Operational Excellence & Business Analytics Associate Director
Core
Translate enterprise and asset-level performance data into decision-ready views of the commercial manufacturing network and drive improvement initiatives to optimize lead-time, yield, and cost.
Role type
Associate Director, Operational Excellence & Business Analytics
Builds
Integrated performance dashboards, standardized metrics frameworks, and data-driven governance processes for the external commercial manufacturing network.
Domain
Biotechnology / Pharmaceutical Manufacturing / Operational Excellence
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, root-cause analysis, scenario modeling, data analysis, change management, stakeholder management, data architecture concepts, advanced analytics, AI/automation deployment
Preferred skills
MS/MBA, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Technologies
Power BI, Tableau, SAP, Smartsheet, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint
Responsibilities
Contribute to setting operational excellence strategy and success measures; identify, prioritize, and drive execution of commercial manufacturing improvement initiatives; build and maintain integrated performance views and standard dashboards; support scenario analysis and trade-off evaluations for network decisions; embed learning and improvement discipline into governance rhythms; mentor teams on lean processes and data fluency.
Seniority
Senior, strategic leadership with hands-on execution