Our Company
CordenPharma is a leading full-service contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), excipients, pharmaceuticals Drug Products (DP), and packaging capabilities with > 2,800 employees across the world. Our services enable pharmaceutical and biotech companies to manufacture medicines with the ultimate goal of improving people’s lives.
Our network in Europe and the US offers flexible and specialized solutions across six technology platforms: Peptides, Oligonucleotides, Lipids & Carbohydrates; Injectables; Highly Potent & Oncology; and Small Molecules. We strive for excellence in supporting this network and are committed to providing the highest quality products for the well-being of patients.
Corden Pharma International acts as the management company of the Corden Pharma Group. Besides the Executive Leadership Team, CPI has central functions such as Finance, Sales & Marketing, Legal, HR, and Corporate Development, which work for the Corden Pharma Group across locations and on an international level.
As soon as possible, we, at the Basel site, are looking for a
Global Head of Engineering m/w/d
* Location: Basel
* Start Date: As soon as possible
* Type: Full-time
* Contract: Permanent
Your Tasks
Your expertise will be the driving force behind our state-of-the-art facilities. From driving our exciting capital investment program to creating a best-in-class maintenance organization, you will play a pivotal role in our journey towards innovation, success, and growth. We value excellence and prioritize compliance with all regulations, cGMP, and ESH standards.
* Provide matrix leadership of the engineering and maintenance function globally, ensuring that the organization is correctly resourced and appropriately qualified and experienced to deliver its objectives.
* Provide governance for the capital investment program with a budget of >100mCHF annually, ensuring all investment projects are approved with high quality business cases and cost/time estimates, and then executed within those approved parameters.
* Work closely with the Head of Strategic Growth to ensure the larger growth investments managed within that function run alongside the rest of the investment program in an integrated and synergistic manner.
* Work closely with the Head of Technology to support the implementation of new manufacturing technologies into the existing plants.
* Ensure each site in the network continuously improves and executes a maintenance excellence program, including asset criticality analysis and TPM to maximize asset availability and minimize revenue lost to unplanned maintenance activities.
* Support the sites in creating decarbonization and energy efficiency plans, sufficient to deliver Corden Pharma’s commitments under the SBTi.
Your Profile
* Diploma in engineering (Dipl. Ing. / M. Sc. / B. Sc.) or equivalent
* >10 years of experience in engineering and maintenance in the pharmaceutical or related industry.
* Strong GMP knowledge with technical expertise and understanding of manufacturing equipment in Drug Substance and/or Drug Product manufacturing.
* Business fluency in English; other company languages (German, French, Italian, Portuguese) are considered an advantage.
* Broad leadership experience managing capital projects of up to 10-20mCHF and/or large maintenance organizations.
* Strong financial knowledge in budgeting, cost control, and cost reduction.
* Objective setting and performance management in a matrix organization, and across different cultures.
* Excellent negotiator with strong influencing and persuading skills.
* Adaptability and ability to work under pressure, collaborating across boundaries.
* Willingness to travel (30% - 50%).
What We Offer
* Flexible work hours
* Home Office
* Positive working atmosphere and open management culture with a focus on continuous improvement of processes to stay innovative.
With us, you have the chance to work in a small, multicultural, and highly motivated team with flat hierarchies. We offer flexible working hours, and partly remote work is standard with us. The rest of the benefits and why you should join us, let’s discuss in a personnel meeting.
Interested?
We look forward to your complete application including CV, motivation letter, and reference letters.
Contact:
Gudrun Schumacher
Head of Human Resources
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