AGILE Champion Expert

Job Title: AGILE Champion Expert

Location: CHE - Neuchâtel

• Deploy AGILE program across sites/functions.
• Establish common understanding of AGILE program and 5 workstreams.
• Collaborate with workstream leads and owners to understand key programs for deployment and applicability to site/function.
• Participate in the strategy deployment process at site/function to understand strategy and support translation into AGILE activities in roadmap.
• Actively support the delivery of the AGILE roadmap and wave initiatives, developing skills through co-leading initiatives and eventually lead AGILE projects.
• Participate in AGILE bootcamps learning key skills necessary for workstream activities.
• Develop own capabilities in AGILE as detailed in AGILE Champion certification document.

• Visit other sites occasionally to learn, share, and replicate good practices.
• Provide feedback and receive feedback.
• Support and assist other AGILE Champions for the sites and functions in their AGILE journey.
• Actively share best practices through AGILE sharing tools and Community of Practice (CoP).

• Support creation of site roadmap detailing AGILE activities which will be executed in the fiscal year in collaboration with the site/functional Leadership Team.
• Ensure roadmap initiatives are present on SPOT reporting tool.
• Lead elements of the AGILE roadmap and AGILE 4.0 Wave initiatives under the guidance of Agile Lead or site BE Lead.

• Coach AGILE concepts and mindsets and behaviors across the organization, including Senior Leadership.
• Participate in site/functional workshops to improve coaching capabilities.

• Knowledge of a GMP environment.
• Strong facilitation and organization abilities.
• Excellent listening and communication capabilities.
• A natural leader, comfortable networking and connecting people.
• Project Management capabilities.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Problem solving and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Six Sigma Green Belt.

• English language abilities or ambition to become proficient in English.
• At ease with all Office 365 from Microsoft.

• Knowledge of Bio-pharmaceutical operations.
• Logical thinker.
• Recognized as an individual that demonstrated consistently strong performance over time and an aptitude for learning agility and putting theory into practice.
• Natural leader, comfortable networking and connecting people.
• Demonstrated passion for not accepting the status quo and self-driven to improve the business.
• Courage of conviction and open to critical feedback.
• Project management or cross-functional/multidisciplinary team management.

• Excellent communication abilities.
• Influences change and supports others in the change management process.

• Inform decision making; all significant AGILE decisions at site/function will be taken by Business excellence.
• Develop business acumen during their tenure in AGILE to understand business impact and develop decision-making capabilities.
• Responsible for developing their problem-solving capabilities.

• Inquisitive disposition.
• Capable of connecting workstream activities to maximize AGILE impact.
• Passionate about digital technology.
• Shares openly and learns from others.

• Interacts with all levels of the organization and collaborates strongly with other AGILE Champions.
• Develops strong relationships with key stakeholders across the Takeda network.
• Support and assist other AGILE Champions for the sites and functions in their AGILE journey.
• Actively share best practices through AGILE sharing tools and Community of Practice (CoP), internally and externally.
• Visit other sites occasionally to learn, share, and replicate good practices.

With more than 700 employees, Takeda Neuchâtel is one of the ten largest employers in the Canton of Neuchâtel and one of the leading biopharmaceutical production sites in Switzerland. Active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the site employs a wide range of professionals trained in biotechnology and its application in industrial production.

With over twenty nationalities, Takeda Neuchâtel offers an international, diverse, and innovative work environment within a company rooted and committed to its local ecosystem.

Takeda Neuchâtel is certified as a Training Company by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. We train young apprentices in various fields such as quality control in laboratories, logistics, IT, and biopharmaceutical production.

Takeda is proud of its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing opportunities to employees and job candidates without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, or any other status protected by law.

CHE - Neuchatel

Employee

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Full time