Global Head of Operations Excellence

About the company
Galderma is the emerging pure-play dermatology category leader, present in approximately 90 countries. We deliver an innovative, science-based portfolio of premium flagship brands and services that span the full spectrum of the fast-growing dermatology market through Injectable Aesthetics, Dermatological Skincare and Therapeutic Dermatology.

Since our foundation in 1981, we have dedicated our focus and passion to the human body's largest organ
- the skin
- meeting individual consumer and patient needs with superior outcomes in partnership with healthcare professionals. Because we understand that the skin, we are in shapes our lives, we are advancing dermatology for every skin story. We look for people who focus on getting results, embrace learning and bring a positive energy. They must combine initiative with a sense of teamwork and collaboration.

Above all, they must be passionate about doing something meaningful for consumers, patients, and the healthcare professionals we serve every day. We aim to empower each employee and promote their personal growth while ensuring business needs are met now and into the future. Across our company, we embrace diversity and respect the dignity, privacy, and personal rights of every employee. At Galderma, we actively give our teams reasons to believe in our bold ambition to become the leading dermatology company in the world.

With us, you have the ultimate opportunity to gain new and challenging work experiences and create an unparalleled, direct impact. Further supporting our growth and innovation momentum, we are establishing a new Global Capability Center in Barcelona to deploy new capabilities to effectively support its global commercial and functional teams. Located in the upscale Eixample District in the heart of Barcelona, Galderma's Global Capability Center offers numerous possibilities for professional development such as exposure to global and cross‐functional projects and access to global career opportunities.

Location:

Barcelona or LondonSummaryGalderma is seeking to reinforce its world‐class industrial capacities through the implementation of a global end‐to‐end lean supply and manufacturing program. Within this framework, we are seeing an experienced Global Head of Operations Excellence to develop, set the pace and accelerate our Operations transformational and continuous improvement strategy with sensitivity towards the organizational structure, culture, people and processes.

Working with Operations functions, and their embedded excellence resources, including Supply Chain, Quality, External Supply, Industrial Development and Plant leadership, you will coordinate and prioritize the required support for the entire Industrial Operations organization and will ensure standardization, where appropriate, in liaison with the other leaders. Knowledge sharing and communication of best practices will also be a key component of this position across Galderma.

About The Role
As Global Head of Operations Excellence, reporting to the Global Head of Operations, you will drive knowledge sharing across the organization by establishing key practitioner groups focused on continuous end‐to‐end improvements and convergence on identified best practices. By creating collaboration across departments and functions throughout the Operations organization you will ensure alignment of strategy and tactics for successful excellence implementation.

You will be responsible for the design, development and implementation of our global lean supply and manufacturing program with the intent to establish linkage and flow, meet customer demand at lowest cost with perfect quality, consolidate rationalization and enhance organizational agility.

You will be the primary architect and leader of our Operations Excellence Transformation and as such will work to establish programs, practices metrics and standards utilizing lean methodologies, analyze and recommend future state value stream design and also identify opportunities to improve existing practices, procedures and processes toward true north vision.

You will lead and mentor leaders and multi‐functional teams to implement a standardized excellence methodology to ensure consistent and rigorous application across the business in line with best practice. Based in Barcelona or London, the position holder will be a member of our Operations Leadership Team, and partner closely with various department to collaborate on all aspects of the company's Manufacturing, Quality, Sourcing/Procurement and Supply Chain strategies.

Core ResponsibilitiesDesign, develop and implement Galderma's end‐to‐end Operations Excellence transformation strategy and deploy a program for lean development across our global supply, industrial and manufacturing footprint including coordination of our drive to 85% Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) Continuously structure, coordinate and update the O