Group Head of Health & Safety

Overview

Overview:

Kingfisher’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 78,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher and all Kingfisher's other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama, and Koctas to life. Kingfisher aim to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. That’s where you come in.

Kingfisher want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital status, ethnic origin, culture, religious belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

Kingfisher is open to flexible and agile working, both in terms of hours and location. Therefore, Kingfisher offer colleagues a blend of working from home and in Kingfisher's offices located in London, Southampton, and Yeovil. Talk to Kingfisher about how Kingfisher can best support you!

As the Group Head of Health & Safety at Kingfisher, you will:

• Establish, maintain, and monitor the Group H&S Management System to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations regarding health, safety, and welfare at work.
• Prepare reporting on H&S objectives and KPIs, identifying trends and areas for continual improvement.
• Maintain the H&S legal and risk register, providing guidance on actions to eliminate hazards and reduce risks.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on best practices and respond to technical H&S related inquiries.
• Develop and foster strong working relationships with H&S representatives to implement good practices and update audit plans.
• Conduct investigations into high severity accidents or incidents and make recommendations for improvement.

What you'll bring:

• Established Health & Safety or Compliance professional in a recognized role within a large, matrix organization.
• Chartered membership of IOSH or similar.
• Proven understanding of risk assessment processes.
• Strong communication skills, able to engage effectively with personnel at various levels and cultures.

Be Customer Focused – constantly improving Kingfisher's customers’ experience.

• Kingfisher listen to Kingfisher's customers and colleagues.
• Kingfisher innovate products and experiences to stay ahead.

Be Human – leading with purpose, humanity, and care.

• Kingfisher do the right thing.
• Kingfisher invest in Kingfisher's people and build great teams.

Be Curious – thrive on learning and thinking beyond the obvious.

• Kingfisher focus externally and build for the long term.
• Kingfisher experiment and share Kingfisher's learnings.

Be Agile – building trust and empowering people.

• Kingfisher act with pace, not perfection.
• Kingfisher take risks, fail fast, and adapt quickly.

Be Inclusive – inspiring diverse teams to achieve together.

• Kingfisher celebrate difference as a strength.
• Kingfisher collaborate, breaking down silos.

At Kingfisher, Kingfisher value diverse perspectives and encourage applications from individuals who may not meet 100% of the requirements. Kingfisher offer an inclusive environment where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination!

Kingfisher also offer a competitive benefits package and numerous opportunities for career growth.

Interested? Great, apply now and help Kingfisher Power the Possible!