Eu12 Germany Regional Health & Safety Manager

Our overall mission is simple: we want Amazon to be the place where our customers can find, discover and buy anything online. Whatever our customers want, we will find the means to deliver it. With your help, Amazon will continue to enable people to discover new worlds and implement innovation in a scalable, safety excellent operational environment.
This is your chance to make history.

Our Fulfilment Centre operations are at the heart of Amazon customer experience. Each action we undertake is done on behalf of our customers, as meeting their expectations makes us feel good.
The EU12 WHS function is part of the Operational teams and supports our FC's ( Fulfilment Centres) in Germany who are responsible for controlling the vast range of fast paced inventory from inbound to outbound and work very hard to ensure that our customers receive what they want, when they want it.

Key job responsibilities

• Oversee safety performance metrics reporting and communication
• Assist general managers in communication, training, and execution of the WHS Programs throughout the regions FC’s
• Ensure compliance to EU and Country law as it applies to Occupational Safety for all relevant FC’s
• Perform regular gap analysis to best justify funds for site safety improvements and react to Associate feedback
• Ensure compliance to Safety programs such as Lockout-Tagout, Fall Protection, Fire Prevention, Emergency
• Develop and implement training programs to meet the needs of Managers and Associates in regards to critical safety issues
• Analyze accident data and build prevention programs to impact accident trends
• Review Standard Operating Procedure changes and make Safety recommendations
• Conduct Job Hazard Analysis and Job Safety Analysis
• Interact with Workers Compensation third-party administrators in carrying out claims management
• Applying Lean tools to Safety: error-proof processes, analyze Safety trends and create proactive plans to address – develop analytical, dashboard performance approach to safety management
• Maintain communication with law enforcement bodies and accident insurers as well as Operational directors and General Managers
• Lead a team of Site WHS Managers, including performance driven issue and consult with works councils, safety committees as required

• Educated to degree level
• An in-depth understanding of essential/relevant EU H&S legislation
• Flexible approach to work, able to manage own priorities, workload and travel
• Credibility and be able to effectively engage and influence other functional leaders and their teams, to build buy-in to EU WHS strategies and change processes
• Used to operating at all levels of the organisation from warehouse floor to board level
• Excellent communication and influencing skills – result orientated and tenacious
• Demonstrable record of driving significant change through an operation