Health & Safety Business Partner

Health & Safety Business Partner

Your Manager: Health and Safety Director

Team: Health and Safety

Location: Chiswick London. We operate a hybrid working approach which allows you to manage your time between home and office.

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard a leading company in the global wines and spirits industry with over 19000 employees globally. We own 16 of the worlds top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries including: Absolut vodka Ballantines Chivas Regal Royal Salute and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies Jameson Irish whiskey Martell cognac Havana Club rum Beefeater Malfy and Monkey 47 gins Malibu liqueur Mumm and Perrier-Jout champagnes as well Jacobs Creek Brancott Estate and Campo Viejo wines.

Here in the UK

In the UK Pernod Ricard is made up of 4 businesses:

• Pernod Ricard UK which markets sells and distributes our products in the UK market
• Chivas Brothers the largest brand company in the Group responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail the global and EMEA home of the groups duty free air travel and cruises business.
• The Absolut Group the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London.

We are an organisation of 2000 employees in the UK headquartered in London in a brand-new office designed with sustainability conviviality and collaboration in mind. We also have offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to London to Speyside.

Your new team

This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business. At Chivas Brothers our 1600-strong team across 27 sites is committed to upholding the heritage of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.

As a key member of our Health and Safety team the Health and Safety Business Partner (HSBP) will be responsible for supporting and driving a culture of proactive health safety and wellbeing across multiple London-based sites.

This role is designed to partner with local leadership teams and engage with frontline colleagues empowering them to improve workplace safety performance and embed continual improvement into daily operations.

Operating across a dynamic and varied portfolio including corporate retail and distilling environments the HSBP will provide professional support strategic insight and operational guidance to ensure compliance collaboration and cultural maturity in health and safety practices.

Your unique contribution

Main areas of responsibility:

1. Strategic Partnering: Collaborate closely with site leadership teams to identify safety priorities embed risk foresight and co-develop local health and safety plans aligned to corporate strategy.

2. Workforce Engagement: Actively engage and empower frontline teams through coaching safety conversations and employee-led safety initiatives.

3. Standards and Assurance: Support compliance with relevant UK HSE legislation industry standards and internal policy. Champion high standards through verification monitoring and continuous improvement.

4. Training and Competency: Identify training needs and support the rollout of health and safety learning ensuring site teams maintain high levels of safety knowledge and capability. Ensure the development and delivery of effective onboarding and induction of new starts to the business.

5. Incident and Risk Management: Lead or support investigations into incidents and near misses. Ensure root causes are addressed and actions tracked for effectiveness.

6. Cultural Maturity: Drive initiatives that strengthen health and safety culture including safety leadership peer learning and empowering the workfroce.

7. Change Support: Provide input into new projects equipment changes or operational transformations to ensure safety considerations are fully integrated.

8. Reporting and Insights: Utilise digital tools to track trends monitor performance and communicate insights to influence decision-making. Ensuring accurate reporting of leading and lagging data points in a timely manner.

9. Collaboration: Serve as a key interface between the central H&S function and site operations. Build strong relationships with colleagues across disciplines including operations engineering HR and compliance.

10. Assurance: Conduct CARE Visits and Tours as required along with verification of critical controls. There will also be a need to support and lead internal and 3rd party audits across the H&S assurance program

Who youll be working with

Internally your main stakeholders will be the Operational Leaders Facilities Team Human Resources Directors Executive Committee Group Health & Safety Management team line managers throughout the business and your colleagues in the wider business.

Externally you will interface with Health and Safety Executive our vendors/ suppliers/contractors Building Management Team Security and the landlord. You will be the face of Pernod Ricard and need to deliver a best-in-class Health & Safety service for the business.

Your blend of talent

This position could be right for you if you:

• Have the necessary Professional Health and Safety qualifications (NEBOSH) Degree in Health & Safety is a plus.
• Have experience in developing and implementing health and safety management systems policies and procedures.
• Can demonstrate the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
• Have proven experience in a similar health and safety role with responsibility across multiple sites with proven ability to work independently across multiple sites and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent communication coaching and facilitation skills.
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Have experience in incident investigation and risk assessment methodologies.
• Have strong knowledge of UK health and safety regulations and industry best practices.
• Familiarity with human factors and Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) principles.

Our mix of benefits

For your health we offer private medical insurance critical illness cover and an optional healthcare cash plan and dental insurance.

Our lifestyle benefits options include 28 days annual holiday your employee pension share incentive plan family care season ticket loans free mortgage advice payroll giving and more!

You can access lots of gifts & discounts including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.

We have regular events in our very own office bar employee-run networks a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! Its our way of being and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

Were committed to conviviality and with this youll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. Youll be Empowered to Perform supported to succeed and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on sustainability and responsibility.

Were committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as Crateurs de Convivialit.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture an environment where we can truly be ourselves.

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills experiences and achievements not your gender age ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As Crateurs de convivialit we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore all are welcome at Pernod Ricard regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business we work together with industry members civil society governments local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking.

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