Operational Excellence Lead: BioVectra
Core
Build and embed the production operating system across microbial fermentation and downstream recovery value streams to convert operational performance into sellable capacity.
Role type
Senior IC Operational Excellence Lead (Manufacturing)
Builds
Production systems, tiered daily management structures, kaizen funnels, and transformation scorecards for CDMO manufacturing sites.
Domain
Biopharmaceutical manufacturing / Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Microbial fermentation expertise, downstream recovery and purification, GMP environment experience, Lean/TPS/DBS operating system deployment, structured problem-solving (A3/PSP), value stream mapping, strategy deployment, coaching supervisors and operators
Preferred skills
CDMO environment experience, Lean/Six Sigma/TPS certification, Danaher Business System certification
Technologies
MES, electronic batch records, shop-floor data systems, analytics tools
Responsibilities
Own production system build from incoming materials to release-readiness, build and sustain tiered daily management (Tier 1-4), run kaizen events to close KPI gaps, translate business objectives to floor-level priorities, connect operational performance to throughput and capacity outcomes, lead structured problem-solving at Gemba, coach emerging practitioners in Lean fundamentals
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC