Latest Vacancies at Roche

Requisition ID: 202109-125906
Job type: Temporary contract

Job Description

• Roche Diagnostics is seeking a Credit Controller to process customer accounts receivables on a daily and monthly basis to ensure timeous payment of statements in line with credit limits and credit terms.
• This position is a maternity cover for 6 months.

Responsibilities
The role will entail:

• Following up on outstanding accounts and carrying out reconciliation of debtors accounts.
• Assessing credit worthiness of customers using external information available from relevant sources and reviewing credit limits and payment terms granted on a periodic basis and making recommendations to management.
• Checking bank statements daily and allocating monies to relevant debtors’ accounts.
• Booking credit notes on the system in accordance with SOPs.
• Liaising with the outsourced (UTI) debtors team to address queries and complete reconciliations for accounts managed by them.
• Produce and review age analysis reports and follow up with debtors for payment
• Providing debtors account information for external auditors.
• Providing daily confirmation of foreign receipts to CITI Bank for SARB reporting.
• Addressing customer queries with internal customers.

Qualifications
You, as an ideal candidate, will have the following skills, experience and education:

• National Diploma in Financial Accounting or Bookkeeping or related (NQF level 6 and upwards) / ideally studying towards a BCom or related qualification (NQF 7).
• At least 3 years accounts receivable control / financial accounting experience.
• At least 1 year experience with export related credit control.

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Requisition ID: 202109-124649

Description

• As an IWS D&I Talent Marketing Partner, you have a passion for D&I with expertise in Multicultural Talent Branding and Marketing.
• You will be a member of a US based team, and work throughout the Roche / Genentech network to implement a regional D&I Talent Branding and Marketing Strategy to become the employer of choice for diverse talent in a competitive market and in support of Roche's 10-year ambitions.

Key Deliverables

• Build brand awareness with external Black, Hispanic / LatinX and Asian communities via multicultural talent branding and marketing
• Activate the business to connect with, advocate for and be accountable for building out their POC-diverse internal and external communities
• Incentivize and measure outcomes through programmatic experiments and changes such as monetary rewards (employee referral program)
• Establish, cultivate and drive partnerships with outside organizations (LinkedIn, Glassdoor, external conferences) to ensure alignment and help position us as the employer of choice for POC-diverse talent
• Cultivate connections with internal and external Black, Hispanic/LatinX and Asian Director and Global Executive communities--and make introductions to leaders
• Develop and execute engagement strategy to establish us as the employer of choice
• Working with other D&I IWS Experts, collectively you will provide expertise and partnership to support the 2025 D&I Representation goal, D&I Officer Succession Plans and D&I Action plans, thus enabling lasting changes aligned with Genentech’s and Roche’s vision, purpose, values and 10 Year Ambitions.

Key Activities

• Provide thought leadership and expert consulting on multicultural talent branding marketing, pipelining, sourcing, and recruiting of Black, Hispanic / LatinX and Asian talent from Early in Career through Global Executives
• Deliver strategic outcomes; manage dependencies and help remove obstacles that stand between commitments / goals and business success
• Create momentum in the organization for D&I, amplifying existing commitments to create an environment where all employees feel they belong
• Conduct meaningful and courageous business and leadership conversations earning you the trust of leaders   
• Identify and implement pragmatic approaches to embed appropriate mindsets and behaviors, thus reinforcing Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging as a core element of Genentech and Roche culture
• Partner with business leaders and stakeholders to establish D&I talent strategies, measurable D&I objectives and goals; create processes for holding leaders accountable through KPIs and metrics
• Design and implement Genentech’s / Roche’s external talent strategy for D&I presence and influence.
• Participate and contribute to the relevant IWS Areas of Practice; serve as a strategic thought partner
• Coach and mentor IWS colleagues to build D&I capability in the chapter

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Requisition ID: 202101-101818

Job Description

• We are opening an opportunity for a Compliance Lead Central and East Africa, with the flexibility of location in Kenya, Nigeria or Ghana (possible 6-12 months assignment with remote location).
• Compliance Lead will support affiliates in their business activities, in close collaboration with Compliance Officers network and Healthcare Compliance Contacts.
• You are expected to enable affiliates to continuously improve their integrity mindset and patient-centric focus.
• In partnership with leadership teams you will support compliance oversight and continuously assist the improvement of the compliance program in your area or responsibility.

Your Main Accountabilities

• Support development of the compliance framework and foster a culture of integrity and ethical business practices, consistent with the Roche values and external requirements
• Support the development of compliance professionals across the area, facilitating business-enabling advise
• Anticipate business needs, provide business-enabling advice and shape opportunities
• Support the implementation of global policies and directives, initiatives and support local SOP / process development, striving for simplification
• Advise all staff regarding compliance obligations, risks, proactive risk management strategies, actual or potential compliance-related matters, investigation and resolution of issues, as well as corrective actions
• Support collaboration with the management to perpetuate a “tone at the top” and “middle” that reflects the company’s commitment to ethical and legal business conduct as well as compliance with the letter and spirit of the law and global policies
• Take accountability of the overall governance model of the organizations, which assures alignments across all compliance functions.

Your Key Activities
Continuous Learning:

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the products, initiatives, priorities and goals of the business.
• Identify risks to sustainable business growth.

People / Leadership:

• Share your own knowledge and insights with the team and network.
• Exemplify and role model a business- and solution oriented compliance approach, adding value to the company.
• Exemplify and role model the Roche leadership commitments.
• Manage relationships and stakeholders, strengthen alignments and collaborations.

Support to affiliates:

• Support identification, offer and, as requested, deliverance of support to affiliates. Among others, this is supposed to be done through agreed means, such as:
• Materials (e.g. local / regional guidance or SOPs, training materials)
• Services (e.g. trainings, monitoring, risks assessment)
• Facilitate working groups and forums on healthcare related topics
• Help and advice on healthcare questions

General:

• Support analysis of general trends and healthcare effectiveness. Support analysis of and report on divisional compliance status, using existing metrics and data.
• Support gaining of overview over all healthcare requirements.
• Support setting and simplification, harmonization and improvement of standards as appropriate (guidance, directives SOPs etc.).
• Establish and facilitate appropriate forums and processes to fulfill accountabilities.
• Support development and provision of effective means and materials to educate and train pharma management, staff and collaborating parties on healthcare.
• Support tracking of training.

Qualifications / Skills

• You hold a University Degree or equivalent competency level.
• Excellent communication, presentation and writing skills. Ability to precisely articulate and differentiate, express appropriately.
• You identify and manage complexity through the ability to quickly understand and analyze facts and situations
• You have strong influencing skills
• You have high ethical and integrity standards.

Experience:

• Profound expertise in compliance management, ideally as responsible Compliance Officer; 5 years plus.
• Proven business experience.
• Solid experience in change management and managing complex projects.
• You are experienced in leading people.

Knowledge:

• Understanding of business conduct, system environment and culture.
• Understanding of the healthcare industry.
• Understanding of markets and corresponding access, commercial and medical approach.

Competencies:

• You represent leadership commitments, giving clear direction.
• Excellent active listening skills, fostering open communication and speak-up culture.
• Good sense for pragmatism in approach. Analytical and systematic in thinking, with good understanding and handling of diversity in the Region.
• “Can-do” attitude, embracing business-thinking and -ideas, hands-on.
• Encouraging collaboration, creating a sense of collaboration and network throughout the affiliates, compliance network and with the global teams.
• You're able to partner amicably with stakeholders, fostering good collaboration.
• Ability to establish common ground, balance out conflicting interests and reach consensus.

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Requisition ID: 202111-132931

Job Description

• Roche in Lagos is seeking a Head of West Africa to lead the strategic and operational delivery of the West African Diagnostic business and team.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Operational Management:

• Contribute to the organisational strategic plan by understanding the organisational vision, identifying, developing and drafting the key commercial strategic inputs and providing these inputs to the organisational strategic plan annually.
• Develop the Diagnostics for the region long term strategy by undertaking research and drafting the strategy, aligning with the overall long-term organisational strategy and vision annually.
• Prepare “what-if” scenarios for implementation in the country by reviewing the country policy and legislation, monitoring the country political and financial situation and stability and drafting the scenarios to address any possible outcome.
• Contribute to the integrated brand plan by identifying key projects, activities and inputs, prioritising the projects, setting targets, managing the country inputs and reviewing the overall integrated brand plans annually
• Develop the regional operational (sales, technical, marketing, business development, market access) plans by identifying key projects, activities and inputs, prioritising the projects, setting targets, managing the country inputs and compiling the operational plans annually.
• Define and develop new business models in support of the delivery of the strategic targets by undertaking research, developing the models, testing and implementing as required. 
• Lead the transformation process by identifying transformation targets, communicating targets to the team, monitoring progress of implementation against transformation targets and addressing any areas of concern.
• Report on performance by tracking performance against targets, identifying progress and areas of concern, drafting reports and submitting monthly and as required.
• Manage operational performance by tracking performance against targets, identifying anomalies and implementing corrective action monthly and as required.
• Lead the knowledge and communication sharing process for the region with other / international Roche product teams and other relevant stakeholders by developing inputs, preparing communications and participating in discussion forums.
• Lead the client engagement philosophy by managing the key opinion leaders and key decisions makers relationships, attending meetings and presenting at executive level.

Country Advocacy:

• Lead advocacy activities with prioritised country ministries to establish relationships to support the optimisation of commercial opportunities for Roche within the country.
• Manage the relationship with the prioritised country ministries by establishing contact with relevant stakeholders, engaging with them on their priorities, providing information and feedback.
• Develop the country advocacy strategic plans by reviewing the country policies and priorities, aligning with the Roche strategy, and drafting the supporting documentation and memorandum of understandings. 

Contract Management:

• Manage contracts with key clients, distributors and wholesalers by tracking performance in line with the contract, providing feedback on performance, identifying anomalies and implementing corrective action monthly and as required.
• Manage contracts with third party distributors and marketing agreements by tracking performance, providing feedback and reporting on progress, making recommendations for improvement, identifying risks and anomalies and implementing corrective action monthly and as required.

Stakeholder Engagement & Management:

• Manage relationships with key clients and Business Partners and marketing agreements by engaging with key decision makers, monitoring the relationship and addressing any queries.
• Develop relationships and partnerships with new clients, distributors, wholesalers and stakeholders by scanning the market, identifying key parties, developing and structuring partnership agreements and arrangements and engaging with them.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders by providing input and supporting business activities, gathering inputs and integrating into business models and reporting on progress and impact.
• Represent Roche at customer functions by attending functions, participating in an appropriate manner, maintaining and building the customer relationship and providing feedback to the business as required.
• Respond to customer specific requirements by receiving the brief, developing the required solution and presenting within the required timeframes and to quality standards.

Financial Management:

• Develop the budget for the region by identifying activities and costs, preparing the budget and submitting it annually and as required.
• Manage the profitability for Diagnostics in the region by tracking profitability, identifying any issues and implementing corrective action monthly .
• Manage expenditure by tracking spend against budget allocations, approving expenditure, address any budget variances and provide feedback monthly and as required.

Governance:

• Participate in executive meetings by preparing reports, presenting reports, answering queries and implementing decisions .
• Manage the development and implementation of policies and procedures by reviewing policies, identifying policy gaps, drafting policies and managing implementation of policies annually.
• Monitor compliance with policies and procedures including the delegation of authority, identify areas of non-compliance, address non-compliance and track improvements.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory changes by reviewing the landscape, identifying changes, analysing and interpreting the impact of the changes, integrating the changes into the policies and procedures and communicating these changes.

Staff Leadership and Management:

• To define the staff requirements, resourcing the team by retaining, recruiting, selecting and appointing staff as required, inducting new staff members, monitoring and managing performance and managing staff development.

Qualifications
You, as an ideal candidate, will have the following Skills, Experience and Education:

• Required Qualification: Degree qualification in a relevant field.
• Required Experience: At least 7-10 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical / diagnostics industry and at least 5-8 years management experience.
• Required Knowledge: Regulation, Business Development, Sales, Risk Management, Strategy, Stakeholder management and negotiation.
• Other requirements: Must be willing to travel both nationally and internationally.