Team Lead Operations (m/w/d)

Lonza Group Ltd.; Oberwallis; On-site; CHF 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lonza Group Ltd. is seeking a Team Lead Operations to guide a production team and ensure efficient, compliant operations. You will train and develop staff, set priorities, and drive improvements across the production area.

The role emphasizes coordinating resources, maintaining GMP standards, and securing smooth shift handovers while supporting broader process optimization initiatives.

Qualifications

• Several years of professional experience as a shift team leader or in a similar role.
• Comprehensive knowledge of production processes in a large production area.
• Experience installing and coordinating manufacturing plants and related processes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of process engineering.
• Fluency in English; German is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Leading, assessing, coaching and developing employees by creating and implementing training plans.
• Setting priorities and allocating resources to meet deadlines.
• Recognizing deviations and participating in investigations and improvement projects.
• Ensuring security and GMP compliance.
• Comparing cross-company process steps and coordinating handovers.
• Managing shift handovers, inspections and updating instruction manuals.

Skills

Shift leadership

Production process knowledge

Plant installation/coordination

Process engineering knowledge

English fluency

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.

Start your career with Lonza today by applying for the position of Team Lead Operations. 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 optimize 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. Every day, our teams across the world work together to turn scientific breakthroughs into life-changing medicines that reach up to 100 million patients a year. Lonza is a place where people can make a unique impact, grow their careers and belong.

You will feel at home at Lonza if you:

• Take ownership, step forward, and enjoy meaningful responsibility
• Love solving problems and thrive in a complex, fast-moving environment
• Are curious, always looking to learn and improve
• Work collaboratively, contributing to something bigger than yourself
• Are motivated to make a difference through work that impacts customers and their patients

Why Lonza:

We are a place of unique opportunity, where your ideas, expertise and ambition can make a real difference. Here, will have the freedom to grow, the support to succeed and the chance to contribute to work that matters. We are the makers of the medicines of tomorrow. Join us. Be you.