Operations Manager

At its worldwide locations, Siegfried offers its employees exciting career opportunities in an international environment. We foster multidisciplinary collaboration and encourage our employees to actively shape and influence their careers. This approach, combined with our dynamic work environment, makes Siegfried an attractive employer.

Your Role

In this position, you fully manage the operation assigned to you and, together with your team, are responsible for the safety, quality, and timely quantity of the products produced while directly controlling the incurred costs. You lead the daily team directly reporting to you, consisting of a Technical Operations Expert, Operations Coordinator, and Operations Assistant, as well as the shift supervisors, and are responsible for the respective sub-areas.

• You manage the assigned operations and the personnel under your supervision and are responsible for training and further education, as well as personnel development measures within the organization.
• You are responsible for defining, implementing, and complying with regulatory requirements concerning SHE and cGMP within your area of responsibility.
• You coordinate all production topics with your team, are visible, define the department standard, and are responsible for its implementation.
• You lead routine meetings, set goals, and provide direct feedback to the involved employees.
• You initiate and monitor the timely execution of troubleshooting measures.
• You are responsible for compliant process documentation (operating instructions, change controls, etc.) in your area.
• In addition to monitoring production processes, your aim is to continuously optimize them regarding safety, ecology, and economic efficiency.
• Maintaining operating costs and initiating investment projects for new plants or the conversion of existing plants fall within your area of responsibility.

Your Profile

Expertise

• Completed studies in organic chemistry or chemical process engineering.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience in chemical production.
• Experience regarding process safety, GMP production environment, and manufacturing costs.
• Knowledge of official requirements and regulations for safe, environmentally friendly, and compliant production execution.
• Very good German and good English skills.

Personal Strengths

• High independence and goal- and solution-oriented action characterize your working style.
• You show initiative and are accustomed to taking responsibility.
• You possess strong assertiveness and can communicate clearly and appropriately to the situation. Your communication strength enables you to keep a cool head even in demanding situations.
• You are resilient and remain calm even in challenging situations.

Our Benefits

Flexible working hours enable the compatibility of family, leisure, and work

You can park with us at a discounted rate

Health insurance: discounts of up to 10% on supplementary insurance with our partners

Generous and individually customizable stock purchase plan

Child allowance: Siegfried AG increases the child allowance by 10% compared to the cantonal legal rate

Individual training opportunities

• Reka money: Siegfried AG grants employees a 20% discount

Attractive company pension fund

Staff restaurant / cafeteria: catering at preferential conditions

Central location: close to the train station with very good public transport connections

Access to exclusive corporate benefits and discounts for our employees

Working at Siegfried

The working environment at Siegfried is dynamic and international. With a highly professional and motivated team, the company operates in a future-oriented business field. Siegfried has a unique culture that leverages cultural differences to gain a competitive advantage. Siegfried places the highest value on a flexible, diverse, and discrimination-free work environment where employees can develop personally and professionally, drive innovation, and deliver top performance. We strive to create a work environment where employees can take on challenging tasks and associated responsibilities that best serve their personal and professional development and benefit from the success of our company. The company policies regarding compensation and development opportunities apply equally to all Siegfried locations. Additional working conditions are based on site-specific circumstances, legislation, and customs.

Who We Are

In the midst of people's lives - across the world The Siegfried Group is one of the world's leading Custom Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) that develop and produce pharmaceutical active ingredients (API), intermediates, and finished pharmaceuticals. As our core competence, we successfully integrate chemical and pharmaceutical expertise into a single business model. The name Siegfried stands for highest quality, efficiency, flexibility, and safety. With locations in Europe, Asia, and North America, we serve a broad global customer base, from large international pharmaceutical companies to small biologic-pharmaceutical companies. For them, we develop and produce product innovations on a large scale up to the finished product. We seamlessly integrate our offering into the customers' value chain. Our comprehensive range of services extends from early research and development services such as synthesis, scale-up, formulation development, stability studies, and method development to production services ranging from preclinical R&D material for clinical trial purposes to commercial production. We are capable of manufacturing about 200 of the approximately 1500 registered drugs used in medicine. In addition, we produce 20 percent of the global demand for caffeine. Nearly 1 billion people come into contact with Siegfried products.

What We Do in Zofingen

At our headquarters in Zofingen, we develop and produce active ingredients (API) and corresponding intermediates. This also includes the production of highly potent active ingredients. Furthermore, we offer chemical process development as well as pharmaceutical services. We supply our global customers with exemplary Swiss quality and operate fully in compliance with cGMP and SGU standards.