Manager: Risk

About Premier FMCG

Premier FMCG is at the heart of South Africa’s FMCG industry, delivering trusted, iconic brands across our Bakery, Milling, Confectionery, Home & Personal Care and Culinary divisions. We are driven by innovation, collaboration, and a high-performance growth culture. We empower our people to strive for excellence ensuring that our products and people make a difference in the everyday lives of our consumers.

Job Summary

As a Risk Manager, you will be responsible to ensure compliance and business continuity through the development and implementation of HSE plans, programs and initiatives with Premier staff and contractors to continually improve a resilient HSE culture on site.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure legal compliance with all relevant Health, Safety & Environmental Acts and legislations through:

• Implementing and maintaining standards & procedures
• Ongoing training, coaching and assessment
• Evaluating and improving SOPs as needed.

Ensure business continuity by implementing and maintaining insurance related standards, addressing audit findings and putting emergency plans in place.

To continually build a culture of health and safety and zero-injuries on site by engaging with our employees through:

• Onboarding new employees re HSE requirements
• Arranging Annual / Entry / Exit medicals and reporting on it
• Creating and providing toolbox talks for the Invocoms
• Addressing any unsafe behaviours and unsafe conditions
• Providing HSE legal compliance training
• Enabling and coordinating monthly HSE representatives
• Recognising excellence for the site when observed
• Reinforcing compliance to policies and procedures

To prevent incidents, injuries and property damage by proactively identifying and addressing hazards to reduce and or minimise possible risks.

To eliminate and reduce loss and theft to company by implementing control measures, proper investigation of any crime or loss incidents and continuous improvement of site and asset protection.

Manage outsourced service providers and ad hoc contractors

Ensure continually development of HSE on site through regular internal (Premier STAR) and external auditing.

Management of ESG and all risk as well as opportunities related to environment.

Requirements

• Matric
• 3 - 5 years’ experience HSE/ Risk Manager from FMCG environment. Managing outsourced service providers - 2-3 Years – Desirable
• SAMTRAC / NEBOSH IGC Essential
• HSE diploma in HSE - Essential
• HIRA Training certificate - Essential
• HSE Degree – Desirable

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to function in a team
• Good communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to work under pressure
• Be self-motivated
• Ability to work under minimal supervision

Working Conditions

• Pressurised environment
• Stand in for other Controllers when going on annual leave or scheduled training
• Day shift worker and reliever to the Extrusion Manager

Diversity & Inclusion

Premier FMCG is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including people living with disabilities. By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act) for recruitment purposes.

Closing Date: 03 November 2026