Operations & Continuous Improvement Manager (f/m/d)

at  NextPharma GmbH

Operations & Continuous Improvement Manager (f/m/d)
Location:NO
Livingston, GB, EH53 0TH
Limay, FR, 78520
Tampere, FI
Düsseldorf, NW, DE, 40468
Ploermel, FR, 56803
London, GB, SW1H 0HW
BE, DE
Waltrop, NW, DE, 45731
Bielefeld, NW, DE, 33605
Goettingen, NI, DE, 37081
Job Function: Operations
Anticipated Start Date: ASAP
Job Type: Full-Time/Part-Time
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We are one of the leading European contract manufacturers in the pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare sectors, with some 2,500 employees in Germany, France, Finland, UK and Norway. For us, the next step is always the one that matters most. Our fast pace drives us forward, fills our working environment with life and spurs our growth. Our winning formula for shared success: room for passion. Because we know that passion is the best medicine when it comes to excellent service around the world. Welcome to NextPharma.

Act as a single point of contact for Continuous Improvement within Operations for the NextPharma business. As Continuous Improvement Lead you will own the CI program pipeline from ideation to implementation – encompassing the full breadth of operations, to maximise business benefit - from warehouse & utilities, to manufacturing productivity & packaging OEE, to customer service and product lifecycle management. Experience and expertise with Packaging equipment performance improvement & troubleshooting is desirable and advantageous
You will develop and drive a continuous improvement program across all sites, as well as owning & leading key projects – including manufacturing/packaging process improvements, yield and productivity improvements and ideation for future cost savings and cost avoidance,

Building capability of CI / Lean and Operational Excellence within NextPharma sites by

• Driving Zero waste & defect mindset throughout the supply chain.
• Driving activities to improve productivity, reduce cost of poor quality and reduce manufacturing cost.
• To raise performance levels by establishing improvement culture – i.e. raising the capability of teams by focusing on business and manufacturing processes: stabilising, standardising, improving & automation; exposing problems, eliminating them & repeating the cycle, thorough root cause analysis
• To systematically reduce risks to employees, products and the environment through risk assessment, rigorous problem solving and establishing robust and effective CAPA
• To be the voice of TechOps Leadership where necessary.