Business Excellence Lead

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Job Description

Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company that will inspire you and empower you to shine?

Here, you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission.

“At our heart are committed colleagues. We offer interested people numerous opportunities and strongly believe in, and promote, diversity, equity and inclusion. As a company we offer roles based on merit, welcoming candidates of any gender, age, religious belief, race or ethnic origin or disAbility. Our team is growing and for this we need bright minds with creativity and flexibility – what talent do you have?”

In this role, you will contribute to Takeda’s mission by having the ability to lead effectively and work concurrently across multiple projects in a goal-oriented, timeline-driven, and dynamic work environment, while ensuring quality and accuracy. A typical day will include:

MORE ABOUT TO US:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

• Drives implementation of the Global Engineering (GE) “One Takeda Engineering” transformation program that contributes towards improving operational efficiency and customer experience

• Facilitates and guides the application of business excellence tools, methods and frameworks to foster a culture of continuous improvement across the Engineering network inline with the “One Takeda Engineering” program.

• Ensures implementation of an impact tracking processes in the network as part of “One Takeda Engineering”.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE:

• Co-leads the Transformation Program “One Takeda Engineering”, which harmonizes, modernizes and optimizes the Target Operating Model for Engineering across the GMS Network

• Ensures that the new Target Operating Model (TOM) is designed and embedded on time in the network, including tracking of impact and benefits. The TOM is defining the organizational design based on roles and capabilities needed to deliver key services by site Engineering

• Evaluates information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, and distinguishes business requests from the underlying true needs.

• Implements an Engineering capability building framework across the network: coordinate with stakeholders, build a repository of materials and a process to improve and keep materials up-to-date, coordinate training, include content for new skills (e.g., digital) and partner with other functions to realize this

• Guides site stakeholders and functional teams to enhance capabilities, adopt and embed new ways of working, and ultimately changing outcomes to deliver more value for our teams and our clients across the full project lifecycle of design, procurement, construction, and commissioning services as well as the support functions across our global office network.

• Removes barriers to change and influences others to see the benefits of newly implemented processes or technology

• Supports the site Engineering Heads and teams in the execution of operational excellence initiatives or best practices

• Collaborates with all relevant stakeholders to continuously improve the OTE design, implementation approach, playbook and other supporting documents

• Stimulates and promotes knowledge sharing and best practice across Engineering function as well as cross-functions.

• Fosters and contributes to lean/agile communities of practice, including coaching our network to embed agile mindset & behaviors in the Engineering organization.

DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS

Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise

• Experience, background, and understanding of management of Engineering activities and CAPEX projects in Pharma

• Ability to navigate in complex global operations and organization

Leadership

• Ability to build collaborative relationships and achieve outcomes through influence

• Strong focus on delivering results with a service excellence

Decision-making and Autonomy

• Take and/or facilitate decisions based on day-to-day progress of implementation plans, actions and prioritizations

• Systematic approach, detailed when needed and with an ability to analyse in a systemic and holistic manner

Interaction

• Close collaboration and alignment with all GMS/GQ Global Engineering department heads, site Engineering Heads and their teams, Global and Site AGILE teams, key team members as well as other key stakeholder with functions outside Global and Site Engineering

• Ability to effectively influence and drive consensus across intercultural, global cross-functional teams, and ability to interact with senior levels of management

• Skilled and curious listener, with ability to engage stakeholders and convey information or points of view in a precise and concise manner.

Innovation

• Focus on strategic findings and pinpointing potential waste and barriers; actively seeks to find out how these can be eliminated

• Leverage good/best practices and new technologies across the network

Complexity

• Learns fast to ensure a deep understanding of the manufacturing network (30 sites plus above site functions in multiple locations), and the product portfolio is required to work effectively with GMS/GQ leaders, Engineering colleagues and other key stakeholder functions.

• Makes decisions in alignment with Head of Business Excellence Global Engineering.

WHAT YOU BRING TO TAKEDA:

Education / Experience:

Essential:

• Degree in Science, Engineering, Business and/or Organizational Behaviors (Dipl. Ing./M.Sc./B.Sc.) or equivalent

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred

• Proven track record in manufacturing and operations excellence is a must

• Experience in international environment and proven management of people, process and systems

• Lean and AGILE: Certified Lean/Six Sigma/AGILE practitioner preferred

• Languages: Fluent English, both spoken and written; others helpful

Key Skills and Competencies:

• Demonstrates strong change leadership skills

• Acts as a positive, resilient and collaborative leader with a ‘can do’ approach

• Demonstrates innovative problem solving and analytical skills

• Has business acumen and knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry.

• Develops and maintains strong relationships at various levels with partners.

• Has good interpersonal skills to communicate at all levels and achieve outcomes.

• Good business understanding and drive to implement a structured implementation process.

• Good knowledge of pharmaceutical processes and their regulatory requirements.

• Ability to challenge projects and / or technical solutions.

• Extended knowledge of business & project management.

• Demonstrates TAKEDA Leadership behaviors (strategic enterprise thinking, inspires and enables people, focus on few priorities, elevates capabilities of the organization).

• Creative and innovative mind and understand internal customer needs.

WHAT TAKEDA CAN OFFER YOU

• Excellent conditions & benefits including generous holidays
• Genuine career progression and development
• Opportunity to work with a world class leader in the pharmaceutical sector
• A dynamic and inspiring working environment.
• Opportunities to work on challenging projects and assignments.

EMPOWERING OUR PEOPLE TO SHINE:

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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