EHS-Specialist (32-40 uur)

Alliance Healthcare; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed-term contract (12 months)

Work-from-home allowance

Holiday and pension benefits

BAB bonus (Performance-Related)

Personal Choice Budget €750/year

25 vacation days

Job summary

Cencora in Veghel, Netherlands, seeks an EHS Manager to oversee regulatory compliance and drive a strong safety culture. The role focuses on audits, incident investigations, and cross-site guidance within a 40-hour week.

The position involves collaborating with Operations leadership, external agencies, and insurance/legal teams to minimize risk and ensure continuous improvement. A 12-month fixed-term contract is offered with a hybrid work option where applicable.

Qualifications

• Graduate level degree or equivalent desirable.
• Experience in EHS management in multisite environments preferred.
• Experience with enforcement authorities is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with NL regulatory requirements (Arb. wet, Milieuwet, reporting, risk assessments).
• Manage and implement an audit process to ensure EHS compliance and drive improvements.
• Work with Operations leadership to ensure EHS compliance across all levels and areas.
• Provide learning opportunities to promote health and safety culture.
• Cascade lessons learned from incidents to prevent recurrences and drive improvements.
• Liaise with external agents during investigations and with Group Insurance/legal teams to minimise liabilities.
• Drive a culture of EHS engagement and ownership at operations level.
• Support line managers during accidents and ensure appropriate reviews occur.
• Develop continuous improvement plans across all EHS areas and promote responsibility.
• Aiming for zero lost time accidents.

Skills

Stakeholder influence

Regulatory awareness

Auditing

Learning & development

Safety culture

Education

Graduate degree or equivalent

Tools

EHS software

Job description

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose.

If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere.

Job Details

Job responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements under relevant NL legislation, including Arbeidsomstandighedenwet, Milieuwet, reporting, risk assessments and others
• Manage and implement an audit process to ensure compliance with EHS legislation and best practice working with relevant managers to ensure implementation of improvements and changes
• Work with the Operations leadership teams at all levels to ensure that the organisation is compliant to EHS legislation through line managers focusing on safety in their areas
• Provide learning and development opportunities to encourage the cascade of health and safety
• Ensure that any lessons learnt from any incident are cascaded and shared to aid the development of the safety culture
• Liaise with external agents during any investigations
• Liaise with the Group Insurance teams and external legal support to ensure that Employer Liability claims are minimised as much as possible
• To drive a culture of EHS engagement and EHS ownership at operations level
• Support line managers and provide advice in the event of accidents and ensure that where necessary reviews are carried out to ensure improvements and avoidance of further incidents
• Develop plans to ensure continuous improvement in all areas of EHS and drive a culture of responsibility across all levels within the business
• To drive and focus on achieving zero lost time accidents

What we expect from you?

• Directing oneself and/or others towards explicitly formulated or unexplicit goals with a view to efficiency and effectiveness
• Maintaining generally accepted social and ethical standards in activities related to work
• Being able to persuade others to adjust their thoughts, plans, beliefs, positions, visions or behavior in the desired direction, getting them on board for one's own position, idea or plan
• Demonstrating that one is well informed about developments in the market and effectively using this knowledge for one's own organization
• Absorbing new information and ideas, applying them effectively and sharing them with others
• Graduate level degree or equivalent desirable
• Previous EHS management role in a busy, multisite environment with warehousing and transport elements
• Experience of working with enforcement authorities
• Experience of working in a regulated industry desirable
• Demonstrable track record of influencing managers at all levels

What we can offer to you?

• Fixed-term employment contract for a duration of 12 months
• The first month will be considered the probationary period
• The position is based at the Veghel office
• The employment contract is for an average of 40 hours per week
• Working-from-home allowance (€2.45 net per day)
• The guideline is a maximum of 2 days working from home per week for full-time employees (subject to agreement with the manager)
• Holiday allowance of 8% of the annual gross salary (annual gross salary equals 12 times the monthly gross salary)
• Performance-Related Bonus (BAB)
• Personal Choice Budget of €750 per year for sustainable employability
• 25 vacation days (200 hours) per year based on a 40-hour working week
• A laptop and smartphone in accordance with company policies
• Pension plan through Alliance Healthcare Management Services (defined contribution scheme)

What Cencora offers Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

Full time Affiliated Companies Affiliated Companies: Alliance Healthcare Management Services (Nederland) BV

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law. The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory. Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [e-mail]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned.

Cencora is a leading global pharmaceutical solutions company that is committed to improving the lives of people and animals everywhere. We connect manufacturers, providers, and patients to ensure that anyone can get the therapies they need, where and when they need them. We’re a purpose-driven organization, where all of our team members around the world are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures. We work together every day to help our partners bring their innovations to patients worldwide, creating unparalleled access and impact at the center of health.