The company has chosen an approach to well-being that goes beyond the logic of traditional benefits
Insights from Ilham Mouhriz, Group CHRO at Sothema
In a sector where innovation, industrial excellence, and sustainable performance are closely linked to talent development, the employee experience relies on companies' ability to create a more human, more learning-oriented, and more inclusive work environment.
Ilham Mouhriz, Group CHRO at Sothema, discusses the group's strengths, her vision of the employee experience, and the tools put in place to enhance its attractiveness and workplace well-being.
Sothema is today a major player in the pharmaceutical industry in Morocco and Africa. But beyond its industrial and scientific expertise, the company was built on a strong belief: sustainable performance relies above all on the ability of women and men to grow, learn, and adapt in a constantly changing environment. In a sector marked by technological acceleration, regulatory changes, and new health challenges, Sothema stands out as much for its industrial excellence as for its ability to evolve its human and organizational models. Sothema's uniqueness also lies in its vision of leadership and governance. As a listed company led by a woman, it offers a model where diversity, inclusion, and accountability are seen as real drivers of transformation. The company thus promotes a modern vision of performance, based on more learning-oriented, more adaptable, and more human organizations.
At Sothema, the employee experience today goes beyond the traditional scope of human resources. It is based on the quality of working relationships, the meaning given to tasks, the opportunity to grow, and everyone's ability to fully contribute to a collective dynamic. The company has gradually built a culture based on closeness, listening, and dialogue. Initiatives like "Bihatna" specifically create spaces for direct exchange between the field and management, with the aim of reducing silos and bringing operational realities closer to strategic decisions. Sothema also develops more innovative approaches to the employee experience, based on continuous listening and agile feedback to better understand the teams' expectations in a constantly evolving environment. Skills development is central to the company's HR strategy. Sothema invests in training programs covering both technical expertise related to the pharmaceutical industry and behavioral and managerial skills: leadership, emotional intelligence, conflict management, cybersecurity, quality culture, adaptation to change, and intergenerational collaboration. The company has also strengthened its leadership approach through strategic partnerships and systems that promote a more collaborative, empowering, and human management culture. For Sothema, HR innovation is no longer just about digitizing processes, but above all about making organizations more adaptable in human terms.
For Sothema, a company's attractiveness is no longer solely based on its brand or its business. Employees today seek environments that offer meaning, stability, growth prospects, and strong relational quality. The company has therefore chosen an approach to well-being that goes beyond the logic of traditional benefits, with a priority on building a healthy, human, and sustainable work environment. This approach includes preventive and health actions, with close medical and social support, awareness campaigns, and concrete initiatives around physical and psychological well-being. In a demanding industrial environment, workplace safety is also a strategic priority. Sothema continues to invest heavily in prevention, training, and continuous improvement of working conditions. The company also develops several community-focused initiatives for employees and their families through educational, sports, and solidarity programs that strengthen a sense of belonging and human connection. Its attractiveness also relies on a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, with the aim of valuing differences, bringing out potential, and creating spaces where everyone can find their place. Finally, Sothema advocates for a sustainable vision of work, based on preparing for the skills of tomorrow and a more human approach to organizational transformation.
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