Group Head of Health & Safety

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Overview

We're Kingfisher, A team made up of over 78,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That's right, we're big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that's where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

As the Group Head of Health & Safety at Kingfisher you will assume the professional lead on Group health and safety policy and standards, and their application throughout our functions and in the retail banners. You'll also support the development of broader Group compliance and risks management through active coordination with Kingfisher, and external, H&S networks. A kay part of the role will also be to prepare high quality, insightful reports to the Group Executive Committee and Main Board.

What's the job?

• Establish, maintain and monitor, through inspection, the Group H&S Management System to ensure Kingfisher is compliant with applicable laws and regulations relating to health, safety and welfare at work. To include group standard and policies, setting and communicating minimum requirements for banners and global functions in respect of their own standards and policies, development of templates as appropriate, oversight and support of mandatory risk assessments, permit to work, training and reporting requirements
• Prepare GE and Board reporting on H&S objectives and KPIs, identifying trends and areas for continual improvement
• Maintain H&S legal and risk register and group safety alerts, providing guidance on actions to eliminate hazards and reduce risks
• Maintain a current knowledge of applicable laws and regulations in our markets of operation to enable monitoring of group wide compliance. Act as an SME on best practice and innovation to respond to technical H&S related enquiries
• Design and operate effective and efficient systems (databases) and processes for group wide compliance monitoring and reporting, preparing regular reports to GE and Board on status and areas for improvement, and contributing to external reporting e.g. Annual Report, Responsible Business Report and any regulatory reporting.
• Develop and foster strong working relationships through business partnering with banner, Global Function H&S representatives, legal / compliance and internal audit teams in order to facilitate sharing and implementation of good practice and minimum expectations and update H&S content into store / factory audit plans
• Conduct investigations into high severity accidents, incidents or near misses, or where emerging trends identified, making recommendations for improvement as appropriate

What you'll bring

• Established Health & Safety or Compliance professional in a recognised role, working for a large, matrix organisation
• Chartered membership of IOSH or similar.
• Proven understanding of the risk assessment processes
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal, able to communicate effectively with personnel of various levels and cultures both within banners and externally. Fluency in English is required for this role.

Be Customer Focused - constantly improving our customers' experience

• We listen to our customers and colleagues
• We innovate products and experiences to stay ahead

Be Human - leading with purpose, humanity and care

• We do the right thing
• We invest in our people and build great teams

Be Curious - thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• We focus externally, globally and build the long term
• We experiment and share our learnings

Be Agile - building trust and empowering people to work with agility

• We act with pace, not perfection, role modelling 80/20
• We take risks, fail fast and adapt quickly

Be Inclusive - inspiring diverse teams to achieve together

• We celebrate difference as a strength
• We collaborate, breaking down silos

Be Accountable - owning the plan, delivering results and growth

• We focus on performance outcomes
• We prioritise and simplify for others

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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