Material Safety Lead
About the role
The Material Safety Lead provides strategic, enterprise-level leadership to ensure the safe procurement, handling, inventory control, and lifecycle management of Roche's clinical diagnostics portfolio and associated laboratory reagents within a warehouse environment.
Responsibilities
Collaborate cross-functionally with key stakeholders such as Engineering, SHE, and Business Insights to design code-compliant storage infrastructure(s).
Influence and own the warehouse's hazard containment roadmap, presenting predictive risk models and inventory trends.
Cultivate a proactive safety culture and implement best practices from potential safety events into continuous process refinements.
Design and govern our safety architectures, including the immediate enforcement of structural changes or inventory caps (MAQs) required by code.
Optimize the high-velocity diagnostic supply chain while maintaining strict regulatory compliance, organizational integrity, and operational focus.
Identify systemic problems and implement permanent corrective actions.
Requirements
Develop and implement a compelling safety vision that directly links rigorous hazardous and corrosive material storage to clinical product integrity and uninterrupted patient care.
Monitor and anticipate shifts in global, national, and local environmental, chemical, and building safety frameworks (OSHA, EPA, NFPA) to engineer resilient, future-proof facility controls.
Partner with key stakeholders to design and implement warehouse storage infrastructures that mitigate chemical reactivity.
Develop matrix-based safety grids to optimize storage configurations.
Establish and audit baseline safe storage protocols for non-hazardous and high-density inventory, ensuring structural integrity through proper rack load distribution, pallet overhang compliance, and the strict maintenance of unobstructed longitudinal and transverse flue spaces.
Develop predictive inventory modeling systems, monitoring total storage volumes against local fire code MAQs.
Create awareness of best-in-class storage practices for materials.
Serve as the liaison between Warehouse Logistics, Quality Assurance, Procurement, and Corporate SHE networks to cultivate a unified, site-wide culture of safety.
Develop and maintain a technical understanding of cold-chain safety boundaries and cryogenic risks to ensure facility storage conditions consistently preserve diagnostic efficacy.
Utilize enterprise data systems or business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, SAP, PowerBI) to track leading safety indicators and model warehouse storage inventory limits.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Occupational Health & Safety, Chemistry, Industrial Hygiene, or a related clinical/scientific discipline.
5-7 years of progressive environmental health and safety or process engineering leadership with documented success spanning both analytical laboratory environments and high-density warehouse storage operations.
Preferred Professional Credentials: Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Chemical Hygiene Officer (CHO).
Advanced, demonstrable command of NFPA 30 (Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code) and NFPA 400 (Hazardous Materials Code) within industrial facility architectures.
Robust understanding of Good Distribution Practices (GDP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) as they apply to medical-grade, climate-controlled environments.
Skills
Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
Experience with safety regulations and compliance.
Knowledge of warehouse logistics and inventory management.
Benefits
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Indiana is $104,000 - $193,100 annually. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance, as well as participation in a long-term incentive program. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.
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