Job Opportunity in Oman as a Health & Safety Group Leader at Al Futtaim

Al Futtaim offers a job opportunity in Oman as a Health & Safety Group Leader. You will support the Operations Manager and Management Team in ensuring a safe and secure environment and in protecting the company's assets and the IKEA brand. You will maintain an overall risk aware and control culture and ensure the Operations Manager and Management team advised with the specialist knowledge to fulfil their duties in line with the OSHAD Act, Group Risk Manual and IKEA H&S policies as well as proactively drive the culture of 'safety first' and influence the organization to view safety as a key part of standard operating procedures. You will ensure that all safety legislation adhered to and policies and practices adopted and help to plan, implement, monitor and review the protective and preventative measures.

You will be responsible for:

• Drive the Safety and Security agenda by using the Operational Risk Management Process (root cause analysis, influencing factors, decision making process).
• Initiate and perform risk assessments on Safety and Security matters.
• Ensure a proactive approach to Safety and Security Risk Management where risks are considered at an early stage and handled as an integrated part of the business.
• Accountable for the internal and external securing of the unit.
• Coach, develop and educate all co-workers and external partners to ensure they comply with the OSHAD Act, Group Risk Manual and the IKEA H&S policy.
• Planning the Emergency Response Group in order to minimize the effect of 'major incidents' on the business.
• Accountable for investigating internal and external incidents and recommending resolution and revision of routines as necessary.
• Develop and communicate an annual action plan to monitor and evaluate the success of this plan in order to influence future plans.
• Effectively utilize all available risk tools including SEC check, CCTV and Incident Reporting System and other internal and external data to analyze the results of all risks to the business.
• Contribute to IKEA development by supporting national expansion projects. Build key relationships with external bodies in order to champion IKEA within the local community.
• Effectively manage and inspire your team, with particular reference to their selection, training and development in order to ensure you have a competent and well informed team who can meet the customer needs and expectations and have in place a workable and realistic succession plan.
• Manage costs under the risk team and work with the Leadership Team to maximize efficiency of spend without impacting on levels of service to the customer of Safety standards.
• Ensure the First Aid facility always fully ready to support in case of need by keeping accurate inventory and regular follow-up to ensure there is enough first aiders are available throughout operation.
• Financial work.
• Review and monitor daily and monthly KPIs and analyse reports on various measurable factors against benchmarked figures (i.e. Manpower productivity, Lost time injury, etc.) Working with the team to create meaningful actions to achieve agreed goals.
• Controlling costs through working in a lean, simple, cost-conscious way using good examples and solutions, and encouraging the team and colleagues to discover more effective ways of working.
• People management and development.
• Conduct assessments of co-workers HSE competence and act accordingly based on the results.
• Manpower planning. Prepare plans, set productivities and supervise the operations team to ensure highest levels of work efficiency within the budgeted productivities, motivation and control all the budgeted cost.
• Conduct Performance development reviews and develop/create action plans based on the outcomes for the HSM team.

You must have:

• Live and share the IKEA values every day.
• Graduation in Occupational Health & Safety or NEBOSH with OSHAD.
• Management experience.
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation and communication skills.
• Strong and proven leadership track record.
• Ability to assess risk in potentially hazardous situations and act appropriately.
• Attention to detail.
• Flexible approach to work and the ability to operate outside of normal working hours.
• Maintain operational excellence.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Presentation skills.
• Conflict management skills.
• Ability to developing people.
• Ability to inspire and clarify.

About Al-Futtaim:

Al-Futtaim’s family business traces its origins back to the 1930s on the banks of the Dubai Creek, a trailblazer for innovative trading concepts designed to enrich lifestyles. Today, Al-Futtaim is present in 29 countries, represents over 200 companies spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, and it is now 42,000 people strong. Currently spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, Al-Futtaim’s diverse and far-reaching portfolio of brands and companies are ever-present in people’s lives, from the shores of Singapore to the sands of the UAE.

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