Position: Operational Excellence Manager (f/m/d), Visp
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Posted:
22.01.2025
Expiry Date:
08.03.2025
Job Description:
Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.
The OE manager position is responsible for establishing and deploying Site and Asset’s OE roadmap, enhancing OE culture, leading LBMS (Lonza Business Management System) implementation, and driving performance improvement. The position serves as a key enabler on continuous improvement-related topics.
The position will deliver and support complex projects within the designated site/asset and act as a change agent through stakeholder management, earning buy-in and support while showing a clear return on investment to the organization.
They mentor the GB professionals on organizational improvement projects and lead a cross-functional team of GB and YB professionals in six sigma projects. They train and share their experiences with the yellow belts and green belts, contributing to OE standard work and materials.
Key responsibilities:
* Lead LMBS Roll Out in operation functions: Lead and coordinate the maturity assessment, help function team to set up maturity improvement targets and roadmap, and lead the implementation. Act as SME of LBMS standards and tools, coach and role model of lean leadership, and enhance the CI culture by implementing key LBMS elements such as 6S, Standard work, VSM, and problem-solving.
* Drive performance improvement: Work closely with operation functions to set up KPI and priority projects that align with BU and site ambitions, lead and facilitate improvement/problem-solving workshops, provide consultancy and methodology support to priority improvement projects to help achieve business targets, and manage key cost-saving projects.
* Trainer and mentor of Green Belt projects.
Key requirements:
* Preferred area of study: IE, Science, Engineering, or related disciplines.
* Advanced years of experience in Lean Six Sigma; experience in the pharmaceutical industry is a plus.
* Strong leadership skills with very good communication abilities and interaction with all kinds of interfaces within customers and the project organization.
* Structured, focused, and well-organized working attitude.
* Fluent in English; German or Chinese is a plus.
Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.
People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world and making a meaningful difference.
Reference: R61712
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