Description

　　Souq.com is the largest ecommerce site in the Arab world. Every month, Souq.com attracts more than 41 million visits to its catalogue of more than 8.5 million unique products in 35 different categories, including consumer electronics, household goods, fashion, watches, perfumes, toys, and baby products.

　　Established in 2005, Souq.com today operates both as an award-winning retail business and an online marketplace that allows SMEs, merchants, brands and distributors to distribute their products online.

　　With more than 4,000 employees, We have offices and local operations in UAE, Egypt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and leading Product and Engineering centers in Jordan and India, offering a unique opportunity to join the leading player in an ever growing and exciting industry.

　　It’s in this logistics environment that we will need an experienced Health and Safety Manager to play a critical role. You will be supervising overall Health and Safety standards in this Sort Center, while also working towards the continuous improvement of functionality and efficiency.

　　Primary Responsibilities:

　　• Handling Health and Safety and employee satisfaction at your Sort Center, including supervising employee wellbeing and productivity.

　　• Effectively collaborating on Health and Safety projects, across various Operations sites.

　　• Providing authoritative guidance on Health & Safety matters to all stakeholders, especially on those relating to your designated area of responsibility.

　　• Review and audit arrangements for Health & Safety management, while continuously improving these arrangements where appropriate.

　　• Plan and implement work systems around reducing Health and Safety risks, e.g. recommending suitable adaptations to machinery and processes.

　　• Ensure robust reporting regimes are in place for Health and Safety statistics.

　　• Develop written Health & Safety documentation (procedures, tools and training (in both English and local language.

　　• Provide management with information and statistics related to your area of responsibility.

　　• Support business change, via effective change management processes in the context of your Sort Centre’s flexible environment

　　• Direct behavioral culture change programs, across a large, complex, multi-shift operation.

　　• Implement and review Amazon’s global safety policies, ensuring that local legislative requirements are also met.

　　• Ensure contractor management safety processes are implemented

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Cairo, EGY

　　Basic Qualifications

　　Completed degree in Health & Safety or equivalent.

　　Professional experience in Health & Safety, ideally gained in a logistics environment.

　　Experience in leading a group of Health & Safety team members.

　　Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement.

　　Experience communicating with and presenting to senior leadership.

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Qualifications or experience of environmentally-conscious initiatives would be advantageous.

　　Communication and influencing skills: you’re also results-oriented and tenacious.

　　Flexible approach to work, while always managing your own priorities and workload.

　　Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and to motivate teams.

　　You can quickly build credibility, using your influencing skills and strategies to build buy-in for change.

　　Proven record of propelling significant change through an operation.