EHS & Compliance Lead

Haleon Brasil Ltda.; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon is seeking an experienced EHS and Compliance Manager to lead our on-site environmental, health and safety program in Cape Town. You will develop, implement and maintain management systems to protect employees and minimize risk.

You will advise site leadership, ensure regulatory alignment, and drive continuous improvement through audits, incident investigations and performance reporting. Collaborating with Quality, Engineering and HR, you will embed Haleon's standards across the site and

Responsibilities

• Monitor & report EHS performance; share lessons across sites.
• Ensure site EHS objectives align to corporate plan.
• Investigate incidents and high-potential events; implement corrective actions.
• Lead risk assessments focusing on human factors.
• Improve safety culture and encourage safe behaviours.
• Follow Haleon policies and embed into a site-specific system.
• Manage EHS department budget.
• Develop crisis management plans and business continuity.
• Integrate environmental management to reduce site impact.
• Ensure certification under relevant stewardship programs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate EHS into site strategy.
• Foster relationships with EHS professionals across sites.

Job description

Welcome to Haleon. We're a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we've grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter - one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands - including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® - lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it's time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose - to deliver better everyday health with humanity - at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

About the role

As an EHS and Compliance Manager, this individual will lead the lead the environmental, health, and safety organization on site through the development, implementation, and maintenance of effective management systems.

Provide technical advice and assistance to Site Engineering and EHS Director, Site Leadership Team, managers, and staff to enable EHS performance to be managed effectively, contributing towards achieving the Manufacturing site vision.

Encourage, promote, and monitor the highest levels of EHS performance in line with regulatory and corporate requirements.

The EHS and Compliance primary goal is to protect all employees at the site by ensuring that risks to employees are minimized by implementing strategies and solutions to minimize exposure to harmful elements and conditions.

In addition, the site complies with all applicable national, provincial, and City of Cape Town regulations and by-laws, as well as all relevant Haleon standards. These regulations apply to air, water, soil, waste, and sustainability requirements as they pertain to the site and associated properties.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor & report EHS performance, connect to shared lessons & good practices within the site and with all sites in the regional supply chains.
• Ensure that EHS site objectives are in place aligned to corporate EHS plan & priorities.
• Facilitate and oversee the investigation incidents and high potential incidents to identify and implement improved EHS practices. Be able to work in collaboration with teams, objectively analysing information and circumstances relevantly, determining appropriate corrective and preventive actions to forestall a reoccurrence. Actively champion the consideration of human factors and human reliability in proactive risk assessments and system design.
• In depth knowledge Risk Management methods. Investigate any adverse audit/and or inspection findings determining the appropriate corrective and preventive actions to close gaps and EHS risks.
• Drive to improve the safety culture of the site, ensuring safe behaviours are encouraged and rewarded. Actively engage with the site to ensure that behavioural safety is always considered and at the heart of how the site operates.
• Have an in-depth knowledge of Haleon Policies, Standards and be capable of effectively subscribing these fundamentals into a site-specific management system designed to holistically manage EHS risks.
• Manage financial responsibility for the budget of the EHS department.
• Be knowledgeable in the preparation, implementation, and execution of Crisis Management processes, remaining calm and coaching others in such situations. Ensure effective business continuity and effective loss prevention plans are in place for the site.
• Ensure an integrated, comprehensive approach is taken with environmental management to reduce contributions to Haleon's overall environmental impact from the manufacturing site.
• Ensure the site maintains certification under the Alliance for Water Stewardship, True Waste, and Carbon Net Zero programs.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams (i.e., Quality, Engineering, Continuous Improvement, HR, IT, Procurement, and 3rd Party businesses, et al) to ensure EHS is integrated into the site strategy, Risk Mapping process & site Business Continuity plans.
• Develop relationships and learn through collaboration among EHS professionals in other sites and area, helping to ensure good practice sharing & staff development in the control of risks.
• Ensure organisational competency through an effective Duty Holder Matrix to manage high-severity and other critical risks, supported by robust succession planning to maintain business continuity. development to make sure potential candidates are in place for role succession plans.
• Implement a culture of "total disclosure" regarding EHS regulatory compliance, audit results, and incidents to ensure that all of Haleon benefits from the findings from these events.
• Build and maintain strong trusting relationships with customers and stakeholder. Demonstrating the ability to communicate and in