Risk Controller at The Coca-Cola Company

Key Duties & Responsibilities    
Risk Management

• Support through coaching, guiding and facilitating in the execution and implementation of the company Risk Management and control strategy to minimise risks, losses and exposures and ensure that risks are effectively and accordingly managed.
• To provide professional expertise, consultancy and audit services in the disciplines of Risk Management and Control (Protection of CCBSA  assets), Investigation of Serious Crime, Forensic Audit, Security, Occupational Health, Medicine & Hygiene, Safety, Fire and Explosion Protection (LPG Installations, Diesel and Petroleum), relevant legislated compliance and insurance policy adherence.

Security management/fraud/stock loss investigations

• Ensure through appropriate security providers, that the site is adequately secured from a physical, electronic and guarding perspective.
•  Conducting a RACM audit to ensure compliance with fraud/theft risks, policies and procedures to mitigate or transfer the risk.

Insurance

• To assist in ensuring that the CCBSA Corporate image and insurance fund is protected by ensuring that at corporate arranged events risks are assessed and safe for the public in attendance.
• To monitor insurance claims and costs, in liaison with the Regional Risk Manager, with the objective of reducing risks and insurance costs, reducing claims and creating savings, ensure that applicable excess recoveries actually occur.

Occupational Health and Safety

• To ensure compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act at the CCBSA manufacturing, warehousing facilities, depots, LDPs and sales offices.
• Implementation of a Nosa 5 star system within Manufacturing and identified depots.
• Ensure that the SHE management system is fully integrated with KORE and other external requirements.
• Ensure all new employees and contractors are inducted on the SHE programme.

Environmental 

• To identify appropriate corrective actions arising from NOSA, Insurance and legal compliance audits and manage corrective action.
• Maintain the environmental management programme and monitor key environmental indicators for the sales and distribution environment. (S&D Specific leadership required)
• Monitor with Occupational health practitioner results in respect of occupational health and environmental risk assessments and surveys (E.g. illumination and noise levels, emissions, ventilation etc.).

Legal Compliance

• Monitor legislation in regard to health and safety. OHS Act and the various Regulations, COlD Act, Hazardous Substances and Major Hazard Installation regulations to ensure liabilities are addressed and to avoid as far as possible criminal and civil action against CCBSA, Directors and Executive Management, by ensuring adequate compliance levels without compromise.
• Ensure applicable designations (legal appointments) in terms of OHS Act and regulations are in place.

Fire and explosion protection

• Ensure that these risks are adequately addressed and to monitor audits/surveys/maintenance to ensure that fire and explosion risks are minimised.
• Ensure fire equipment is adequate in relation to the risk, reliable and in a ready to use state. (Both fixed and portable)
• Ensure ASIB certification for Fire pump and sprinkler system and weekly checks, services and maintenance programme is in place. (where installed).

Contractors and General

• Ensure that all contractors undergo site SHE induction and comply with CCBSA internal contractor management requirements.
• Any construction work conforms to the requirements of the Construction Regulations (required SHE plan etc) including Capital projects and Civils etc.
• Develop sound relations with external legal authorities e.g. Dept. of Labour, local police and services, consultants, Insurance Agents and Approved Inspection Authorities, and relevant areas of expertise, to ensure sound corporate risk management practices.

LDPs (Local Distribution Partners)

• The LDP must comply to basic SHE and legal requirements. The Risk Controller in liason with the relevant LDP manager must ensure legal compliance is adhered to by the LDP owner and staff. Regualr audits are required to measure performance.
• As new LDPs are identified, the Risk Controller must conduct security risk assessments, and oversee the installation of the security system. Security must be monitored at regular intervals to ensure the site is adequately coovered to reduce the risk.

Skills, Experience & Education    
Key Qualifications and Experience 

• A minimum of a National Diploma in Risk Management or Equivalent.
• A minimum of 2 to 5 years practical risk management experience having worked within an industrial or FMCG environment (This should have included accountability for Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental management, Security Management, investigating serious crime including theft and fraud, case docket compilation for external criminal and internal disciplinary hearings, Dust/Gas/Sugar Explosion/Fire protection, Environmental compliance etc).
• Have a valid code B drivers licence.
• Must be willing to travel extensively.