Farmer’s Choice was founded in 1980, with the central purpose of selling fresh and processed pork products to all income groups in Kenya.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan shift deployment based on risk, production schedules, dispatch volumes, visitor activity and vulnerable posts.
• Conduct briefings, handovers and debriefs; allocate posts, equipment and special instructions.
• Supervise company officers and contracted guards, inspect posts and address service gaps promptly.
• Enforce access, search, visitor, key, seal, vehicle and property-removal procedures.
• Verify high-risk inward and outward movements and escalate anomalies in documents, quantities, seals or routes.
• Take initial command of security incidents, secure scenes, activate response plans and support investigations.
• Ensure compliance with private-security, occupational safety, food-defence and company requirements.
• Prepare shift summaries, dashboards and reports; analyse trends and recommend corrective actions.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Demonstrated competence in shift command, access control, CCTV, incident management and emergency response.
• Working understanding of inventory and dispatch controls, food defence, occupational safety and contractor management.
• Computer literacy including email, spreadsheets, incident systems and electronic surveillance/access- control platforms.
• Frontline leadership and accountability.
• Risk awareness, operational judgment and calm decision-making.
• Investigation discipline, clear reporting and escalation.
• Analytical thinking, problem solving and teamwork.
• Diploma in Security Management, Criminology, Investigations, Business Administration or a related field; a relevant bachelor's degree is an advantage.
• Valid registration, training and compliance required under applicable private-security law and regulation.
• At least 5 years' progressive security experience, including at least 2 years in a supervisory role. FMCG, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, agriculture or distribution experience strongly preferred. First aid, fire marshal, investigations, defensive driving or occupational safety certification is an advantage.
• Reports To: Assistant Security Manager.

• Plan shift deployment based on risk, production schedules, dispatch volumes, visitor activity and vulnerable posts.
• Conduct briefings, handovers and debriefs; allocate posts, equipment and special instructions.
• Supervise company officers and contracted guards, inspect posts and address service gaps promptly.
• Enforce access, search, visitor, key, seal, vehicle and property-removal procedures.
• Verify high-risk inward and outward movements and escalate anomalies in documents, quantities, seals or routes.
• Take initial command of security incidents, secure scenes, activate response plans and support investigations.
• Ensure compliance with private-security, occupational safety, food-defence and company requirements.
• Prepare shift summaries, dashboards and reports; analyse trends and recommend corrective actions.

• Demonstrated competence in shift command, access control, CCTV, incident management and emergency response.
• Working understanding of inventory and dispatch controls, food defence, occupational safety and contractor management.
• Computer literacy including email, spreadsheets, incident systems and electronic surveillance/access- control platforms.
• Frontline leadership and accountability.
• Risk awareness, operational judgment and calm decision-making.
• Investigation discipline, clear reporting and escalation.
• Analytical thinking, problem solving and teamwork.

• Diploma in Security Management, Criminology, Investigations, Business Administration or a related field; a relevant bachelor's degree is an advantage.
• Valid registration, training and compliance required under applicable private-security law and regulation.
• At least 5 years' progressive security experience, including at least 2 years in a supervisory role. FMCG, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, agriculture or distribution experience strongly preferred. First aid, fire marshal, investigations, defensive driving or occupational safety certification is an advantage.