Global Operational Excellence Lead — Lean & Six Sigma

Evotec; Toulouse; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Evotec is seeking a Senior Manager, Operational Excellence to lead enterprise-wide CI deployment and culture. This role reports to the EVP Global Head of Operational Excellence and spans manufacturing, lab, and R&D environments across multiple sites.

You will build CI communities, lead opportunity identification, and align initiatives with Horizon transformation, delivering measurable financial impact and sustained improvements.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering, life sciences, operations management, or related discipline.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification strongly preferred; Green Belt minimum.

Responsibilities

• Own and steward Evotec’s CI methodology framework across all segments and sites.
• Lead structured Loss & Waste Analysis and Value Stream Mapping to identify opportunities with financial impact.
• Rebuild and coordinate the global network of CI Communities and develop CI Champions across sites.
• Design and drive comprehensive CI training programmes and sustainment frameworks.
• Own measurement and reporting of financial and operational benefits across sites and segments.
• Influence EVP/SVP-level stakeholders and lead cross-functional OE initiatives across Evotec.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

DMAIC

Kaizen

Value Stream Mapping

Change leadership

Education

Master’s degree in engineering / life sciences / operations management

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (Green Belt minimum)

Tools

DMAIC toolkit

Value Stream Mapping templates

Job description

Evotec is seeking a Senior Manager, Operational Excellence to lead enterprise-wide CI deployment and culture. This role reports to the EVP Global Head of Operational Excellence and spans manufacturing, lab, and R&D environments across multiple sites.

You will build CI communities, lead opportunity identification, and align initiatives with Horizon transformation, delivering measurable financial impact and sustained improvements.