Site OPEX Lead

"Expect to grow", personally and professionally: At Siegfried, we offer exciting challenges and ample opportunities to showcase your talents. As a trusted and respected partner to the pharmaceutical industry, we uphold the highest standards in safety, quality and sustainability, while fostering a culture that empowers you to thrive. Join a rapidly expanding global company, where diverse perspectives and experiences come together in a collaborative environment. Here, you'll find a workplace that values both collective success and your individual contributions—offering long-term opportunities to grow and make an impact.

Your Role:  

At Siegfried we are currently looking for a Site OPEX Lead to join our team in our site based in Zofingen.

Reporting to the Site Head of Siegfried Zofingen and functionally reporting to the Global Head of Operations Management and Operational Excellence, the Site OPEX Lead will lead and deploy the site Operational Excellence strategy and management system to sustainably improve performance, ensuring alignment with safety, quality, and regulatory requirements as well as global OPEX standards.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategy & Deployment:

· Define and deploy the site OPEX strategy aligned with site and global priorities

· Lead the local, cross-functional translation of strategic objectives into structured improvement programs and roadmaps.


2. Project Portfolio & Governance:

· Manage the full lifecycle of the OPEX project portfolio (idea to sustainability)

· Ensure structured prioritization, governance, and tracking of initiatives, including global projects and initiatives


3. Performance Management & KPIs:

· Define and monitor relevant KPIs linked to value drivers (safety, quality, delivery, cost)

· Drive KPI-based steering and performance review routines


4. Capability Building & Coaching:

· Train and coach employees and leaders in Lean, Six Sigma, and problem-solving methods

· Lead cross-functional and sustainable site capability-building and ownership of improvement practices


5. Culture & Cross-functional Enablement:

· Foster a continuous improvement mindset across all functions

· Guarantee a functional tier meeting/reporting system that allows cross functional interfaces optimization

· Ensure an ideation process

· Enable cross-functional collaboration and alignment on improvement priorities


Main Tasks:

· Define and align the site improvement program with the leadership team

· Identify, assess, and prioritize improvement opportunities

· Lead strategic cross-functional improvement projects

· Deploy standard improvement methods and governance routines

· Ensure sustainability and ownership of implemented improvements

· Provide fact-based analysis and recommendations to site leadership

Your Profile:

What are we looking for?

• Degree in engineering, science, or related field

• At least 5 years of previous experience in chemical GMP manufacturing/operations and continuous improvement

• Track record with state-of-the-art lean production systems (TPS, IWS, WCM, etc.)

• Strong Lean/Six Sigma expertise with certification would be a plus (Black Belt preferred)

• Strong project and program management skills

• Analytical thinking and data-driven decision-making capability

• Strong leadership, coaching, and change management skills

• Ability to influence in a matrix organization

• Fluent in German and English

• Willingness to travel once a quarter

Your Benefits: 

What do we offer?

• Pension Plan: Our company-sponsored pension plan is attractive and offers flexible contribution options

• Our stock purchase plan is generous and can be tailored to individual needs

• Child Allowance: Siegfried AG increases the child allowance by 10% above the cantonal statutory rate

• Reka-Geld: Siegfried AG offers employees a 20% discount

• Staff restaurant / cafeteria: Meals at preferential rates

• You can park at a discounted rate

• Centrally located: Close to the train station with excellent public transportation connections

If you’re excited by the idea of joining our group, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and be part of building something extraordinary!

Founded in 1873 in Zofingen, Switzerland, Siegfried has grown into a global network of 16 sites across three continents. With a team of more than 4,200 highly skilled professionals, we take the innovations of our pharmaceutical customers to industrial scale and manufacture safe drugs for patients worldwide. As a fully integrated CDMO, Siegfried is one of the few organizations today that can carry out the development and manufacturing of APIs and finished dosage forms under one roof. This unique combination of know-how and experience makes us the most trusted partner in the pharmaceutical industry.