Senior Specialist, Strategy and Operational Excellence

K-Recruiting GmbH; Lavamünd; Vor Ort; EUR 117.000 - 181.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

K-Recruiting GmbH is seeking a Senior Specialist for Strategy and Operational Excellence to lead Lean/Six Sigma initiatives, standardize processes, and improve site performance. The role partners with manufacturing, quality, and engineering to drive cross-functional improvements.

The position emphasizes data analytics, KPI governance, and real-time BI reporting to enable leadership to act on performance trends. Based on site in Werthenstein, Switzerland.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field and experience in operational excellence.
• Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, standard work, or visual management.
• Ability to define and track KPIs and translate data into actions.
• Experience with BI tools to monitor operational performance.
• Safety and GMP awareness in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Aufgaben

• Identify, prioritize, and execute initiatives to standardize processes and accelerate timelines.
• Scope and drive Lean / Six Sigma projects and coach colleagues.
• Establish and govern standard work across site manufacturing and processes.
• Track KPIs and develop automated BI reports for leadership visibility.
• Digitize planning with digital tools and real-time metrics.

Kenntnisse

Lean Six Sigma

Data analytics

KPI tracking

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

English communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Power BI

Spotfire

AI / low-code tools

Automation tooling

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Specialist, Strategy and Operational Excellence (M/F/D)

Tasks:

• Identify, prioritize, and execute initiatives that simplify and standardize processes to accelerate PCC-to-FIH timelines and improve right-first-time delivery.

• Scope and facilitate Lean / Six Sigma improvement projects that reduce work, cost, and complexity, and coach site colleagues to challenge the status quo and focus on value-added activities.

• Establish and govern standard work applied across site manufacturing and business processes, sharing best practices with the network.

• Anchor operational excellence efforts to site and network strategy, tracking impact through defined Key performance Indicators.

• Drive integrated, proactive planning for Schachen Biotech and advocate for the site locally and across the network, shaping mid- and long-term plans that raise schedule adherence, facility and workforce utilization, and right-first-time execution.

• Support long-term site facility planning and evaluate investment options against capacity needs and return.

• Define, track, visualize, and govern site KPIs, developing automated business intelligence reports that give leaders actionable visibility to performance.

• Digitize planning and deploy program-agnostic digital tools, automated reporting, and real-time metrics that surface performance trends early and mitigate operational risk.

• Apply quantitative performance information to identify, shape, and scope cross-functional improvement projects that simplify work and reduce time, effort, cost, and waste at Schachen Biotech.

• Partner on site with manufacturing, quality, technical, supply chain, engineering, EHS, and learning teams to align priorities and implement sustainable improvements.

• Act as a key EHS and L&DE stakeholder; know, follow, and enforce EHS, cGMP, and SOP requirements to sustain a compliant, audit-ready, safety-first culture.

• Serve as Site Area Training Coordinator, as assigned, supporting training compliance and role readiness.

• Ensure improvement initiatives are implemented in line with quality systems, procedural requirements, and inspection-readiness expectations.

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in information technology, data analytics, industrial engineering, engineering, supply chain, business operations, life sciences, biotechnology, or a related discipline.

• Relevant experience in operational excellence, digital transformation, process improvement, data analytics, industrial process oversight, or performance management in a regulated manufacturing or comparable technical environment.

• Ability to define and track KPIs, analyze quantitative data, and use performance information to identify, shape, and scope cross-functional improvement projects that reduce time, effort, cost, and waste.

• Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, standard work, or visual management to simplify processes, reduce waste, and improve flow.

• Experience working with data, dashboards, business intelligence tools, or digital workflows to monitor operational performance and support data-driven decisions, and to translate business needs into clear technical requirements.

• Awareness of biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations, GMP expectations, quality systems, SOP requirements, and inspection-readiness principles.

• Safety certification such as NEBOSH General Certificate, IOSH Managing Safely, Swiss Safety Officer certification, or equivalent.

• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional safety improvement programs and cultivating a strong safety culture.

• Safety certification such as NEBOSH General Certificate, IOSH Managing Safely, Swiss Safety Officer certification, or equivalent.

• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional safety improvement programs and cultivating a strong safety culture.

• Ability to work independently on site, manage multiple priorities, and deliver results in a dynamic, multiproduct environment.

• Strong collaboration, facilitation, and influencing skills, including coaching colleagues and driving alignment without direct authority.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, with the ability to engage both operational stakeholders and technical teams.

• Preferred:

• Master’s degree or advanced qualification in information technology, data analytics, industrial engineering, engineering, business operations, biotechnology, or operational excellence.

• Lean Six Sigma certification or formal training in operational excellence, project management, change management, data analytics, or digital transformation.

• Advanced experience acquiring, cleaning, wrangling, analyzing, and governing data from manufacturing, quality, supply chain, planning, or business systems.

• Experience building and sustaining visualization and business intelligence solutions such as Power BI or Spotfire, and industrializing reporting through scalable data models, automated dashboards, and governed metrics.

• Working knowledge of artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, automation, or low-code tools, with the ability to identify practical use cases that remove manual work.

Requirements:

Start: 01.10.2026

Duration: 12 months

Capacity: 5 days per week

Location: Werthenstein, Switzerland