Teva Ass Director TAPI Health Industrial Hygiene & Product Stewardship 

Italy, Piedmont 

966585654

Senior Director, Head of Global EHS&S for TAPI

The TAPI Health, IH & Product Stewardship Ass. Director will ensure that TAPI’s EHS&S standards, guidelines, processes and best practices are fully and effectively implemented in the segment and that all EHS&S staff has the capability, training and behaviors to effectively execute all EHS&S tasks as needed. As member of Global EHS&S team, she/he will ensure an effective collaboration between all parts of EHS&S locally and regionally.
As a member of TAPI, he/she will be providing technical and managerial support to TAPI facilities and global projects in particular:

• Contribute to the development and endorsement of TAPI’s Environmental Health Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) strategy.
• Support EHS&S director in monitoring, assessing business impacts, determining necessary actions, and communicating to stakeholders changing or emerging laws and regulations and action plans.
• Support the EHS&S Head in directing the sites to meet TEVA business health, Industrial Hygiene and Product Stewardship targets.
• Support EHS&S Head in providing solutions, developing, measuring, analyzing, and communicating key performance indicators and metrics.
• Support TAPI Sites ensuring full and effective implementation of the policy and procedures dictated by Global EHS&S.
• Track developments and trends in health, Industrial Hygiene and Product Stewardship related hazards to support mitigation of risks.
• Support TAPI Sites initiatives, projects and annual operating plan (AOP) to execute the Global EHS&S strategy identifying potential opportunities for increased synergies and efficiencies, in line with segment objectives and targets, capital planning, and budget.
• Participate in Global EHS&S audits.
• Support TAPI Sites on EHS&S events investigations and related CAPA Plans, and guide TAPI Sites on the identification of corrective/preventive actions and follow up on their implementation.
• Support TAPI sites in implementation, verification and realization of TAPI’s global EHS&S MS and developing Emergency plans.
• Drive effective communications between all parts of the EHS&S organization.
• Monitor developments and trends in global safety health, hygiene regulations, product stewardship and participating in regulatory advocacy efforts, as appropriate.

• Support the identification and proactive management of health risks generated from production processes or other chemical, biological, or physical agents.
• Support the sites’ health, IH and ergonomic improvement and sampling plans.
• Developing and continuously improving global standards, enabling tools and support sites actions to improve engineered controls in line with TAPI Engineering guidelines and requirements.
• Ensuring implementation of consistent Hazard Communication processes and the implementation of appropriate Engineering Controls and consistent use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Early identification of emerging regulations and preparation for remediation plan and developing gap/impact assessments in the Health and Industrial Hygiene.
• Periodically review performance indicators enabling trends to be identified, elucidated and rectified in a timely manner.
• Establishing programs and business processes that promote continuous improvement in safety health and hygiene across TAPI.
• Improving health, IH and product stewardship knowledge and competency at all levels of the organization.
• Reporting to internal and external stakeholders on TAPI’s safety, health and hygiene progress.
• Undertaking Global EHSS Audits.
• Lead TAPI’s Occupational Hygiene Technical Advisory Committee (OHTAC).
  

• Develop and maintain the eSDS (including dangerous goods determination) and labelling TAPI database (WERCS as a tool).
• Support Sites to ensure the suppliers’ global eSDS database is maintained.
• Coordinate the SDS and labels development and maintenance with TAPI’s 3rd party service provider.
• Lead/Coordinate the development of health-based exposure limits, such as occupational exposure limits and acceptable daily exposures with the 3rd party service provider.
• Coordinate industrial toxicology support to the Sites (e.g. providing input on potential health effects from chemical exposures, addressing employees concerns regarding chemicals handled, etc).
• Lead and coordinate the development of permitted no-effect concentrations (PNECs).
• Coordinate compliance of new chemicals registrations and notifications (e.g. REACH and/or equivalent regulations) with Sites.
• Early identification of emerging regulations and preparation for remediation plan and developing gap/impact assessments in product Sterwarship .
• Represent TAPI at trade associations, promote collaboration between companies develop stronger relationships, share conclusions, trends and advance potential impact to TAPI operations.

• For the area selected, be the specific EHS&S focal point of the sites/offices to maintain support and collaboration within the whole TAPI organization.
• Focus on TAPI’s true north regarding EHS&S and raise issues from the sites/offices in a way to support them for success.

• At least 7 years’ of practical industrial experience with increasing levels of authority and responsibility, including both site and corporate experience with at least 3 years in a managerial function role in pharma and/or chemical industry with high EHS&S standards or similar/higher risk hazards.
• Extensive experience in development and installation of health, hygiene and product stewardship management systems.
• Regional or multisite experience in leading EHS&S related matters, or operations in a large site (>1000 FTEs) is a plus.

Education and Knowledge Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Occupational Hygiene or related field.
• Advanced knowledge and practical experience (at least 5 years) in the API Production and/or in Pharmaceutical operations.
• Additional certificates in Industrial Hygiene and/or Product Stewardship is an advantage.
• Knowledge and understanding of global Health, Hygiene, toxicology and Product Stewardship Regulations.
• Sound knowledge on SDS(e) and label regulatory requirements.

Skills and Capabilities:

• Ability to create a clear and concise strategic view in a complex working environment.
• Strong analytical capabilities. Business acumen desired.
• Strong interpersonal communication and influencing skills to drive global initiatives.
• Ability to lead successfully in highly matrixed multi-cultural environment a definite asset.
• Languages: English (fluently spoken and written), please upload CV in English. Other languages are preferable.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 20% of the time.

This position is available in Rho, Santhià, Caronno or Villanterio (IT), Prigorje Brdovečko (CRO), Debrecen (HUN), Opava (CZ), from Monday to Friday.