This is what you will do Alexion, AstraZeneca's rare disease unit, is dedicated to reaching more patients globally with its innovative drug portfolio.
To align with Alexion's strategic ambitions, the Business Excellence Manager will play a crucial role in transforming capabilities, optimizing processes, and cultivating a culture of performance improvement.
This leader will spearhead strategic projects that drive operational excellence, digital innovation, and end-to-end (E2E) process transformation, ensuring scalability and resilience for future challenges.
They will develop and implement global standards for operational processes while coaching and building capabilities across cross-functional teams to promote continuous improvement and lean leadership.
As a change agent, they will integrate digital tools and strategies to streamline workflows and foster innovation, aligning initiatives with organizational goals and enhancing AO's productivity.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in leading project management and strategic process improvements, with an emphasis on developing a robust culture of operational excellence and efficiency.
As a Business Excellence Manager at Alexion, you will have the opportunity to lead initiatives that enhance our operational capabilities, ensuring we meet our strategic ambitions and continue to transform the lives of patients globally.
You will be responsible for: Technical Pillar: Support Delivery Supply Efficiency Strategy: Lead initiatives to enhance supply chain efficiency, implementing strategies to optimise resource allocation and minimize waste.
Continuous Improvement: Drive a culture of continuous improvement by implementing Lean methodologies and ensuring teams are equipped with the tools and knowledge for ongoing enhancements.
Standardized Work and Problem Solving: Orchestrate and adaptstandardised work processes, ensuring consistency and quality across operations.
Facilitate problem-solving workshops to foster innovation and efficiency.
Value Stream Management: Conduct value stream mapping to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
Implement improvements that enhance workflow and product delivery.
Design for Six Sigma and Certification: Support the deployment of Design for Lean/Six Sigma methodologies to ensure high standards of product and process excellence.
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