Job Description
The Regional WHS Manager will lead Amazon FC WHS operations across multiple INFC sites in the west region in India. We are looking for strong leaders who are passionate about safety and will help build a world class WHS organization and a strong WHS culture. The leader will be responsible for leading a team of safety mangers and partnering with operations teams in Fulfillment Centers to execute the company WHS policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local and regional regulations. By leveraging lean principles and kaizens, this individual will drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our Associates. The leader must demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the Operations Team and influence change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and safety data analysis. The WHS leader will be required to identify best practices and incorporate these best practices into our standards to continuously improve company safety policies. He will be required to possess excellent safety program and relevant environmental and ergonomic knowledge and demonstrate this expertise when working with Operations. The Regional WHS Manager will be responsible to lead a team of safety managers and safety teams at different INFC site locations in their assigned region. This individual must help execute leadership development plans for their Safety team. They must communicate safety team expectations and give frequent and appropriate feedback to the safety managers/ teams and ensure they are executing to the core competencies of an Amazon safety professional. I. Role of the Regional WHS Manager. The Regional WHS Manager is responsible for site execution of all applicable safety standards including those set through company policy, local and regional regulations, and Amazon best practices. The Regional manager shall allocate resources, guide and influence leadership, and escalate according to risk. Regional manager and their team will be responsible for alignment between operations and safety. The Regional manager shall be knowledgeable of operations and shall be authorized and responsible to halt operations if a recognized risk poses an imminent threat to life, or health. The Regional WHS manager develops and executes strategies for the site that ensures a work environment free from hazards and compliant with applicable rules and regulations, motivates Associates to choose safe behaviors, and fosters active engagement and dialogue between leaders and Associates. Some or all of these site-specific strategies will be outside of published safety standards and will depend on the effective leadership, knowledge and influence of the Regional WHS manager. In order to make data-driven decisions, it is essential that information is accurately collected, input, and analyzed. The Regional WHS manager shall ensure that leadership is properly trained to identify and correct hazards, both proactively and post-incident, through proper root cause analysis. As per Amazon's safety metrics, the Regional WHS manager shall be responsible to ensure that the correct strategies are in place and executed to achieve set goals. II. Responsibilities of the Regional WHS Manager The Regional WHS manager shall be responsible for the following, at a minimum: • Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional regulations and company policy. • Measure and communicate the site's performance against published requirements in safety policies. • Ensure site leadership is trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities under each policy. • Ensure site leadership is given current and regular safety information that enables them to talk about safety with their peers and Associates. • Spend time on floor seeking input from Associates and leaders on safety improvement opportunities. • Inform leadership when they are required to resolve a safety concern/suggestion. • Lead proactive hazard identification and abatement efforts, communicate results and track open items to resolution. • Ensure a timely, thorough and accurate response to uncontrolled risks once they are discovered. Plan and carry out peer audits to ensure compliance to the organisation’s safety policies. • Analyze incident data to discover trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the safety risk is highest. • Escalate risks that present an imminent danger to life or health or if the solution is either insufficient to protect Associates from harm and/or is delayed in getting fully implemented. III. Performance Review At least monthly, but more frequently when necessary, the One on One meetings to be conducted with superiors and sub ordinates to ensuring alignment of safety priorities and proper allocation of resources. These meetings will also be useful in aiding the growth and development of high potential safety specialists and coordinators. It is expected that action items arising through this process are tracked to resolution.
