Health & Safety Director

Be part of something big
We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global wines and spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes as well Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Estate and Campo Viejo wines.

Here in the UK In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 4 businesses:

• Chivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio.
• Pernod Ricard UK, which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK market.
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business.
• The Absolut Group, the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio, whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London.

We are an organisation of 2,000 employees in the UK, headquartered in London, in a brand-new office designed with sustainability, ‘conviviality’ and collaboration in mind. We also have offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to London to Speyside.

Your new team

This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business. At Chivas Brothers, our 1,600-strong team across 27 sites is committed to upholding the heritage of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.
The scope of Operations stretches from Procurement through conversion (distillation and maturation) and manufacturing (or Health & Safety Director bottling) to all the downstream Supply Chain activities until the final product is delivered. In addition, Operations play a very active role in Innovation, Talent Development and Operational Risk Management.

The Health & Safety team support our 28 sites across the UK including 6 Higher Tier and 6 Lower Tier CoMAH sites, offices with over 2000 people and a significant contractor base. They are responsible for ensuring compliance and driving a proactive and interdependent health and safety culture.

Your unique contribution

The Health & Safety Director will be accountable for health and safety legal compliance and for the design and delivery of the Health & Safety roadmap across all Chivas Brothers sites within the UK.

You will have six main areas of responsibility:
1. Strategic Leadership – to lead the transformation of our approach to health and safety leadership, culture and performance by creating and executing a strategic health and safety plan aligned with organizational
objectives that establishes Chivas Brothers in a leadership position in health and safety.

2. Health and Safety Culture & Competence – to provide inspirational engagement to gain support to deliver a proactive and interdependent health and safety culture throughout the organization, including
developing initiatives to engage employees at all levels, encouraging ownership, accountability and responsibility for health and safety. You will provide an expert and competent service to the company via your team to support the delivery of the health and safety transformation and to ensure health and safety compliance as well as advising top management of any significant health and safety risks that could affect
the health and safety of our employees or our licence to operate.

3. Regulatory Compliance – to proactively research, understand and interpret the changing regulatory framework, new legislation, industry standards to ensure the company stays ahead of and complies. You
will also ensure that there are appropriate systems, processes, procedures, audits and monitoring in place to ensure that compliance with all relevant health and safety requirements is being delivered.

4. Health and Safety Continuous Improvement – to lead the development of our continuous improvement culture working with existing and new processes and tools that drive Health & Safety performance,
embedding Health & Safety requirements through all aspects of the Continuous Improvement processes ensuring the H&S agenda is front of mind in all aspects of operating.

5. Training, Communication & Collaboration – to design and deliver comprehensive and competent health and safety training programs for employees at all levels, ensuring there are appropriate controls in place
to ensure competence is maintained. You will also design and deliver a communications strategy that is highly engaging and leads to a cultural change in behaviour in relation to health and safety at all levels within the organisation, ensuring first class collaboration with employees, leadership and top management to enable effective delivery of the health and safety agenda. You will be responsible for ensuring high
quality relationships are maintained with our key external stakeholders e.g., HSE, SEPA, trade associations, emergency services and for representing the company on appropriate trade bodies and working
groups.

6. Incident Management – to provide an expert service in incident management and root cause analysis, supporting and ensuring the timely and thorough reporting and investigation of incidents, the
identification of corrective actions and the monitoring and reporting to completion. You will provide an expert service to support the company in the event of a serious accident or crisis management situation and
ensure that on access control, site incident response capabilities are in place to the required standard and routinely tested.

Who you’ll be working with

Internally, you will collaborate with all departments across the organisation at all levels, including Manufacturing, Production, Finance and HR.

Externally, you will collaborate with contractors, suppliers, vendors, regulatory organisations and trade bodies to ensure delivery of services to the highest standard and that the organisation is well represented.

Your blend of talent

This position could be right for you if you:
• Have a degree or similar level education in a relevant discipline and / or a professional Health & Safety Qualification.
• Are a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• Have Lead Auditor training and / or experience.
• Have significant experience in Health & Safety specialist leadership with practical experience in relevant area(s) and experience working at a Senior level.
• Have thorough and wide-ranging expert knowledge of Health & Safety statutory and regulatory requirements relevant to the Scotch Whisky Industry including high hazard experience.

Our mix of benefits

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, income protection and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme. Our lifestyle benefits include 25 days’ annual holiday (increasing with length of service up to 27) plus public holidays, your employee pension, share incentive plan, share ownership plan, life assurance and more! You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop, our reward & recognition scheme and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers. We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It’s our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard. We’re committed to conviviality, and with this, you’ll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You’ll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring. We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on sustainability and responsibility.

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’. We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves. We will assess your application for this role based on your skills,
experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.
Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into
genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing. In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol. In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote
responsible drinking.

Closing date:  06th May 2024