Head Engineering Development (m/f/d)

at  Sandoz

Sandoz is going through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Generic and Biosimilar medicines.
Now as an independently listed company, Sandoz aims to increase its strategic focus, operate with greater agility, set clearer business objectives, enhance shareholder returns, and strengthen its culture for us, the Sandoz associates. This is an exciting time in our history, and by creating a new and ambitious path, it will provide a unique opportunity for us all, both professionally and personally.
Join us as a Founder of our ‘new’ Sandoz!

Essential Requirements:

• 15 years general Engineering experience thereof +10 years’ experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
• Outstanding technical knowledge with demonstrated ability to deliver safe and fully compliant technical solutions
• Demonstrated leadership abilities leading a team aligned around business / technology / project processes
• Well-developed communication skills, ability to present comfortably to Senior Management and to Technical Experts
• Demonstrated with knowledge / understanding of key non-technical business processes, HR, Finance
• Advance HSe and GxP / QA knowledge
• Outstanding flexibility, adaptability and sense of accountability
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills (team player mentality)
• Self-driven with high learning agility, dynamic, ambitious and passionat

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Establish long term investment portfolio based on business strategies by managing the multiyear Capital expenditure plan for Sandoz development centers via providing oversight on local site budgets, spend forecasting and project selection.
• Coordinate key strategic development investments with Sandoz TechOps to identify and manage synergies as well as dependencies and generate an overall Sandoz multi-year investment plan.
• Define, control and deliver key strategic development investment projects, ensuring project objectives of scope, budget and schedule are maintained to achieve business needs, in order to achieve expected value.
• Ensure development centers have appropriate engineering (or similar) organization in place and Sandoz engineering processes in the key areas of Capex expenditure and asset life-cycle management are applied.
• Ensure all the development centers have the equipment recapitalization plan and facilities to operate in a safe, effective and technically compliant manner.
• Develop and own key facility and manufacturing design concepts to ensure value is created both operationally and financially after implementation.
• Ensure compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements and continuous improvement of quality relevant processes within area of responsibility.
• A champion of the Sandoz values & behaviors and acts as a role-model of leadership that fosters an inclusive and high performing culture which develops capability and talents.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE:

Essential Requirements:

• 15 years general Engineering experience thereof +10 years’ experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
• Outstanding technical knowledge with demonstrated ability to deliver safe and fully compliant technical solutions
• Demonstrated leadership abilities leading a team aligned around business / technology / project processes
• Well-developed communication skills, ability to present comfortably to Senior Management and to Technical Experts
• Demonstrated with knowledge / understanding of key non-technical business processes, HR, Finance
• Advance HSe and GxP / QA knowledge
• Outstanding flexibility, adaptability and sense of accountability
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills (team player mentality)
• Self-driven with high learning agility, dynamic, ambitious and passionate