Regional Security Director, Africa

**Job Description Summary**: You will be responsible for meeting company-wide security risk and crisis management objectives, for Physical security and Security and Crisis Management (SCM) program for the protection of assets and employees and will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of security and crisis management for GE Healthcare across the African region.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide oversight and leadership on security-related activities as the primary security focal-point for the region and the business leadership. Participate as an active member of the GE HealthCare Global Security Operations team. As appropriate, provide region Security and Crisis Management (SCM) metrics to Global SCM team.
- Provide general oversight of and guidance on the security operations for GE HealthCare sites, to include advising on guard services, access control, crisis management and business continuity. Ensure that all necessary sites in the region have Business Continuity Plans in place
- Monitor national and international events in order to assess security-related trends and implications on GE HealthCare business operations and staff within the region. Undertake security missions and crisis management support roles and providing security support for special events as required and/or directed by the GE HealthCare Global Security Operations.
- Lead the preparation of GE HealthCare security policies, guidelines, best practices and procedures and common security arrangements. Analyze the potential security risk with regards to newly acquired businesses and implementing GE HealthCare security policies and processes in these businesses.
- Build and maintain an effective working relationship with key law enforcement and security agencies and professional security organizations.
- Identify and address pertinent statutory and regulatory security requirements in the region.
- Provide site readiness and security-related statistical information and yearly progress to the GE HealthCare Global Security Operations.
- Conduct comprehensive risk and site vulnerability assessments to identify deficiencies and provide recommendations for the protection of employees and to prevent financial loss, damage, or business interruptions.
- Partner with IT, ensure company confidential information/intellectual property are properly protected
- Establish procedures for the operation of facilities electronic ID and access security system. In conjunction with local Facilities Management, implementing and ensuring ongoing maintenance of control processes to ensure appropriate security systems and procedures are in place and maintained at all sites with area of responsibility.
- Assist GE HealthCare regional business and site leaders in performing security risk assessments based on vulnerability criteria to help determine appropriate levels of protection and security necessary for sites. Formulate appropriate security risk/mitigation measures. Advise the respective site leaders on resource requirements for security processes, manpower and new or replacement equipment and assist in coordinating vendors with field locations on proposed security-related major budget expenses.
- Keep abreast of relevant travel security risk as well as provide oversight of travel security support activities, i.e., escorts, meet and greet, etc. Keep abreast of relevant security industry standards, incoming security-related correspondence as well as monitor national and international events in order to assess their security-related trends and implications on business operations and staff within the region.
- Ensure the reporting of all incidents involving crime, security violations, critical security intelligence and incident trends via reporting system, review incoming reports and provide guidance to close incidents. Conduct internal investigations on criminal activity, security violations and special investigations in concurrence with the legal and human resources departments.
- Manage security and crisis issues and support country disaster preparedness and recovery activities for natural disasters, such as hurricanes and earthquakes for all sites in the region according to global security/crisis management requirements,
- Carry out and monitoring training exercises relevant to security situations and to ensure business continuity plans adequately address threat counter-measures. Develop exercise simulation scenarios to test the various country and site crisis plans. Identify and propose gap resolutions for local crisis plans. Audit and drive to closure.

**Required Qualifications**:

- Bachelors Degree or equivalent in experience, preferably in public security management.
- Minimum 10 years working experience in multinational companies.
- Strategic thinking, good team player, good people management skills with remote sites.
- Familiarity with guarding management and security systems, such as access control, CCTV, intrusion alarms.
- Familiarity w