Security Manager

Purpose • Identify, assess, and effectively mitigate threats to BAT Algeria personnel, assets, information, operations, supply chain, and business activities through a business-integrated, risk-based security approach. • Embed Security Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, and Crisis Management processes across BAT Algeria to protect people, support business resilience, and safeguard shareholder interests. • Provide timely, practical, and intelligence-led security advice to the Algeria Leadership Team and relevant stakeholders to support informed decision-making and continuity of operations. Principal Accountabilities Operations / Professional / Business • Develop and deliver the BAT Algeria security plan in line with the MENA Security Strategy, Group Security requirements, and local business priorities. • Lead the implementation of Security Risk Management across BAT Algeria, ensuring that key risks are identified, assessed, documented, mitigated, reviewed, and escalated where required. • Maintain effective security coverage for BAT Algeria sites, including offices, factory operations, warehouses, trade offices, fleet, field teams, events, and business travel. • Ensure that physical security measures, access control, CCTV, intruder detection, fire detection interfaces, key management, visitor management, and related security systems remain effective, tested, and fit for purpose. • Develop, maintain, test, and improve local security procedures, site security plans, emergency response arrangements, and incident management processes. • Provide timely security intelligence, threat assessments, and travel security advice covering Algeria and any areas relevant to BAT Algeria operations. • Support business continuity planning, testing, and activation for BAT Algeria in line with Group Business Continuity Management requirements and MENA governance expectations. • Manage security incidents and investigations in coordination with Legal, CORA, HR, Compliance, Operations, and other relevant functions, ensuring that evidence is preserved and reporting requirements are met. • Ensure accurate and timely security reporting, including incidents, risk updates, BCP testing, security reviews, investigations, and agreed security KPIs. • Support the protection of BAT assets, products, information, people, and reputation against theft, fraud, sabotage, workplace violence, civil unrest, product diversion, illicit trade-related risks, and other relevant threats. Management • Ensure compliance with BAT Security Procedure, Group policies, local laws, statutory requirements, and agreed governance processes. • Manage security service providers and ensure contractual compliance, service quality, training, deployment discipline, performance monitoring, and corrective action where required. • Plan and control security-related budgets, resources, and improvement plans in a cost-conscious manner while maintaining appropriate risk mitigation. • Ensure that security business continuity plans are documented, assigned, tracked, tested, and updated regularly. • Lead security reviews, site assessments, risk assessments, and corrective action plans across BAT Algeria locations. • Maintain effective records and documentation to support audit readiness, control assurance, and business governance requirements. • Coordinate with local management on matters involving government authorities, law enforcement, emergency services, regulatory bodies, and other relevant external parties. Leadership • Provide visible security leadership across BAT Algeria and promote a proactive security culture among employees, contractors, and third parties. • Act as the country security lead during crises, incidents, security escalations, and business disruption events, supporting the local Crisis Management Team and escalating to MENA Security when required. • Deliver security awareness, briefings, training, and communications to improve employee preparedness and duty-of-care standards. • Lead, coach, and develop security personnel and contracted security teams to ensure effective performance and professional standards. • Drive continuous improvement in security controls, resilience planning, incident response, and stakeholder engagement. • Support the development of local security capability and succession planning where applicable. Relationships • Develop and maintain strong working relationships with the Algeria Leadership Team, site leadership, functional heads, and the MENA Security team. • Build multi-functional relationships with Legal, CORA, HR, EHS, IT, Procurement, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Commercial teams to support integrated risk management and business continuity. • Develop and maintain appropriate relationships with local law enforcement, government authorities, emergency services, security agencies, private sector counterparts, and security service providers. • Work closely with cluster, regional and global security stakeholders to ensure alignment with BAT standards, emerging risk priorities, and agreed ways of working. • Support internal and external business events by ensuring appropriate security planning, risk assessment, and stakeholder coordination. Innovation and Continuous Improvement • Continuously monitor emerging security threats, geopolitical developments, crime trends, civil unrest indicators, and technology developments relevant to Algeria. • Recommend practical and cost-effective improvements to security systems, procedures, training, reporting, and incident response capability. • Support the integration of security considerations into digital transformation, workplace changes, supply chain changes, and business projects. • Promote a forward-looking security culture that encourages employees to act as security ambassadors and report concerns early. • Incorporate efficiency, sustainability, and risk-based decision-making into physical security arrangements and