Security Specialist

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.