Operational Excellence Manager

Work Your Magic with us

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you've got big plans - so do we Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people's lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

**Your role**
Partnerships and collaboration
- Act as the main Point of Contact (POC) for all OpEx-related activities at the site and as a key partner for the site head
- Collaborate with ISCO Excellence Execution project managers to coordinate project executions at the site
- Act as site link to the ISCO Excellence PMO & Analytics function to provide inputs supporting e.g. standardized reports of savings and project progress
- Collaborate with the ISCO Excellence LS Production System roll-out site leads, external partners & global team (e.g., support with the implementation of specific tools, coaching, progress tracking, and culture building)
- Collaborate with the ISCO Academy to support building and delivering the OpEx learning curriculum

Site performance management
- Work together with the site leadership team to jointly define the site master plan (including LS Production System development plan to targeted future state in terms of next levels and/or certification) and to provide status updates on OpEx-related topics (e.g., project progress)
- Collect, analyze, and report data of current OpEx-related projects to the site leader (either own reports or insights provided by PMO & Analytics function on the basis of collected data)
- Ensure definition and implementation of governance aspects incl. solid project charters & execution plans for each OpEx project with appropriate risk management
- Portfolio management, capability steering, and knowledge transfer
- Build the OpEx project portfolio for the site to achieve site targets (safety, quality, supply, people & cost) and prioritize within the OpEx project portfolio as part of the site leadership team

Drive specific projects at the site
- Ensure resource availability for project execution and manage belt resources at the site assuring that site master plan targets / expected impact is achieved
- Implement best practices from other OpEx teams, and communicate own successes with other local OpEx and ISCO Excellence as well as the communities of excellence
- Bridge knowledge gaps in projects by requesting and managing/developing additionally required capabilities

**Who you are**
- 10+ years of demonstrated track record in site operations preferred with experience in process/product engineering and in implementing improvement initiatives with impactful results, preferably in a leading position
- Practical Lean Six Sigma experience
- Experience in the deployment of holistic production systems preferred
- Industrial engineering/ supply chain/business administration degree/background
- Lean Six Sigma Belt certification required, black belt certification preferred
- Project Management certification preferred
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, results-driven mentality, experience in leading teams (leading without authority), capable to zoom in and out (big picture and detail mindset)
- Ability to partner with a leadership team to refine goals and translate them into an overall initiative plan

**What we offer**:We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and believe that it drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress