Business Continuity Lead, Americas Region

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact. 
What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

Job Description

Position Purpose

Brambles is implementing a Global Business Continuity Management (BCM) Framework and IT system aligned to ISO22301:2019. We required an experienced BCM lead to provide the strategic direction and tactical management for the Americas Region.

Scope

CHEP Americas. Including all countries, Business units and functions

Measures

• 100% of critical processes have been analyzed, resource requirements and risks to delivery are understood and there are regularly tested BCPs in place.

• Trained site, country, regional Incident and Crisis Management Teams are in placed

• Internal Audits verify that all documents are reviewed, corrective actions and lessons learnt are implement in a timely manner.

Major/Key Accountabilities

Overall responsibility for the leading, championing and implementing the BCM Framework across the Americas Region.

Member of the Global BCM Steering Group to:

• Ensure that the requirements of the region/ function/ critical process are fully represented

• Represent the program on the regional/ functional Leadership Teams

• Drive the implementation of the tools, templates, IT solution

• Ensure adequate and competent resources are provided to implement the processes

• Ensure adequate training and support is provided to members of their teams

• Monitor compliance of the first line teams against policy requirements

• Support the consolidation of the business impact analysis data to help inform any enterprise-wide recovery strategy and options development needed

• Ensure that disruption risks are reported from the first line, or where an aggregated exposure exists, are appropriately reported

Authority/ Decision Making

Authority to lead the implementation and make decisions on behalf of the Americas Leadership Team.

Challenges

Introducing standardization, simplification, and continuous improvement across a diverse region and across all countries, business units and a mixture of regional functions, shared services and a CHEP owned/ subcontracted operations network.

Key contacts

Internal:

• Global BCM Lead

• Regional Leads for other regions

• Global and Regional functions e.g., HR, Finance and Supply chain

• Americas Leadership Team members

• Country Leadership Teams

• Operational teams (Plants and customer facing)

• Marketing teams for responding the customer questions

External:

• IT vendor mainly during implementation and ad hoc post implementation

• External ISO accreditation bodies if a decision is made to get ISO22301:2019 certification

Qualifications

• University Degree in relevant field or business management

• Appropriate post-graduate degree qualifications (e.g. MBA, CA, CPA, or other financial) desirable

• Formal training on business continuity and risk management desirable (Certifications: ACCA/CPA, CRMA/CFA/CIA, or other applicable certification)

Experience

If Internal

• 10+ years overall (5+ years in Brambles/CHEP in senior finance, operations or commercial roles)

• Depth and breadth of Brambles business knowledge and experience (different business models and business environments, strategic priorities, range of relevant/applicable risks, performance management cadence and rhythm)

• Experience of working directly with very senior stakeholders (ELT and ELT-1) in a substantive role

• Strong network of senior stakeholder relationships across the Group

• Experience/ understanding of the principles of Change Management

If external

• 15+ years in Senior risk and/or resilience role in industry (global commercial organizations) or senior client facing role in Big 4 risk management service lines

• Exposure to multinational listed company environment, with a matrix operating model

• Proven track record and experience in implementing, operationalising and embedding risk and BCM frameworks, and driving compliance

• Experience of scenario planning and simulations 

• Strong external network of peers to bring outside-in perspectives to assess, adapt, adopt

• Experience/ understanding of the principles of Change Management

Skills and Knowledge

• Strategic Thinking and ability to apply it tactically

• Influencing, Networking and Partnership building

• Project and Change Management

• Clear written, presentational, and verbal communications – making the complex simple

• Outcomes focussed approach, underpinned by fact based analysis to generate credible and relevant insights

• Strong personal and interpersonal skills, with the ability to adopt a partnership approach with senior executives whilst maintaining an independent viewpoint

• Self-motivated – able to work towards agreed objectives with minimal day-to-day supervision

Remote Type

Hybrid Remote

Skills to succeed in the role

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