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Director Operations, Pharma & Consumer Health

Catalent

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May 7, 2026

Location
DEU-Schorndorf, Germany
Type
Full-time
Department
Healthcare
Seniority
Director
Closing date
Jun 30, 2026
Source
Workday

Description

Job Title: Director Operations, Pharma & Consumer Health

Reports to: General Manager, Pharma & Consumer Health

Location: Schorndorf, Germany

Position Summary

The Director Operations, Pharma & Consumer Health is responsible for providing key leadership, direction, organization, management, monitoring, cGMP and EHS compliance of the roles, activities and proceedings of all assigned production personnel to ensure the successful, cost effective, timely and sage production and packaging of pharmaceutical solid dosage forms. The position holder will serve as a member of the site executive team.

The Role

  • Lead and control of safe, GMP compliant, cost-efficient and stable manufacturing and packaging processes of solid dosage forms (among other tablets, film tablets, capsules and granules).

  • With the Heads of Production (HoP) for Packaging and Manufacturing, continually establish the appropriate organizational structure and staffing levels for the manufacturing and packaging areas. Supervise, direct and develop the HoP for Manufacturing and Packaging.

  • Accountable for driving change initiatives and fostering associate involvement to enhance accountability and sense of urgency throughout the entire area of responsibility.

  • Develop, implement, and review suitable KPIs and ensure appropriate actions are taken to continuously improve cost efficiency, safety, quality and compliance for all processes in manufacturing and packaging.

  • Builds and develops a committed team to manage all aspects of the area of responsibility as it applies to order fulfilment, including such business processes as order and personnel planning and scheduling, continuous improvement in productivity, implementation and sharing of best practice, quality and business and processes and cost control.

  • Develop continual process improvement and capital improvement plans to keep the Manufacturing and Packaging capabilities state of the art. Collaborate with the Black Belts/Lean Six Sigma associates to drive implementation and maintenance of "best practice" processes, such as Lean Manufacturing, Standard Work, Six Sigma, TQM and similar tools.

  • Additional duties as assigned.

The Candidate

  • University degree in life sciences, engineering, manufacturing, operations, business, logistics or equivalent experience.

  • 10+ years of progressively increasing managerial experience in a pharmaceutical environment (it is essential that the position holder have experience in the pharmaceutical sector, ideally with knowledge in the manufacturing and packaging of solid dose forms).

  • 10+ years' experience in management positions.

  • A demonstrable track record of success delivering continuous improvement/OEE practices whilst adhering to strong management and leadership principles.

  • A commercially orientated individual with excellent interpersonal skills and experience of successfully delivering change management programmes to improve efficiencies is essential.

  • Strong experience with Operational Excellence, Lean Manufacturing, Lean and Six Sigma or similar efficiency improvement programmes is preferred.

  • Fluency in English and German.

  • Ability to be on site 5 days a week.

  • Catalent supports relocation for qualified candidates.

Catalent bietet  Möglichkeiten, Ihre Karriere voranzutreiben! Werden Sie Teil des globalen Marktführers in der Entwicklung von Darreichungsformen von Medikamenten und helfen Sie uns, Patienten auf der ganzen Welt über 7.000 lebensrettende und lebensverbessernde Produkte anzubieten. Catalent ist ein spannendes und wachsendes internationales Unternehmen, dessen Mitarbeiter direkt mit Pharma-, Biopharma- und Consumer-Health-Unternehmen jeder Größe zusammenarbeiten, um neue Medikamente von der frühen Entwicklung über klinische Studien bis hin zur Marktreife zuentwickeln. Catalent produziert mehr als 70 Milliarden Dosen pro Jahr und jede davon wird von jemandem verwendet, der auf uns zählt. Machen Sie mit uns den Unterschied.

   

Persönliche Initiative. dynamisches Tempo. Bedeutungsvolle Arbeit.

Besuchen Sie, Catalent Careers um Karrieremöglichkeiten zu entdecken.

Catalent ist ein Arbeitgeber für Chancengleichheit und diskriminiert nicht aufgrund von Merkmalen, die durch lokale Gesetze geschützt sind.

Wenn Sie aufgrund einer Behinderung für einen Teil des Bewerbungs- oder Einstellungsverfahrens angemessene Vorkehrungen benötigen, können Sie Ihre Anfrage per E-Mail senden und Ihre Anfrage nach einer Unterkunft bestätigen und die Stellennummer, den Titel und den Standort an [email protected] angeben. Diese Option ist Personen vorbehalten, die aufgrund einer Behinderung eine Unterkunft benötigen. Die erhaltenen Informationen werden von einem US-amerikanischen Catalent-Mitarbeiter verarbeitet und dann an einen lokalen Personalvermittler weitergeleitet, der Unterstützung bietet, um eine angemessene Berücksichtigung im Bewerbungs- oder Einstellungsverfahren sicherzustellen.

    

Hinweis für Vertreter von Agenturen und Personalberatungen Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) akzeptiert keine unaufgefordert eingesandten Lebensläufe von Agenturen und/oder Personalberatungen für diese Stellenausschreibung. Lebensläufe, die einem Catalent-Mitarbeiter von einer Drittagentur und/oder einer Personalberatung ohne gültige schriftliche und unterzeichnete Beauftragung vorgelegt werden, gehen in das alleinige Eigentum von Catalent über. Es wird keine Gebühr gezahlt, wenn ein Kandidat für diese Position aufgrund einer unaufgeforderten Empfehlung einer Agentur oder einer Suchfirma eingestellt wird. Vielen Dank.

Skills

GMPLean ManufacturingComplianceChange ManagementSix Sigma

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