About the Client
The Safe Step is partnering with a well established FMCG organisation operating across Australia and New Zealand, supporting a diverse customer base and national manufacturing footprint. The business is investing in strengthening its safety capability and shifting toward a more proactive, behaviour led approach. This role has been elevated to provide greater strategic oversight, technical depth and cultural influence across the region.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the development and delivery of an ANZ wide safety strategy and operating framework
* Review current safety practices, systems and risks, identifying gaps and priorities
* Build and implement a practical safety roadmap including short and longer term initiatives
* Drive a shift from reactive compliance to proactive, behaviour based safety
* Strengthen leadership accountability and embed safety ownership across sites
* Provide expert advice and reporting to senior leadership and board stakeholders
* Improve consistency across multiple sites while tailoring initiatives to operational needs
* Partner with HR on overlapping areas including psychosocial risk and injury management
About You
You are a senior safety leader who can balance strategy with hands on delivery in a mid sized environment. You are comfortable working in businesses that are still developing maturity and enjoy influencing change over time. You bring a practical and commercially minded approach, with the ability to engage both shopfloor and leadership audiences and translate compliance into meaningful action.
You'll Bring
* Proven experience in a senior safety leadership role within FMCG or a similar environment
* Strong technical safety knowledge with the ability to operate at a strategic level
* Experience driving behavioural and cultural change across complex operations
* Ability to influence, challenge and build credibility with senior stakeholders
* Strong communication skills across operational and executive audiences
* A pragmatic, solutions focused approach with sound judgement
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