Senior Quality Excellence Manager 80-100% (f/m/d)

Location: The actual location of this job is in Visp, Switzerland. Hybrid Work Model is applicable. Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed.

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

For our site in Visp we are currently looking for a Senior Quality Excellence Manager (m/f/d), who will become part of our Quality Excellence team. In this role, you will drive operational excellence at its best and contribute as a strong influential LEAN specialist within a matrix organization to support our Quality organization on its way to best in class performance.

What you’ll get: 

• An agile career and dynamic working culture

• An inclusive and ethical workplace

• Compensation programs that recognize high performance

• A variety of benefits dependant on role and location

The full list of our global benefits can be also found on https://www.lonza.com/careers/benefits.

What you’ll do: 

• Drive process standardization and efficiency in line with Lonza’s LBMS standards

• Support the implementation of a Lean Batch Release program on site

• Establish Quality Excellence CoE and PMO structures, supporting the standardization, simplification and digitalization of our key quality processes

• Facilitate to embed a LEAN culture of continuous improvement and ideation within Quality

• Monitor and enable reporting of Quality performance KPIs for our site in Visp and initiate necessary activities to enable target achievement by the departments in scope

• Support multi-disciplinary project teams and hold team members accountable to achieve the project goals within given timelines

• Share best practice within the Visp Site as well as with the wider Lonza Pharma network

What we’re looking for: 

·        University Degree in a scientific area OR an absolved apprenticeship in a pharmaceutical environment (e.g. Lab Technician, CPT, etc)

·        Profound experience in a GMP regulated environment; preferably within QA/QC

·        Experience with Lean / Six Sigma, within a Quality related environment

·        Certified Green Belt or higher is required

·        PowerBI and/or Minitab knowledge would be an advantage

·        Fluent German (written and verbal) and good English language skills are required

·        Strong ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues across different functions

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.