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McKesson

Supplies medicines and technology to healthcare teams

Regional Health and Safety Specialist - Eastern Canada

Environmental Health & SafetyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMontreal, QC, Canada

About the Job

Requirements

  • A university degree in health and safety, human resources, or administration.
  • At least five years of experience in a similar position.
  • Bilingual oral and written proficiency in French and English, including mastery of French and English grammar.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, SharePoint, and Forms.
  • Numerical aptitude and experience preparing presentations or presentation documents.
  • Ability to work accurately and efficiently, independently, and with minimal supervision.
  • Planning, organizational, and activity-management skills to prioritize work.
  • Ability to collaborate with a team and communicate effectively with colleagues and clients.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including leaders, employees, contractors, and clients.
  • Professionalism and demonstrated ability to handle confidential information.
  • Ability to identify urgent issues, take action when necessary, and work under pressure.
  • Autonomy, attention to detail, discretion, flexibility, involvement, and proactivity.
  • Availability to travel in the region approximately 25% of the time.
  • Understanding and experience in the distribution and warehousing industry, including current good manufacturing practices, is an asset.

Responsibilities

  • Promote a workplace health and safety culture and provide high-level expertise and advice to leadership and distribution-center health, safety, and security leads on prevention matters.
  • Establish a management framework to ensure effective execution of strategic initiatives.
  • Develop key performance indicators to track operational activities and determine implementation parameters, including reporting frequency and communication plans.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to foster an engaging and rewarding work environment.
  • Work closely with functions across the organization to ensure compliance with applicable health and safety rules, regulations, procedures, and laws.
  • Implement and oversee McKesson Canada's workplace health and safety prevention program in regional distribution centers and coordinate related activities with each center's health and safety lead.
  • Ensure implementation of and compliance with McKesson Canada's health, safety, and security policies and procedures through distribution-center health and safety leads, business-unit leads, and facility leads.
  • Collaborate with distribution-center health and safety leads and managers in security, human resources, risk management, and operations to ensure matters are handled appropriately.
  • Participate in investigations, follow-up, and root-cause analysis of significant safety incidents.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with prevention and safety agencies and respond to their inquiries and inspections as needed.
  • Develop agreements with external suppliers as needed to standardize occupational health and safety purchases, including personal protective equipment and first-aid supplies, in response to internal client needs.
  • Coordinate and lead periodic audits, assessments, and inspections to identify unsafe conditions and practices, and follow up to ensure deficiencies are corrected within established timelines across the region.
  • Monitor internal and external market trends and provide recommendations.
  • Assess, develop, and coordinate required health and safety program training for stakeholders.
  • Be present at each distribution center as required; travel is necessary for the role.
  • Use statistical reporting tools provided by the global security team to identify trends and issues requiring attention and improve wellness and safety programs.

Desired Qualifications

  • Understanding and experience in the distribution and warehousing industry, including current good manufacturing practices.

About the Company

McKesson

Supplies medicines and technology to healthcare teams

McKesson distributes medicines and medical supplies to pharmacies, hospitals and other care providers, alongside services that connect drug manufacturers with patients. Its specialty businesses support community cancer care and clinical research, extending its work beyond moving products through warehouses. The company buys drugs and supplies from manufacturers for resale, while its software helps pharmacies manage inventory and healthcare teams secure insurance approval for prescriptions. It also sells practice management and patient support services to clinicians and drugmakers. McKesson traces its business roots to 1833 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Irving, TX
Founded
1833

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