Opex Specialist

Location: Origgio

Our people in Manufacturing & Global Operations share two priorities: getting things done and making things better. If you’re a dynamic person with a positive mindset, you’ll fit in well here. It’s an international team with a powerful spirit of collaboration. Together, we make sure our products meet the highest standards of quality by constantly searching for ways to improve at every stage of our value chain – from the raw materials we buy through to the logistics network that brings our medicines to patients.

Join our team and help us make an even bigger contribution to Grünenthal’s future.
What The Job Looks Like

Driving continuous improvement activities, monitoring Grunenthal´s Business system (GOBS) progress, participating in site improvement assessments as well as developing and ensuring follow-through on improvement plans
Working with production & training teams to deliver targeted OPEX training and demonstrate use of Lean/Six Sigma and TPM concepts
Organizing events/workshops in the department to drive knowledge transfer and sharing of good manufacturing and best demonstrated practices
Developing presentations to summarize findings and propose recommendations
Supporting standardization of processes and continuous improvement training materials
Leading SMED activities
Leading MFA (material flow analysis)

What You'll Bring To The Table

Relevant Bachelor's or Master's degree (e.g. mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, chemistry or pharmacy)
Minimum 3 years experienced continuous improvement leadership or process engineering roles, implementing Lean and Six Sigma or other OPEX transformations in structured manufacturing companies - Project Management Experience would be beneficial
Fluent both in Italian and English
Strong process engineering and data analysis skills
Empathy and excellent communication skills, presentation and influencing skills, change management ability and strategic thinking
Advanced skills with Excel and PowerPoint and in the use of mini-tab tools

Grünenthal offers equal employment opportunities. Recruitment will take place without distinction with regard to religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, origin, disability or other relevant categories.
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