For one of our clients, an international pharma company in Basel, we are looking for a Product Safety Specialist to join the global unit "Diagnostics Product Sustainability & Compliance".
The Compliance Operations department is responsible for the data and processes within Diagnostics Quality & Regulatory that enable a chemical and environmentally compliant and sustainable development, transport/handling, marketing and disposal of all diagnostics products (the so-called product life cycle). This means that we are not only irreplaceable in ensuring compliance in the interests of our patients, but also pursue the goal of significantly and sustainably reducing the environmental impact of all our products and services. In order to be able to continue to do this successfully, we are now looking for YOU!
General information:
- Start date: 1.07.2025
- Latest start date: 1.10.2025
- Planned duration: 1 year contract
- Extension: not likely
- Workplace: Basel
- Workload: 80-100%
- Home office: min. 3 days onsite (flexible)
- Travel: 5% (workshops)
- Working hours: standard
...Tasks & responsibilities:
- Data management and EH&S data maintenance in SAP EH&S(M), including SCIP reporting, for relevant chemical and environmental regulatory data for Chemical Legislation for the Diagnostic Instruments and Articles, such as REACH, RoHS, POP, TSCA, California Proposition 65, Batteries Directive, WEEE, Packaging Directive, EPR topics.
- Continuous further development of the EHS data management data, process and system architecture and, in future, S/4HANA and chemical law evaluation of our products (articles) as part of the material declaration E2E processes
- Key user for the EH&S data management tools (support in determining system properties, monitoring periodic implementation processes by reviewing requirements and test cases)
- Ensuring data conformity, quality and integrity (according to data model); as well as carrying out plausibility checks
- Eliminate waste by radically simplifying processes with an emphasis on automating redundant manual processes and foster automated report creation for the network using tools such as RPA (Robotics Process Automation, Google App Scripts, Tableaux etc.)
- Contact person (1st level support) for Data Requests from Customers regarding relevant chemical and environmental regulatory data for Chemical Legislation for the Diagnostic Instruments and Articles
Must Haves:
- Degree in environmental, natural, material, engineering, or information sciences
- Several years of experience in IVD product development/manufacturing, product safety (material declaration, product stewardship), or EHS master data management in relevant industries
- Sound understanding of chemical composition in diagnostic products and packaging
- Experience with global chemical and environmental regulations (e.g., REACH, RoHS, WEEE, Prop 65, TSCA, Batteries Directive, Packaging Directive, EPR)
- Strong knowledge of these regulations preferred
- Affinity for large data, process automation, and data science for supplier governance
- Experience with relevant processes or IT systems (e.g., SAP EH&S) and automation tools (e.g., RPA, Google App Scripts)
- Proficient in MS Office/Google Suite
- Fluent in English and German
- Experience with SAP EHS or SAP MM for material declaration and compliance
- Strong data handling, data science preference, negotiation, and communication skills
- Ability to build supplier relationships
Nice to Have:
- First experience in agile project management/environments preferred.
- Other languages
- Relevant experience working in the Medical Device industry on EH&S topics
