Supply Chain & SHE Coordinator at Roche
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ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come.
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The Position
A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To
continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare
they need today and for generations to come.
Creating a world where we all have more time with the people
we love.
That’s what makes us Roche.
The Opportunity
Roche Kenya is seeking a highly motivated and versatile
Supply Chain & SHE Coordinator to join our team. This dual-focus role is
accountable for ensuring the efficient, timely, and compliant execution of our
in-country supply chain while simultaneously implementing and championing a
robust Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) culture.
The ideal candidate will manage end-to-end logistics and
distribution to deliver our innovative medicines to patients and customers,
while also ensuring our operations adhere to all local regulations and Roche’s
global SHE standards. This position is critical for maintaining operational
excellence, ensuring our right-to-operate, and safeguarding our people and
products.
Key Challenges
Supply Chain & Logistics Operations:
- Drive
end-to-end in-country supply chain activities, including Order-to-Cash,
logistics, and distribution to ensure world-class service levels and
timely delivery to customers.
- Monitor
inventory levels against sales forecasts to prevent stockouts and minimize
excess stock, ensuring optimal availability of our medicines.
- Develop
and maintain strong, mutually beneficial relationships with customers,
third-party logistics providers (3PLs), and distributors.
- Track,
analyze, and report on key supply chain performance indicators (KPIs),
identifying opportunities for process improvements to enhance efficiency
and customer experience.
- Collaborate
closely with Business Development, CRS, and Finance chapters to align
supply chain activities with overall business objectives.
Safety, Health, Environment & Security (SHE)
Management:
- Implement
and maintain SHE policies and management systems to ensure full compliance
with local Kenyan regulations and Roche’s global SHE objectives.
- Conduct
comprehensive risk assessments (including Biosafety), site inspections,
and audits to identify, document, and mitigate potential hazards.
- Lead
incident investigations to determine root causes and implement corrective
actions to prevent recurrence, reporting critical situations to Group SHE
as required.
- Develop
and deliver SHE training to promote a strong safety culture and ensure all
employees and contractors are aware of their responsibilities.
- Manage
emergency preparedness and business continuity plans in collaboration with
regional and group SHE teams.
- Serve
as the primary advisor to management on all SHE, Biosafety, and Security
matters, including physical, personnel, and product security.
Who You Are as an Ideal Candidate
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s
degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Occupational Health &
Safety, Environmental Science, Business Administration, or a related
field.
- Minimum
of 3 years of proven experience in supply chain management and/or
administering SHE programs. Experience in the pharmaceutical, diagnostics,
or a related regulated industry is highly preferred.
- Proficiency
in supply chain software, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, and
SHE management systems.
- Experience
as an auditor and a strong understanding of risk management principles.
Key Competencies & Skills
- Strong
business, logistics, and supply chain acumen with an understanding of the
local distribution environment.
- In-depth
knowledge of Kenyan occupational safety, health, and environmental laws
and regulations.
- Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to act as a
connector between internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong
analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities, especially
under conditions of uncertainty.
- A
systems-thinking, solution-oriented, and enterprise mindset.
- Ability
to work independently and as a collaborative member of a team.
Principal Scientist, Human Genetics (African Genomics Program) at Roche Kenya
Key Challenges
- Spearhead
analysis of genetic and genomic data gathered from African and
African-descent populations to uncover novel biology, in close
collaboration with our academic collaborators and with the human genetics
and computational teams within Roche
- Identify
and characterize genetic disease risk, progression, and therapeutic
responses in African- and African-descent populations
- Utilize
large-scale experimental and computational capabilities, including AI/ML,
to place genetic findings in their functional context.
- Implement
research strategies to translate these insights into novel opportunities
for therapy, prevention and diagnosis
- Lead
efforts in target identification, causal inference, biomarker discovery,
and clinical strategies, working closely with our research and clinical
development teams to prioritize and advance targets into therapeutic
development.
- Contribute
to a collaborative community involving research biology, clinical
development, translational medicine, and computational sciences teams.
Who You Are as an Ideal Candidate
- You
are a PhD with a strong focus on statistical genetics, genetic
epidemiology, or related fields, and strong proficiency in the development
and/or application of statistical methods
- Strong
computational skills, including large-scale data analysis and causal
inference.
- 5-10
years of experience using human genetics to understand diseases, in
academia and/or industry with a focus on association studies in
ancestrally-diverse cohorts
- Recognized
leader in your field, equivalent to an assistant professor at a top
research university.
- Excellent
research record with scientific publications in top-tier journals.
- Passionate
about leveraging emerging African data sets to solve biological questions
and deliver health care advances.
- Exceptional
communication and interpersonal skills to present and explain findings to
diverse audiences (excellent written & spoken English are
essential).
- Proven
ability to deliver compelling external presentations
- Motivated
to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative research environment
- Ability
to operate independently, be an active proactive problem solver and
demonstrate strong critical thinking and systems awareness.
- Ability
to travel