Site Operational Excellence Lead is accountable to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives, enhancing manufacturing and business processes, efficiency, effectiveness, and reducing waste. Ensures the achievement of site performance targets while increasing OpEx proficiency across the site. The role acts as a change champion and facilitates transformation. In particular Site Perfomance & Operational Excellence Lead will support the deployment of the Toulouse Target Operating Model (TOM) and Site Performance System, ensuring sustainable performance improvement, productivity gains, and operational excellence. The role is accountable for implementing SQDCP management routines across all organizational levels, delivering the site’s VSM/OPEX roadmap, and enabling a annual productivity improvement of 5-10% while supporting GMP readiness, PPQ execution and commercial manufacturing readiness.
Site Perfomance & Operational Excellence Lead the transformation of site performance by embedding Operational Excellence principles across all functions and organizational levels. Drive execution excellence, performance management, and continuous improvement to ensure sustainable achievement of business, quality, compliance, HSE, and operational objectives.
The role is instrumental in establishing a high-performance culture through the deployment of robust performance management systems, including SQDCP governance, visual management, tiered accountability, problem-solving capabilities, and disciplined execution routines. The incumbent partners with site leadership and cross-functional teams to translate strategic objectives into measurable operational results.
A key responsibility is the development and execution of the site’s long-term Operational Excellence roadmap, including implementation of the Target Operating Model (TOM), Value Stream Management (VSM), productivity improvement programs, and organizational capability building. The role ensures that Lean, Six Sigma, and Change Management methodologies are effectively applied to accelerate operational maturity and deliver sustainable performance improvements.
The position leads site-wide initiatives focused on:
Productivity and efficiency improvement
· Operational reliability and performance stability
· Safety, GMP and compliance-by-design practices
· End-to-end value stream optimization
· Cost competitiveness and waste elimination
· Continuous improvement culture and capability development
The incumbent is expected to identify, prioritize, and execute value creation initiatives that deliver measurable business impact (P&L relevant), supporting annual productivity improvements of approximately 5% to 10% and contributing to the site’s long-term competitiveness and growth objectives.
This is a site-specific leadership role with accountability for driving strategic transformation initiatives, strengthening operational capabilities, and ensuring successful execution of the site’s business priorities and future growth ambition.