OPEX Site Lead

"Expect to grow", personally and professionally: At Siegfried, we offer exciting challenges and ample opportunities to showcase your talents. As a trusted and respected partner to the pharmaceutical industry, we uphold the highest standards in safety, quality and sustainability, while fostering a culture that empowers you to thrive. Join a rapidly expanding global company, where diverse perspectives and experiences come together in a collaborative environment. Here, you'll find a workplace that values both collective success and your individual contributions—offering long‑term opportunities to grow and make an impact.

Your Role:

The OPEX Director will develop the OPEX strategy for the site. The role involves benchmarking operational excellence concepts to increase efficiency, leading and influencing without authority across manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, HR, finance, and other departments to challenge the status quo and drive performance. The Director will lead continuous improvement efforts, implement and apply Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing strategies, and develop optimization tools. They will identify opportunities and implement improvements using industry best practices and operational excellence concepts.

Your Profile:

• Proficient in leading Kaizen events, GEMBA walks, 5S audits, and SMED.
• Proficient in Root Cause Analysis Methodologies across the site and in production systems.
• Proficient in procurement, finance, and SAP analysis of COGs and financial variances to identify opportunities and achieve validated improvements.
• Proficient in Value Stream Mapping, process mapping, Six Sigma, DMAIC, and other improvement methodologies.
• Proven experience in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma methodologies and their application.
• Advanced problem‑solving strategies.
• Proficiency in MRP software, Minitab or similar.
• Familiarity with CMMS.
• Experience with FIFO and supply‑chain concepts for inventory improvements.
• Experience in Kanban, JIT and other Lean concepts.
• Proficiency in energy‑consumption analysis and improvements.
• Proficiency in waste reduction.
• Experience calculating OEE and applying it for technical availability, quality improvements and debottlenecking.
• Drive development and implementation of KPIs to measure and monitor operational effectiveness.
• Conduct thorough analyses of processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement, using statistical principles.
• Lead and participate in cross‑functional teams to gather and analyse data, create metrics, and implement improvements to increase performance.
• Identify and implement cost‑reduction projects.
• Design and implement initiatives aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs, and improving productivity.
• Regularly report on local and global performance metrics, providing insights to leadership.
• Apply Lean and Six Sigma principles to eliminate waste, streamline processes, and enhance effectiveness.
• Adhere to personal moral, ethical, legal, and behavioral conduct in line with Siegfried Code of Conduct.
• Implement and adhere to all applicable SHE, DEA, and cGMP regulations.
• Experience with sustainability practices, including EcoVadis qualification and validation.

SUPERVISION:

The incumbent must give technical instructions to chemical operators.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technical field with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• MBA preferred.
• Excellent role‑modeling and leadership capabilities.
• Ability to organise data, construct visual data‑analysis, infer and interpret data to propose actions for continuous improvement.
• Green or Black Belt Certification preferred.

Your Benefits:

• Competitive, performance‑based bonus.
• Employee Share Matching Plan.
• 401(k) Match.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision offerings.
• Life, sickness and accident insurance, and long‑term disability.
• Increased voluntary life insurance (optional).

The salary for this role is anticipated to be between $140,000 and $175,000.

Founded in 1873 in Zofingen, Switzerland, Siegfried has grown into a global network of 13 sites across three continents. With a team of more than 3,800 highly skilled professionals, we take the innovations of our pharmaceutical customers to industrial scale and manufacture safe drugs for patients worldwide. As a fully integrated CDMO, Siegfried is one of the few organizations today that can carry out the development and manufacturing of APIs and finished dosage forms under one roof. This unique combination of know‑how and experience makes us the most trusted partner in the pharmaceutical industry.