Job Description

AVI LIMITED is home to many of South Africas leading and best-loved brands! Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and centered on the FMCG market, AVIs extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our brands span a range of categories including hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, footwear, accessories, and fashion apparel. We have a well-developed Shared Services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing, which allows us to take advantage of our scale. Our single-minded purpose is our brands' growth and development.

Exciting opportunities exists for REGIONAL ASSET PROTECTION MANAGERS in KWAZULU NATAL, GAUTENG and WESTERN CAPE. Candidates must be able to demonstrate extensive involvement in maintaining the safety of company assets and personnel, mitigating company losses and criminal activities, and generally preventing financial loss, theft and fraud within the company by the implementation of best security practices and preventative measures. The successful candidates will be part of a diverse group of professionals and will extend across all the various business units within AVI Limited.

Line Manager: Reporting to the AVI Group Asset Protection Manager

Key Performance Areas:

• Risk identification and assessment

• Continuously identify criminal modus operandi both internal in AVI and external that can have a detrimental effect on all assets and staff in AVI and its business units. Particular focus on the following risks:
• Armed robberies
• Theft
• Fraud
• Misuse of company assets
• Assault
• Vehicle hijacking
• Behavior contrary to AVIs ethics policy
• Assess the identified risks in terms of the potential impact on AVI and/or any of its business units
• Effectively communicate the identified and assessed risks to AVI and affected business units
• Continuously and proactively, make recommendations and drive improvements
• Counter measures

• Continuously and proactively, identify cost effective counter measures both physical, electronic and digital to minimize identified risks
• Assist business units in implementing the agreed counter measures
• Monitor and review compliance

• Monitor and review compliance of implemented counter measures
• Communicate noncompliance to agreed counter measures to the relevant business unit and/or AVI where necessary
• Additional critical performance areas

• Conduct investigations, interrogations, and interviews
• Co-ordinate with law enforcement authorities in enforcing crime prevention measures
• Be trained and able to handle potentially violent situations
• Generate comprehensive reports of incidents on a regular basis and communicate the reports to AVI and business units
• Compile and employ loss prevention and safety programs, including but not limited to, fraud mitigation
• Develop effective partnerships within and outside the business and communicate effectively and efficiently with external agencies, including police and private security agencies
• Drive continual improvement and enhancements to security standards
• Daily review and analyzing of CCTV footage
• Testing and reporting of non-operational security systems technology
• Ensure PSIRA legal compliance of security officers
• Engage with external law enforcement agencies and other relevant external stakeholders
• Attend Community Policing Forums to ascertain crime trends which could impact Business Units

• At least 10 years experience working as an Asset Protection Manager within a complex business structure including manufacturing, retail, and logistics
• Good understanding of security systems technology and the implementation of security technology systems for improved security risk mitigation strategies
• Portfolio of evidence in leading and managing

• Appropriate tertiary qualification in risk and security management
• Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) registered Grade A
• A background in military or law enforcement

• In-depth knowledge of the latest security systems, practices, legislation and technologies
• Commercially astute and stays current on key business and security matters
• Excellent understanding and working knowledge of MS Office suite
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English

• Controlled, objective, adaptable, and flexible under pressure
• Articulating information
• Taking initiative
• Documenting facts
• Building relationships
• Keeping commitments
• Influencing others
• Thinking analytically
• Thinking conceptually
• Display a high level of integrity
• People skills
• Emotional intelligence

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