improvement performance and Common Platform milestones for the commercial and ISC functions in India.

- Develop strategies and policies to improve the safety culture of commercial and ISC organization for commercial function in India.

- To Lead investigation of incidents, develop preventive and corrective actions and support line managers in the implementation.

- Ensure HSE&S metrics are reported as required by the corporate and regional systems in line with required deadlines.

- Develop and train employees the line managers in the commercial and ISC functions for improving their HSE capability

- Liaise and effectively manage the deployment of HSE improvement plans with HRBP/Business Manager.

- Has a significant contribution to the non-ISC HSE&S agenda 5 years ahead and beyond in order to achieve leading performance.

- Evaluates organizational design and initiates improvements in the non-ISC HSE&S operating model to optimize the function.

- Review new legislations, update the HSE register, assess the gaps in the organization and develop and implement actions to comply to revised and new regulations

- Analyzes incident trends and identifies areas for continuous improvement and defines actions accordingly. Participates in HSE&S audits and third-party selection processes.

Key Activities (generic profile for Commercial and ISC HSE&S Manager):

- Develop action plan and drive HSE&S improvement performance and Common Platform milestones for the commercial and ISC functions in India.

- Advise and support function owners to complete their HSE&S Improvement actions and Common Platform programs and review the progress of implementation monthly.

- Lead the functional departments in risk assessment and action development to manage risks

- Lead investigation of incidents, develop preventive and corrective actions and advise the line managers in the implementation.

- Coordinating the input from other functions for the reporting process. Analysis the gaps, identify corrective actions and advise line managers in the correct implementation of the actions.

- Assess and monitor the implementing of preventive and corrective actions till completion.

- Act as the HSE advisor and to lead the incident investigation team, assign actions to owners and follow up till the proposed corrective actions are completed with the right quality.

- Analyze BBS/near miss reports on a monthly basis and identifying key problem areas and their causes, agreeing with relevant teams for corrective actions to be taken.

- Sharing and implementing learning from relevant incidents elsewhere. Carry out audit to ensure the quality of incident sharing and follow up.

- Training all internal suppliers of underlying data have full knowledge of the KPI definitions and know where relevant information sources can be found.

- Analyze all information sources of report data to ensure they are clearly documented

- Provide HSE&S support for commercial functions

- Support in delivering Road Safety and induction training for new employees

- Participate in Product Stewardship implementation for marketing aspects.

- Support HR in implementing Management of Organization Change.

- Maintenance of a thorough knowledge of all HSE&S systems and requirements

- Analyze and communicate new related regulations/ HSE alerts to all relevant via e-mail, HSE&S committee meeting and management review meeting to ensure all requirements are complied.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering, Science and HSE&S certificate from a reputed institution or related discipline is required with a minimum of five years of experience in a professional role.

- Adequate knowledge of ISO-9000.14001 and OSHAS 18001

- A strong background in the principles of HSE&S management in line with legal requirements and recommended by industry practice is strongly preferred