Enterprise Risk Manager EMIA

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Position Snapshot

• Type of work: fulltime
• Type of Contract: Permanent
• Location: Zaventem, Belgium
  

The Company

Bridgestone in Europe, CIS, Middle East, India and Africa (BSEMIA), headquartered in Zaventem (Belgium), is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions.

In addition to our premium tire products, we offer a growing portfolio of tire-centric and mobility solutions. Together with our partners and guided by "Serving Society with Superior Quality”, that has been our mission since Shojiro Ishibashi founded Bridgestone in 1931, we are working to accelerate sustainable mobility innovations and solutions. Through innovative technology, we are committed to easier, safer, smoother and seamless mobility for our society and customers improving how people move, live, work and play .

Bridgestone also benefits from a significant retail network throughout the region – in fact our retail presence in the EMIA region is the largest in the tire industry. Through 17 distinct retail partners, we have around 3,500 outlets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as around 2,500 outlets through our partner network in India. This network offers a selection of services, concepts and mobility solutions.

At Bridgestone we pride ourselves on the strong relationships we maintain with everyday drivers and this extensive retail network is one of the core reasons why.

Bridgestone EMIA

In line with the “Bridgestone Essence”, our work environment is based on integrity and teamwork, where everyone can learn from each other and contribute with their own ideas in achieving the coming goals.

We want to hear from people who can take the challenge, unleash their creative potential and contribute to the company success demonstrating ownership, courage and agility. We want you to develop your skills, expand your knowledge and be proud of your work.

Enterprise Risk Manager EMIA

Position Snapshot

• Type of Contract: Permanent
• Full-time
• Location: Zaventem
  

The Company

Bridgestone in Europe, Russia, Middle East, India and Africa (BSEMIA), headquartered in Zaventem (Belgium), is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions.

Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions. In addition to our premium tyre products, we offer a growing portfolio of tyre-centric and mobility solutions, and serve our customers through an extensive retail network of thousands of touchpoints. Bridgestone, together with our partners and guided by our E8 Commitment and "Serving Society with Superior Quality” mission statement has been our mission since Shojiro Ishibashi founded Bridgestone in 1931, is working to shape a sustainable future of mobility and improve how people live, work, move and play.

Job Purpose

As we are improving our Enterprise (ERM) efforts by shaping an integrated, globally aligned framework, we are setting up a dedicated Risk Management function in which you will be the first full time team mate. As Risk Manager EMIA, you will play an important role in the continuous improvement of Bridgestone’s global ERM framework and will be pivotal for its implementation in our EMIA strategic business unit.

You will partner closely with many functional stakeholders both regionally and globally to help identify key enterprise risks and drive the development of risk response strategies to support and protect the execution of our regional and global strategies. You will report to the VP Legal, Compliance and Internal Audit, Chief Risk Officer.

In addition, you will work with all business units and functions to create and maintain an actionable, risk based, and proactive business continuity program.

Main Responsibilities

• Global ERM and Business Continuity Management (BCM) frameworks : Participation in a global working group, to continuously improve Bridgestone’s global ERM, BCM, Integrated Risk Management (IRM) frameworks.
• EMIA ERM: Deployment and management of the global ERM program in EMIA, including:
• Administration and facilitation of risk identification and assessment activities with top functional and business unit leaders and maintenance of the EMIA Risk Universe
• Supporting EMIA risk owners in the development, monitoring and reporting of their risk response actions
• Supporting the global risk owners in the monitoring and reporting of the risk response actions taken in EMIA.
• EMIA BCM: Deployment and management of the global BCM program in EMIA, including:
• Development and maintenance of the EMIA BCM policies and procedures based on the global BCM program
• Driving and assisting EMIA business functions and units in their development and implementation of key BCM components, including scenario building, risk evaluation and Business Impact Assessment (BIA), mitigation strategies, Business Continuity Planning (BCP), testing, etc.
• Measurement of EMIA compliance with the BCM framework
• Development of potential scenarios for BCM exercise
• EMIA IRM: Building a working group of key EMIA risk managing functions to identify best ways to align and further integrate EMIA risk management activities
• Development and deployment of a coherent EMIA risk management Policy and Standards
• Driving the implementation of this EMIA Policy and Standards by EMIA functions
• Driving and assisting less mature EMIA functions to close the gap between the current and expected risk management standards.
• Quality Control, Risk Response Follow Up and Reporting, Culture Building, Training. Developing and implementing such initiatives for the overall EMIA risk management, including for the ERM, BCM and IRM.
• Other responsibilities
  

You may further be tasked to coordinate or support risk management activities in adjacent areas like anti-fraud management, physical security, risk management for Bridgestone EMIA Strategic Initiatives, EMIA Policy Management and Climate Change Risk Management.

Requirements

• Masters degree from a reputable university;
• 6+ years of experience in risk management related activities in complex multinational organizations or international consultancy;
• Fluency in speech and writing in English and at least one other major European language;
• Ability to use business, financial and strategic acumen to:
• Develop natural authority to support and monitor the risk management performance of EMIA leaders, managers, and functional risk management champions;
• Summarize and interpret risk reports from different departments;
• Quickly understand the various functional and departmental requirements;
• Ability to adjust your thinking and quickly change priorities with agility;
• Meet changing deadlines while still producing high-quality work;
• Good communication, presentation and influencing skills, including the ability to:
• Interact with and engage various audiences at varying seniority levels;
• Transmit messages with clarity;
• Interpret and understand the mindsets of the listeners;
• Good drafting and presentation skills in English to:
• Deliver high quality presentations to top leaders;
• Write or amend policies and guidelines;
• Maintain a risk register using concise yet informative language;
• Project management skills;
• Risk management certifications, e.g., RIMS, CRMA will be a plus.
  

What We Offer You

• We commit to give you an opportunity to:
• Put your mark on the shaping of risk management in a Global Fortune-500 multinational company;
• Collaborate closely with all EMIA C-suite, VPs and Departmental leaders;
• Develop an end-to-end understanding all key components of a multinational organization, its strategy and operations;
• Work in a very international environment, interacting with risk managers across the globe, as a core member of the Global Chief Risk Officer Council.
• All above contributing to broad career development options;
• Flexibility to support your preferred work-life balance.
  

If you can demonstrate the skills we are looking for and would like to make a difference in a Pioneering company dedicated to shaping a sustainable future of real-world mobility solutions, join us at Bridgestone!

Process Next Steps:All applications will be reviewed. Our HR team will contact those applicants who we would like to invite for the next stage of the recruitment process.

Please don’t hesitate and apply at https://careers.bridgestone-emea.com/

Weare looking forward hearing from you!

You can learn more about our Group and reasons to join us on

www.bridgestone-emia.com

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Disclaimer

Diversity and inclusion are a central part of Bridgestone EMIA’s values at the highest level. This is key for our people to show a passion for excellence for improving society connected to the world in which we live. Our commitment to diversity, is linked to our founders mission of ‘Serving Society with Superior Quality’, which is essential in shaping and creating the organization, serving all people, respectfully, connected to our business. We recognize that everyone is different and that attracting, developing and retaining our employees will create a sustainable working environment which is essential to our success. This means that all job applicants and members of staff will receive equal treatment and that we will not discriminate in particular on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, color, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age .

If you can demonstrate the skills we are looking for and would like to make a difference in a Pioneering company dedicated to shaping a sustainable future of real-world mobility solutions, join us at Bridgestone!

Process Next Steps:All applications will be reviewed. Our HR team will contact those applicants who we would like to invite for the next stage of the recruitment process.

Please don’t hesitate and apply at https://careers.bridgestone-emea.com/

Weare looking forward to hearing from you!

You can learn more about our Group and reasons to join us on

https://bridgestone-emia.com/

Follow Us On Social Media

Disclaimer

Diversity and inclusion are a central part of Bridgestone EMIA’s values at the highest level. This is key for our people to show a passion for excellence for improving society connected to the world in which we live. Our commitment to diversity, is linked to our founders mission of ‘Serving Society with Superior Quality’, which is essential in shaping and creating the organization, serving all people, respectfully, connected to our business. We recognize that everyone is different and that attracting, developing and retaining our employees will create a sustainable working environment which is essential to our success. This means that all job applicants and members of staff will receive equal treatment and that we will not discriminate in particular on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, color, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age.