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We are looking for you to join Roche and our Roche Services & Solutions Center in Budapest.
Roche is a global healthcare company offering exceptional career paths and great benefits for fresh graduates and outstanding professionals. We are continuously expanding, looking for new talents to join our transforming Services & Solutions Center. We offer a flexible working framework (1 office day/week on average) and provide fully remote working conditions within Hungary.
Your day to day responsibilities are:
As a Continuous Improvement Senior Expert , you will hold a pivotal role in driving operational excellence, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and ensuring the highest standards of quality and compliance within our P&C (People & Culture) organization. With expertise in Lean, Six Sigma, Agile methodologies, process documentation, regulatory standards, and risk management, you will lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor teams, and optimize processes to elevate our overall performance.
The position official name is Continuous Improvement Specialist.
As a qualified expert, you:
Lead the identification and implementation of Continuous Improvement projects of all sizes in accordance with the Continuous Improvement (CI) framework for P&C.
Develop and maintain the CI capabilities program to equip the P&C team for effective CI initiatives.
Mentor, guide, and activate a network of CI ambassadors within P&C teams.
Execute significant CI projects to streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and add value.
Provide training to enable P&C team members to apply CI methodologies proficiently.
Identify valuable processes and areas of waste through thorough business analyses.
Support the definition and own the implementation of a robust quality framework with structured documentation for P&C.
Continuously enhance the quality and compliance processes, ensuring alignment with standards.
Cultivate a quality-focused culture by leading a network of quality ambassadors.
Manage critical incidents by analyzing root causes and creating preventive plans.
Contribute to developing audit and compliance best practices, ensuring adherence to regulations.
Collaborate with P&C leadership to support compliance and audit-related activities.
What can you bring to our team:
We are seeking an individual with 4- 5+ years of related experience in Continuous Improvement and Quality Management or related fields.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; advanced degree is a plus.
Regularly required to work across time zones.
Certification in Lean, Six Sigma, and Agile methodologies.
Adept at implementing comprehensive CI frameworks to enhance processes, drive efficiency, and deliver tangible value
Demonstrated expertise in process thinking, structured documentation, and ability to create streamlined processes.
Experience in Quality Assurance, sampling definition, assessment forms and structured follow up of actions for improvement and coaching.
In-depth knowledge of regulatory standards, audit, controls, and risk management.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Change management proficiency to foster a culture of continuous improvement and quality consciousness.
Strong communication skills in English (written and spoken) are essential. Additional languages a plus, based on region/customer requirements.
Effectively demonstrating the People & Culture Capabilities: Diagnose to deliver, Stakeholder partnership, Digital & data acumen, Business acumen.
Travel - minimized by leveraging virtual collaboration methods.
In exchange we provide you with:
Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & trainings, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career.
Excellent benefits & flexibility: competitive salary and cafeteria package, annual bonus, language allowance (if the position requires extra language), Private Medical Services, Employee Assistance Program, All You Can Move Sportpass, coaching / mentoring opportunity, buddy program, team buildings, holiday party. We also ensure flexibility, to help you find your balance: home office is a common practice, and its conditions can be tailored for employees according to needs. We create the opportunity for freedom in working, where your corporate and private life coexist in harmony.
A global diverse community, where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is very focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion.
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Who we are
At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.
The Roche Services & Solutions as well as People Support Solutions organisations located in Budapest provide end-to-end business solutions for Finance, Procurement, IT, Communications, People & Culture (Human Resources) and beyond to our Roche colleagues across the EMEA region. Today Roche employs altogether around 2000 employees in Hungary.
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