Head: Security Operations

SUMMARY:
Our client, a long-standing, proudly South African manufacturing concern, currently seeks an innovative self-starter, to provide leadership and strategic direction for physical and advanced security operations within the Group.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Job Requirements:

• Post Graduate Degree (NQF 8) in Management, Security or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum 15 years’ experience in Security Management.
• At least 10 years in a Senior Management position.
• Sound knowledge and experience in all aspects of security management, including high-value asset transportation, facilities protection, VIP protection, legal aspects, risk management and stakeholder management.
• Ability to manage and lead diverse and multidisciplinary teams across different fields.

• Lead change.
• Strategic thinking.
• Develop and empower others.
• Foster diversity and inclusion.
• Lead teams through effective communication and collaboration.
• Manage complexity and ambiguity.
• Build and maintain relationships.
• Drive results.
• Sound judgement and decision-making.

• Provide input into the departmental strategy and policies, ensuring alignment with the overall Group strategy.
• Communicate the vision and strategic goals.
• Formulate the strategy and policies, and provide direction into governance for the Security Operations division, in support of the departmental strategy.
• Develop and implement the divisional operational plan to ensure the achievement of strategic and operational objectives.
• Ensure compliance with policy, procedures and audit findings to mitigate risk in the division.
• Create a performance culture in the division, define performance expectations, and conduct effective performance management of direct reports.
• Oversee the divisional cost centres and budget expenditure within appropriate policies and directives, ensuring alignment with related functions and the organisational value chain.
• Oversee the provision of operational management information for the purposes of decision-making.
• Oversee the provision of physical and advanced security operations for the Group facilities, encompassing personnel, visitors, contractors, information and assets.
• Provide the strategic framework on security operations.
• Lead the development and maintenance of stakeholder relationships to enhance optimal functionality.
• Oversee the management of resources (financial, human and capital) of the physical and advanced security operations function to achieve the strategic objectives as set by the Group Security Management department.
• Ensure that all operational personnel within the division are fully compliant with the Fit-for-Deployment standards.
• Local and international travel.