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AGC Biologics

Operational Excellence Business Partner, Senior

Copenhagen

FULL TIME

October 17, 2024

Our purpose is to bring hope to life by enabling life-changing therapies for patients around the globe, creating a healthier and happier tomorrow. Our mission is to work side by side with our customers in order to improve patients’ lives by bringing new biopharmaceuticals to market.
Senior Operational Excellence Business Partner for Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
Are you ambitious, structured, and yet innovative and do you want to become part of our Lean Transformation journey, managing new Lean initiatives across sites? Join a dynamic and international company where our purpose is to bring hope to life by enabling life-changing therapies for patients around the globe, creating a healthier and happier tomorrow. Our mission is to work side by side with our customers to improve patient’s lives by bringing new biopharmaceuticals to market.
AGC Biologics is an international and modern organization with production sites in Europe, Japan, and the US. AGC Biologics is the largest contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO). AGC Biologics delivers biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing of Drug Bulk Intermediates/Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for clinical studies and the global commercial market.
About the department
You will join the Global Operational Excellence team and be part of the team covering the EU region. The team covers our AGC biologics sites in Copenhagen, Heidelberg, and Milan. The team consists of 3 to 5 Operational Excellence Business partners, covering all European sites. We are responsible for facilitating and actively supporting global and site-specific Operational Excellence initiatives.
The job
We are looking for an experienced Lean partner to support our growing number of improvement initiatives across the EU region. In this position, you will report to and work with the Director of Operational Excellence for the EU region and your team members in Copenhagen, Heidelberg, and Milan. You will be a key player in leading Lean projects together with internal stakeholders as well as planning change management activities and equipping leaders to facilitate continuous improvements.
You will be responsible for setting the direction for our Lean projects in the pipeline. Through interviews, data collection, dialogue, and analysis with the involved areas, you will present business cases and be responsible for designing and implementing standardization and improvement projects as well as new innovative projects.
To succeed in the job, you must thrive in a changing environment. You have a strong desire to create a foundation and standards, achieve and maintain operational excellence, and contribute to cross-functional initiatives. You naturally create a positive and inspiring environment around you and possess excellent collaboration skills.
Responsibilities:
  • Monitor and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Implement Lean elements such as visual management, problem-solving, and waste identification
  • Collaborate with colleagues globally and identify cross-collaboration opportunities
  • Develop and teach lean training activities for colleagues to strengthen their lean capabilities
  • Interview and collect data from key stakeholders in the organization
  • Analyze large data sets to identify opportunities and drive fact-based decisions
  • Create dashboards/visuals to communicate improvement impacts
  • Identify and develop optimization opportunities in partnership with other areas
  • Develop systems to support ongoing improvements in business processes and procedures
  • Act as a systems thinker, business analyzer, barrier breaker, and facilitator
  • Drive and anchor change in the organization
  • Provide project leadership and management
  • Coach middle and senior management on continuous improvement concepts
Qualifications:
  • Degree in natural science, engineering, operations, or supply chain management
  • Strong business understanding and ability to connect improvement efforts to business value
  • Solid IT skills
  • 7+ years of Lean experience, including identifying, managing, and driving cross-functional process improvement efforts
  • Understanding of a production site from the pharmaceutical industry including an understanding of working in a regulated industry
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification is preferred
  • Effective communication skills with management, leadership, peers, and subordinates
  • You can engage, collaborate, give advice, and provide feedback to your colleagues as well as stakeholders
  • Fluency in spoken and written English is required
Our culture at AGC Biologics is defined by the six core values: Knowledge, Trust, Quality, Ingenuity, Accountability and Teamwork. Our core values stem from our team members and are embedded into our DNA. They provide a common language and understanding of how we as an organization are connected across three continents. Our core values serve as a compass and reminder of how we achieve our purpose of bringing hope to life for patients around the globe.

AGC Biologics is a leading global biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standard of service as we work side-by-side with our clients and partners, every step of the way. We provide world-class development and manufacture of mammalian and microbial-based therapeutic proteins, plasmid DNA (p DNA), messenger RNA (m RNA), viral vectors, and genetically engineered cells. Our global network spans the U.S., Europe, and Asia, with c GMP-compliant facilities in Seattle, Washington; Boulder and Longmont, Colorado; Copenhagen, Denmark; Heidelberg, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Chiba, Japan. We currently employ more than 2,500 employees worldwide. Our commitment to continuous innovation fosters the technical creativity to solve our clients’ most complex challenges, including specialization in fast-track projects and rare diseases. AGC Biologics is the partner of choice. To learn more, visit
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AGC Biologics offers a highly competitive compensation package and a friendly, collaborative culture that values personal initiative and professional achievement. AGC Biologics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
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