Coles Online National Safety Manager

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Coles Online National Safety Manager. Terms and conditions vacancy

The role

This national role, reporting to the Head of People Safety Operations is a business partner to the central Online leadership team. This role is accountable for guiding the leadership team to create a sustainable and continually improving operating model for Coles online that delivers strong performance and effectively manages health, safety and wellbeing.

To be successful, you’ll have:

• sound knowledge, skill and experience in Occupational Health and Safety, Environment, Risk and Traffic Management and vehicle safety
• proven record of achieving results and leading change within a fast-paced dynamic environment (online retail preferred)
• clear demonstration of ability to incorporate safety requirements while considering commercially viable and practical solutions
• demonstrated ability in motivating multiple cross-functional teams and forums to adopt safety as a core value
• proven capability in developing safety plans & strategies that are aligned to business objectives and generate passion and commitment
• a degree/post graduate qualification in health and safety or related discipline and/or at least 5+ years of experience in conducting safety risk assessments and providing practical guidance to businesses on implementation
• strong stakeholder management and highly developed influencing skills
• highest calibre of communication skills
• operate with the highest level of commercial integrity
• strong records management skills under quality management system
• ability to operate under pressure and with autonomy
• ideally experience operating within a self-insurance environment

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• be a trusted expert, providing safety advice to the Coles Online Team to effectively integrate practical safety into decision making and ensure a focus on effective risk reduction
• drive safety improvement and risk reduction in Coles Online by reviewing and analysing data to provide insight and actions. Partner and lead the Online team to deliver and imbed these outcomes
• where system failures have been identified, through investigations or other matters, support the Head of People Safety to influence the business on change required and manage the change from its inception to roll out including research, planning, implementation and close out across the online team
• act as the key escalation point nationally for online related compliance and safety matters that effect the system at a national level
• provide guidance and support to the State Online and State Safety teams to enable them to effectively implement programs at store level
• develop, implement and manage training programmes for Coles Online team members which factor in national standards, compliance and safety measures

Culture

Coles is a fast-paced, constantly changing business that focuses your talents and challenges you to perform at your best.

As a team, we’re bold with ideas and operate with pace and passion, always looking for better ways to transform retail and delight customers.

Benefits 

Not only will you receive a competitive salary, you’ll also have access to these great benefits:

• a 5% discount when shopping at Coles, Kmart, Officeworks and Target
• learn new skills and develop your existing capabilities - we provide excellent ongoing training and development
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for primary care givers and 1 week of paid leave for secondary care givers
• get fitter, stronger and faster at our on-site gym

About us

Today, Coles is one of Australia’s iconic retailers, providing a range of fresh food, groceries, general merchandise, liquor and fuel to millions of customers every week.

We have a combination of over 2,400 retail outlets across Australia covering Coles supermarkets, Coles Express fuel and convenience sites, Spirit Hotels and liquor stores under Liquorland, Vintage Cellars and First Choice Liquor branding.

While some things have changed over the years, one thing remains the same – our customer first strategy. We have over 112,000 fantastic team members across the country that are focused on making life easier for our customers and making a difference to the communities we serve every day.

Please Note 

We prefer to deal with you directly and have not engaged an agency for this role, so if you’re interested, please apply. 

At Coles, we aim to ensure our team represents the community we serve, embracing the richness of Australia's diverse population.