Health & Safety - Standards, Compliance & Reporting Specialist
We are currently looking for a Health & Safety - Standards, Compliance & Reporting Specialist, who will be based in Alba. By covering this role, you will ensure full legal and Ferrero compliance, drive audit management activities, support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to the deployment of Health & Safety projects and programs. You will connect governance, data analysis, systems and execution into one clear operating model, ensuring a standardized approach to Health & Safety management across all activities in Italy, including production sites and business units. Through your work, you will help protect the business, strengthen the safety culture and enable sustainable performance.
As Health & Safety - Standard, Compliance & Reporting Specialist, part of your responsibilities will be monitoring and tracking changes in Health & Safety regulations and industry standards relevant to the business, proposing actions to senior regional and plant stakeholders to maintain full legal and regulatory compliance and ensuring audit-proof documentation. You will maintain relationships with relevant authorities and support the management of audits and visits. You will implement and develop internal Health & Safety processes in alignment with Group policies and procedures, define standards, templates and tools that promote lean ways of working and ensure consistency and quality across Health & Safety activities.
You will plan, coordinate and conduct Regional Health & Safety audits across all sites, assessing the effectiveness of Health & Safety management systems and verifying the implementation of mandatory programs and procedures. You will contribute to the continuous improvement of audit methodologies, protocols and assessment tools, prepare audit reports, communicate findings, align with site leadership teams and monitor the timely closure and effectiveness of corrective actions. In addition, you will analyze recurring audit findings to identify improvement opportunities at regional level.
Part of your tasks, will be continuously develop the Italian Health & Safety management system, define governance structures and maintain related documentation while ensuring consistent deployment of Group procedures across plants. You will provide regular performance updates and reports, develop KPIs, dashboards and inputs for management reviews and support the implementation of lean ways of working within the Health & Safety team. Last but not least, you will also prepare Group and Regional Health & Safety initiatives and programs for deployment across plants, translate strategy into clear plans, priorities and actions, monitor implementation, ensure the full deployment of Group tools and systems and develop local systems and dashboards whenever needed to meet local requirements.
You will bring your Master’s Degree in Engineering, Safety & Prevention Techniques, or a similar academic background, together with previous experience in Health & Safety activities within complex industrial environments.
You have completed an ISO 45001 Auditor course and bring a proactive mindset, curiosity, strong communication skills and a versatile approach to your work.
You are able to work across governance, compliance, data analysis, systems and operational execution, collaborating with different stakeholders and ensuring consistent Health & Safety standards across the organization.
As a strong communicator, you are fluent in Italian and English.
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The role is classified at Level 2° under the National Collective Agreement for the Food Industry (CCNL Industria Alimentare). The guaranteed minimum base annual gross salary established by the CCNL for the applicable level is €36.910. The overall compensation will be determined based on the experience, skills, and qualifications of the selected candidate.
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Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative, and highly rewarding.
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