DESCRIPTION

One focus area of the Amazon Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) mission is to provide tools, resources, and environments that support safe, efficient, and healthy behaviors and encourage employees to proactively manage their health and wellbeing. To support this focus area and given the rapid business growth in International Operations (EU, APAC, MENA and LATAM), Amazon is seeking an experienced Sr. Health & Safety Professional to join India WHS team. This individual will play a critical role in driving WHS projects/programs at central and country level. This individual will promote Serious Injury reduction projects, Change Management of new technology, support ramp up of launches and provide expertise in incident investigations, data analysis as well as other WHS related initiatives.

Responsibilities:
Partner with WHS field and APAC/AMET WHS teams on driving projects implementation.
Drive WHS strategy development, align with customers on SMART goals and action plan.
Ensure world-class project and change management across assigned operations.
Establish regular business cadence to update on progresses.
Partner with corporate and other regional field safety personnel to leverage global safety and environmental best practices into network standards.

The key responsibilities

The key responsibilities include developing and deploying a world-class WHS Management System, addressing and resolving WHS conformity issues by engaging with stakeholders and subject matter experts, supporting field teams in resolving legal compliance issues, and providing expertise in incident validation and classification.

Additionally, the role involves successful deployment of changes to WHS procedures, supporting sites in achieving conformity, leading regional-scale continuous improvement projects, and partnering with stakeholders to provide project updates to the WHS Director. The Sr Manager WHS Programs will also be involved in global/EU/ ROW projects, acting as the regional Point of Contact (POC), providing input, and completing assigned tasks.

The role requires extensive knowledge of WHS global standards and procedures, as well as a thorough understanding of India regulations. Effective communication, problem-solving skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment are crucial for success in this position.

You will be responsible for developing a team of Safety Program managers , your teams’ success will depend on your ability to create and execute leadership development plans for field teams. You must demonstrate your ability to clearly communicate organizational direction through your team.

You will work closely with experts in operations, security, construction, logistics, compliance, corporate counsel, and human resources to further the global health safety program. You will partner with employees as well as contractors to achieve health and safety goals and improve our already strong safety culture.

You will work in a fast-paced environment where our operations are rapidly growing, advocating safe changes in the face of infrastructure, new tools, products and processes.

This role is for a qualified and experienced Health and Safety Manager. The primary responsibilities of the role are to support the safety operations for India Operations and to manage a team of Program Managers. You will be able to demonstrate how you continued to improve performance of an existing team along with displaying skills in building or growing a team of health and safety professionals. The candidate will also be knowledgeable in safety regulations in India as well as industry best practices related to hazard recognition and mitigation.

You will be part of a regional and global team that works with internal and external partners to maintain and enhance the safety of operations.

You must be an effective communicator, sending clear, concise and consistent messages verbally, in written form, and public speaking forums. This individual will advise, instruct and train safety professionals, as well as operations personnel on safety policies and procedures. You will also assist the team in incorporating and improving our safety standards in our sites.

This role will report to Director WHS India and Singapore. This position is based in Bangalore. Some domestic and international travel is required up to 20%.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 7+ years of team management experience
– 5+ years of program or project management experience
– Bachelor of Engineering

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization