Qualifications and Experience**

Minimum requirement:****

• Bachelor's degree, with postgraduate qualification, or equivalent.

• Diploma in Security Management or certification in security operations will be an added advantage

Experience**

• 8-10 years’ experience in Security operations and management with a minimum of 4 years at a senior level within an FMCG environment preferably. 

• Coordination and management of implemented security measures on a day-to-day basis, including the assignment of guards, working in close cooperation with Competency and Capability Heads and Third-Party Service Providers.

• Loss Control: Proactively provide commercial and pragmatic security advice and solutions to the Country Management to set policy and standards and manage security programs.

• Conducting Risk Assessment Programs and Security Audits on a regular basis to assess the organization's security position with a view of instituting improvements where necessary.

• Coordination and management of outer and inner layers of protection.

• Coordination and management of the physical security of all facilities and personnel in the business including conducting security vulnerability assessments.

• Coordination and management of Access Control systems and other employee and residents identification systems in place.

• Creating, and driving proactive security programs, with stakeholders, to ensure the continued safe and effective operations of the company.

• Having a comprehensive understanding of all the business and the risks and producing a resultant security risk assessment.

• Communicating the risks to the Senior Management and provide appropriate advice.

• Preparing high quality reports including intelligence briefing, threats assessments and investigative reports.

• Establishing training and security awareness for employees and providing professional security advice and consultation to corporate management.

• Proactively lead security initiatives and draw in and coordinate other necessary contributors.

• Budgeting for the function and control of expenditure within the function to be within acceptable limits.

• Investigations including Code of Business Conduct breaches and establishment of root causes of all security incidents/breaches and implementing long term measures to avoid recurrence.

• Conducting and managing internal and external investigations in conjunction with other business functions and Law Enforcement authorities.