Superdrug
Health & Safety Manager Distribution
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Health and Safety Manager UK (Distribution Centre) – Dunstable
🌟 Join Superdrug Head Office – Make a Real Difference Every Day! 🌟
Location: Dunstable
Hours: 37.5 per week (9:00 AM – 5:30 PM) Salary: Competitive + car allowance
💡 About Superdrug
Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trendsetting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based near East Croydon station, is filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.
We’re a team that puts customers and employees at the heart of everything. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty—loved for value, choice, friendly advice, service, and fun.
Our success comes from our people. We embrace personality, fun, and hard work to deliver That Superdrug Feeling.
A.S. Watson Group is the world’s largest international health & beauty retailer, operating over 15,700 stores in 25 markets across the globe.
📌 Key Responsibilities
- Lead implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of the Health & Safety management systems.
- Coach and develop Distribution Centre (DC) management teams to drive ownership and leadership qualities.
- Take the lead in Safety Training Team, delivering all Manual Handling Equipment (MHE) and health & safety training programmes.
- Business partner with DC management to guide on-site health & safety activities.
- Plan and implement employee health & safety initiatives, focusing on continuous improvements.
- Lead development and consistency of risk assessments and safe working systems across the supply chain.
- Ensure all Managers, Team Leads, and employees are trained to comply with legislative health & safety obligations—offering coaching and support as needed.
- Act as supply chain expert in health & safety matters, collaborating with leadership to shape the health & safety agenda and culture.
- Conduct site safety audits and inspections, implementing and tracking corrective actions.
- Monitor health & safety compliance, identifying and resolving non-compliance issues through coaching and support.
- Lead accident investigations and statutory reporting to ensure full closure, documentation, and learning opportunities.
- Analyse and report health & safety KPIs, accident statistics, and progress to senior management and the Health & Safety Committees, recommending corrective measures.
- Conduct supply chain, third-party safety audits, and report findings to relevant stakeholders.
- Facilitate health & safety inductions, tours, and inspections.
- Guide safety representatives, fire marshals, senior fire marshals, and first aiders, maintaining and updating communication lists.
- Liaise with Environment Health Office & Primary Authority, reporting key updates to the Senior H&S Manager.
- Ensure own skills remain up-to-date with the latest legislation and codes of practice, upskilling management where needed.
- Foster a site culture that embodies the Company values.
- Flexibly support other business needs as required.
- Drive continuous improvement of Distribution Centre Health & Safety management systems.
- Lead distribution fire risk assessment to ensure compliance under the FSRRO 2005.
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📋 Requirements
Essential
- Level 6 Occupational Health & Safety Qualification (or working towards).
- Training / Train the Trainer Qualification, with relevant experience.
- Strong coaching and development skillset.
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Desirable
- Experience gained in a multi-site, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FCMG) / distribution environment.
- Fire safety qualification.
🌱 Development & Growth
A.S. Watson Group actively promotes and facilitates personal continuous development. Key strengths include:
- Ability to lead and coach in all on-site health & safety situations, providing expert guidance.
- Ability to plan and organize all health & safety trainings (induction, refresher, MHE training).
- Strong relationship management and business partnering skills, with the confidence and presence to influence managers and senior stakeholders.
- Forward-thinking problem-solving and risk awareness.
- Self-motivation, prioritization skills, and ability to work efficiently under pressure.
- Resilience to drive and maintain a thriving health & safety culture.
🎁 Benefits
- 33 days holiday (rising to 38 with service), including bank holidays.
- 2 staff discount codes (for you and a partner/friend).
- 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products (in-store & online).
- Company pension matching and competitive bonus scheme.
- Stream app: Access to a percentage of wages as you earn.
- Enhanced parental support:
- Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave.
- Company sick pay.
- Pregnancy loss support.
- Unrivalled Learning & Development programmes.
- Part of a group with brands like:
- Savers
- The Perfume Shop
- Three UK
- Global reach, being part of a world-class retail group with over 15,700 stores worldwide.
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