Job Description
Bausch + Lomb (www.bausch-lomb.de) is one of the world's best-known names in the field of ophthalmology. With more than 13,000 employees worldwide, we work to improve the lives of millions of people in our Pharmaceuticals, Vision Care (contact lenses) and Surgical (eye surgery) divisions. Constant innovation and a strong growth strategy enable us to offer our employees excellent development opportunities and create attractive, inspiring workplaces.
The Value Stream Operational Excellence Leader will serve as a key leader in aligning operational excellence strategies, fostering continuous improvement, and enhancing overall performance within the designated value stream. This role will collaborate closely with multiple sites globally and various functions across the business unit to drive toward a common operational business systems standard across all of GPS (Global Production Systems).
Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead and facilitate continuous improvement initiatives across the Operations Business Unit
- Provide strategic guidance to enhance operational excellence, aligned with company goals
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to drive and support improvement activities
- Employ a disciplined approach to quickly address challenges and standardize excellence
- Coach and educate teams on continuous improvement techniques to build a learning organization
- Drive cost improvement projects to enhance unit cost and Gross Margin
- Advocate for best practices across all sites, leveraging Lean and Six Sigma methodologies
- Bachelor's degree in a technical, engineering, or business management field; advanced degree preferred
- 8+ years of leadership experience in manufacturing or supply chain, with increasing responsibility
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to operate in a decentralized, matrixed environment
- Proven experience in project management and driving Continuous Improvement using Lean/Six Sigma
- Results-oriented, with a track record of successful LSS projects leading to value return
- LSS Black Belt certification with completed projects resulting in value return (savings)
- Experience leading and motivating multicultural, globally dispersed teams
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence at all levels
- Attractive pharmaceutical/chemical industry salary package with extra benefits
- Payment of an employer contribution to the company pension scheme
- 30 days holiday
- Teams with an outstanding spirit in which we learn from each other and you can realise your potential
- Insights into a modern, internationally operating company with a lot of personal responsibility
- Career and further development, training and education programmes
- Health check-ups, gym subsidy
- Varied catering in our canteen
- Free parking spaces on the company premises and a subsidised Germany travel pass