Team Lead Operations (m/w/d)

Lonza; Oberwallis; On-site; Vertraulich; Full time

Job summary

Lonza in Visp, Switzerland, seeks a seasoned Shift Team Leader to drive daily operations in a large-scale production area. You will train and coach staff, set priorities, allocate resources, and lead process improvements while ensuring GMP compliance.

You will partner with management and production teams to optimize efficiency, manage handovers, update instructions, and support ongoing development of personnel through performance reviews and targeted training plans.

Qualifications

• Several years as a shift team leader, deputy, or system specialist in organic production.
• Comprehensive knowledge of production processes in a large production area.
• Experience installing and handling manufacturing plants and coordinating resources.
• Comprehensive knowledge of process engineering.
• Fluency in English (written and oral); German would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop employees by creating and implementing training plans.
• Set priorities and allocate resources to meet deadlines.
• Recognize deviations and participate in investigations and improvement projects.
• Ensure security and GMP compliance among others.
• Compare cross‑company process steps and dependencies.
• Manage shift handovers, inspections and update instruction manuals.

Skills

Fluency in English

German language advantage

Job description

Switzerland, Visp

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.

Due to the special interface function between management and production, this position is fundamentally important for the long‑term success of Lonza. There are also regular exchange meetings with other team leaders in order to optimise efficiency together. You are responsible for training and coaching your employees, conducting performance reviews and actively supporting their further development.

Your Main Tasks

• Leading, assessing, coaching and developing employees by creating and implementing training plans
• Setting priorities and allocating resources to meet deadlines
• Recognizing and correcting deviations and participating in investigations as well as improvement projects
• Assuring security, GMP compliance amongst others
• Comparing cross‑company process steps (relationships, dependencies, processes)
• Managing shift handovers, inspections as well as creating, maintaining and updating instruction manuals

Your Qualifications

• Several years of professional experience as a shift team leader, deputy or system specialist in organic production
• Comprehensive knowledge of production processes and interrelationships in a large production area with detailed knowledge of all process steps and systems
• Experienced in installing and handling manufacturing plants as well as in coordinating resources and work processes
• Comprehensive knowledge of process engineering
• Fluency in English (written and oral), German would be an advantage

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. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Reference: R80264