Assistant Security Manager at Unilever

Job description

Main Job Purpose

Co-ordination, supervision and advice to management on effective security management systems within the business. Ensure that threats to personnel, assets, and business operations/activities within the area are properly identified, evaluated and countered in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Job Summary

• Proactively advise management on emerging security threats to company employees, family, assets, information and business operations whilst proposing risk commensurate risk mitigation measures.
• Effectively manage Third party security service companies in terms of fit for purpose performance and adherence/compliance with agreed SLA’s
• Ensure implementation of Unilever security and safety procedures and revise as the threat environment evolves.
• Support the Security Manager, develop and implement security awareness programs or processes and to protect life, corporate assets and to ensure business continuity
• Conduct timely, effective investigations on reported breaches as well security incidents and submit concise investigation reports.
• Liaise with and develop relationships with various Law Enforcement & Emergency Services in the event of a security incident/emergency (i.e. fire, medical, mechanical breakdown) and to ensure timely reaction to incidents
• Ensuring timely submission reports on Security Incident Reporting Network Tool.
• Provide effective leadership to site security coordinators to ensure that all security measures are appropriate based on the security risk
• Review security architecture and ensure that existing controls are adequate, effective and aligned to Unilever Group Physical Security standards
• Manage Protective Intelligence collection through legal intelligence collection efforts designed to help Unilever avoid the disruptive effects of criminal losses and violent crime.
• Deliver relevant security training and awareness sessions for security staff, vendors / third parties and employees
• Administer and support zero based budgeting and expenditures in close liaison with the Security Manager to ensure expenditure is reasonable based on the risk.
• Ensuring implementation of Group security policy and procedures and periodic revision in line with dynamic security threat environment.

Key Requirements

• Be a University Graduate in Criminology or other Social Science Subject or equivalent Professional qualification
• Served in the Armed Forces at level of Captain or police as a Corporal and above with at least 10 years’ service
• At least 3 years’ experience in Business Security Management biased towards Business partnering and engagement with legal, HR and Finance
• Sound knowledge of physical and electronic security- access procedures, perimeter protection, CCTV, intruder alarms
• Working knowledge of loss prevention principles within a fairly complex supply chain
• Relevant experience in investigation of criminal loss incidents
• Agile, self-driven leader with a passion for high performance and developed bias for action
• Ability to provide a security input in Incident Management and contingency plans
• Computer Literate
• No Criminal Record.

Location

Kenya-Rift Valley-Kericho-Kericho-Plantations