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About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Identify and assess labor rights risks and promote responsible raw material sourcing with primary external partners and beyond, conducting thorough risk assessments and due diligence to guarantee ongoing compliance.
• Act as a central liaison for internal business functions for proactive risk management and alignment with Novartis Third Party Code (TPC) and human rights standards.
• Use extensive expertise in labor rights within the EMEA region, particularly within the pharmaceutical or chemical sectors, to identify and rectify recurring issues.
• Lead investigations and assessments pertaining to SpeakUp cases at external partner locations.
• Develop and enforce corrective action plans for non-compliant external partners, collaborating with internal business functions for enforcement.
• Create and implement capability building initiatives to improve external partners' understanding and compliance with labor rights practices.
• Utilize digital tools such as worker voice surveys and grievance mechanisms to increase labor rights monitoring at external partner locations and enable effective remediation of the findings.
• Establish relationships with senior leaders and project implementers within and outside the company to manage and co-develop solutions in ethical sourcing practices.
Essential Requirements:
• Degree or equivalent relevant experience in a field such as law, human rights, supply chain management, or international relations.
• Extensive experience in labor rights risk management and significant work with suppliers on labor rights compliance issues is required.
• Proven ability to help suppliers transform from low to high compliance, enhancing their labor rights standards.
• Familiarity with digital tools for labor rights monitoring such as worker voice platforms and grievance reporting mechanisms.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills to drive change in external partners, ensuring adherence to labor rights standards. Entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset with a proactive drive to get things done and deliver impactful results with minimal supervisor oversight
• Skilled in conducting labor rights risk assessments, interpreting data, and generating actionable insights for decision-making in risk scenarios.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and adapt to cultural differences across the EMEA region.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, with additional language skills relevant to the EMEA region considered advantageous
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Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
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