Senior Director Site Master Planning and Third Party Services (f/m/d)

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three 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.

Key responsibilities:

Site Masterplanning

• Responsible to develop, maintain and adjust the operational Visp Site Masterplan, provide baseline and develop options for future developments according to business and stakeholder needs. Integrate dismantling master plan and drive the transformation. Regularly align with Strategic Site Masterplan.
• Coordinate Space Usage request on Site, lead the site commission planning with Engineering and Growth Project Teams for space usage, and escalate if needed request to the appropriate sounding boards (Site Leadership Team, Operations board, Steering Board).
• Ensure exchange with community and external stakeholders management for site developments initiative affecting the outer site, ensure alignment of external initiatives (personal, traffic flows).

Strategic Development of the Site’s Infrastructure

• Facilitate overall transformation plan for infrastructure development in alignment with businesses to provide mid- and long-term development scenarios incl. decarbonization and sustainability for energy and waste. Drive breakdown into strategic projects to derive the 5 year project plan. Integrate evaluation of future needs of Infrastructure’s also coming from 3rd parties on site.
• Initiate and lead projects for specific early phase projects (Ideation up to Feasibility) to investigate strategic options on site.
• Support continuous improvement and transparency based on benchmarks and best practices for the development of infrastructure and service within defined initiatives.

Contract Management

• Lead the negotiation for contracts with assigned 3rd party companies.
• Harmonize service contract frame work incl. service levels for infrastructure and utility services provided by Lonza to 3rd parties or Joint Ventures on site, in alignment with Share Infrastructure organization as well as Controlling.
• Facilitate escalations that derive from service agreements.

Key requirements:

• Master Degree in Engineering, Sciences or Business Administration
• Fluent in both German and English (mandatory)
• A minimum of 10-year experience in the field of Site Support/ Operations in the Pharma CDMO Business and Infrastructure.
• Track record in contract and service level management
• Can-Do attitude and hands-on approach to connect and align with key stakeholders across businesses, companies and authorities
• Strong analytical skills, business acumen and political savviness
• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments
• Demonstrated strong communication skills across multiple levels of a multinational organization
• Education in Lean (Black or Green Belt) would be an advantage
• The role is located on site and requires local presence