About the job

Main purpose of the role:

• Strategic direction: Define strategic direction for Group SHE and allocate resources to deliver key functional objectives in alignment with Thai Union Group strategic goals.
• Best-in-class safety, health and environment: Oversee the design and implementation of Group SHE standards, systems, processes in compliance with regulations (e.g., ISO); ensure overall group wide compliance to standards; define SHE roadmap and incident management communication.
• People and leadership: Motivate, lead and challenge team members to reach / exceed targets and objectives. Improve and sustain employee engagement scores to be within the top quartile; develop strong internal leadership pipeline and set positive working culture with teams across Thai Union.

Key accountabilities:

1. Strategic direction

• Define Group SHE strategic direction for Thai Union Group.
• Collaborate with Group Director (Sustainability and Corporate Communications, Procurement, Finance, Human Resource, and other relevant functions / business units) to align on Group Sustainability agenda for Thai Union Operations.
• Design and recommend the Group SHE roadmap and improvement plan.
• Oversee the design of SHE programs focused on health, safety, and environment for all employees, contractors, and plant / office visitors.
• Oversee the development of plant / BU SHE KPIs between BU Manufacturing Leads, SHE BU Compliance Lead, Plant Managers and Plant SHE Manager.
• Collaborate with the BU Manufacturing Leads to ensure active performance monitoring and timely mitigation actions taken to deliver concrete improvements.

2. Best-in-class safety & health and environment

2.1 Standards and programs

• Oversee and be accountable for the development of SHE policies, standards and processes for the Thai Union Group; ensure learnings from past implementations are incorporated into future programs and policies.
• Drive standardization of SHE practices including policies, standards, processes, and system across Thai Union group.
• Drive collaboration with Plant SHE Managers to determine certification requirements (e.g. ISO) and ensure required certificates are acquired and maintained.
• Oversee and be accountable for the design and implementation of groupwide Occupational Health and Safety and Environment impact reduction related programs and initiatives.
• Jointly develop, maintain, and execute Group level business continuity plan including conducting regular refreshers (with Group Risk and Group legal).
• Manage the sharing of best practices from Group / other plants to prevent and reduce adverse impacts from poor industrial hygiene / workplace safety standards / environment controls; ensure consistency across Thai Union.
• Monitor regulatory changes and ensure relevant SHE policies are updated.

2.2 Compliance and audit

• Drive collaboration between Group SHE functions (SHE Technical Leads, SHE BU Compliance Lead, Plant SHE Managers) and BU / plant management to ensure SHE policy / roadmap implementation and adherence.
• Oversee the validation of the critical SHE inspection outcomes by SHE BU Compliance Lead for each plant and ensure the implementation of corrective and preventive actions (e.g., emergency response readiness inspection, air emission sampling).
• Oversee and moderate SHE responses for large scale, Thai Union Group wide external audits.
• Oversee the design, schedule and execution of SHE internal audits / inspections across plants.

2.3 Incident management and Implementation

• Supervise and ensure Group support for Plant SHE teams on serious incidents; ensure appropriate investigation, communication and corrective action to prevent reoccurrence (e.g., injury, illness, chemical spills).

2.4 Capability frameworks, training and communication

• Oversee and be accountable for the evaluation of SHE skills competency requirements and design of appropriate interventions, ensuring consistency across Thai Union.
• Approve and oversee the design and execution of groupwide SHE training curriculums and SHE communication materials (including onboarding); drive consistency across Thai Union as practically possible.
• Monitor the rollout of SHE training including Train-the-trainer SHE sessions for key personnel across all plants.

2.5 Other operations

• Drive SHE due-diligences for new business acquisition.
• Oversee and be accountable for the selection and management of SHE digital systems and tools globally for Group and Plants.
• Monitor status of SHE projects with high impact / investment value e.g., on fire protection elements; resolve SHE-related roadblocks when raised.
• Monitor and give inputs to any Thai Union projects / operational changes that have impact on safety, health, and environment.

3. People and leadership

• Motivate, lead, and challenge Group and Plant SHE teams to reach / exceed SHE targets and objectives, cultivating a culture of health and safety consciousness across Thai Union.
• Foster an environment of open communication and teamwork to embody a strong culture of collaboration.
• Create the culture to attract, develop and retain talent as well as drive employee satisfaction within the SHE function, in collaboration with HR.
• Identify high potential talents and coach teams to fully leverage talent of the team.
• Drive to improve career development paths & performance mgmt. to enhance team motivation and retain quality talent.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and development to enhance employee skills and competencies.
• Build longer term view/ plan around people, prepare succession plans at different levels.
• Manage people budget for the Group SHE function, in collaboration with HR.

Desired candidate profile:

• Strong proficiency in SHE standards to ensure employee safety, reduce environmental impact, and ensure compliance across all Thai Union sites.
• Attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills to resolve priority SHE project roadblocks.
• Ability to lead and motivate teams, build a diverse and trust-based leadership team, and develop local talent.
• Demonstrate ability to make hard decisions, making the right trade-offs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to drive SHE agenda through cross functional collaboration with BU / plant leadership.
• Proficient in English.