Operational Excellence Lead

Role Overview

• Provide Business facing OE Support to ES Clusters and/or PC1
• Drive the ES Clusters/PC1 Governance in alignment with IMEx
• Be a central part of the ES Clusters/PC1 and a facilitator as needed of the weekly, monthly and quarterly cadence of team meetings
• Facilitate/Co-lead the ES Cluster/PC1 Strategy and Goal setting
• Lead/Support/Coach OE solutions in the ES Clusters/PC1 e.g. Continuous Improvement Loop, IMEx Deployment, Innovation, Agile Transformation, Complex Investigations in alignment with the ES/OE Strategies
• Lead/Coach the CI Process within the ES Clusters / PC1 at T4 VSLT and T3/T2 VSOT/VPT levels
• Lead/Support/Coach the deployment of ES OS solutions e.g. Continuous Improvement Loop, IMEx Deployment, Agile Transformation, EIRM, facilitate Innovations Workshops at the BU level
• Coach Complex Investigations using the established process
• Work with the ES OE team to ensure appropriate skills are deployed by BU and region
• Build OE & Innovation capabilities at the ES Clusters/PC1 and selected CMOs
• Build M1, M2, M3, M4, PHP and Innovation capabilities within the ES Cluster/PC1 in conjunction with the PGS OE Teams
• Embed CI mindsets & behaviors in the BU team and supporting functions
• Contribute to the OE & ES Strategies
• Assist with co-design of OE programs
• Facilitate ES S&OE team meetings

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in associated discipline is required (i.e., Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management or Science)
• 8+ years of manufacturing and/or supply experience
• 5+ years hands-on analytics/six sigma/continuous improvement experience
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt trained and certified minimum
• AI certified
• Incumbent must be fluent both written and verbally in English.
• Certified/Trained AI Expert (preferred)
• Certified Innovation Coach (preferred)
• M1 Train the trainer (preferred)
• Languages such as Mandarin, Spanish, Italian and French are preferred but not required.
• 5+ years coaching and certifying successful six sigma green belts and black belts (preferred)
• Proven skills in managing large scale initiatives (preferred)
• Demonstrated coaching skills (preferred)
• Comprehensive knowledge of a broad range of operational excellence methodologies / programs (preferred)
• Ability to define, evaluate and recommend improvement opportunities across the E2E to achieve and sustain improvements (preferred)
• Strong business acumen with manufacturing and supply chain experiences preferred (preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization and a proven track record in change management (preferred)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to guide and / or lead diverse teams (preferred)
• Strong analytical and problem solving (preferred)
• Adaptable to work priorities in response to complex and rapidly changing environment (preferred)
• Ability to navigate ES organization and operate in a multicultural environment (preferred)
• Develop and execute strategies with minimal guidance (preferred)

Tech Stack

• PHP

Benefits

• Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.