OPEX Site Lead

OPEX Director

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 be responsible to develop the OPEX strategy in the site. The role will be able to benchmark operational excellence concepts to be applied in the Pennsville site for increased efficiency. The role will be able to lead and influence without authority and be able to challenge the status quo across functional teams in all departments, but not limited to manufacturing, supply chain, business processes like procurement, HR and finance, with the sole purpose to increase performance. The role will drive and influence all continuous improvement efforts, will increase the performance and develop and apply optimization tools across all the site's departments. This role will develop and implement the Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing strategy and culture to enhance operational effectiveness in the site. The role will identify opportunities and implement improvements by utilizing best practices in the industry with respect to Operational Excellence and best-in-class concepts.

Your Profile:

Job Description

• Proficient in leading Kaizen events, GEMBA walks, 5S audits, Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
• Proficient in leading Root Cause Analysis Methodologies in any context across the site Proficient in Production Systems
• Proficient in procurement, finance and SAP for analysis of COGs and financial variances to find opportunities, develop strategy and achieve increased validated improvements
• Proficient in leading Value Stream Mapping, process mapping, Six Sigma, DMAIC, etc
• 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 concepts used in Lean
• Proficiency in energy consumption analysis and improvements
• Proficient in waste reduction in the site
• Experience in calculating OEE (overall Equipment Efficiency) and applying it for Technical Availability increases and quality improvements and debottlenecking.
• Drive the development and implementation of key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and monitor effectiveness of operational processes.
• Conduct thorough analyses of existing processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement by utilizing statistical principles and make proposals based on analysis
• Lead and participate in cross-functional teams to gather and analyze data, create proper metrics and implement improvements to increase operational performance.
• Identifies and implements cost reduction projects
• Design and implement improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, reducing costs, and improving overall productivity.
• Regularly report on global and local performance metrics and provide insights to leadership for informed decision-making
• Apply Lean and Six Sigma principles to identify and eliminate waste, streamline processes, and enhance overall operational effectiveness.
• Adheres to personal moral, ethical, legal, and behavioral conduct that is in compliance with the Siegfried Code of Conduct.
• Implements and adheres to all applicable SHE, DEA, and cGMP regulations.
• Experience with Sustainability practices including EcoVadis qualification and validation

Supervision:

The incumbent must be able to give technical instructions to chemical operators.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical field with 10+ years of relevant experience
• MBA is preferred
• Must have excellent role model/leadership capabilities.
• Ability to organize data, construct visual data-analysis, infer/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 (employee and family) (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.