Group Director Supply Chain – Center of Excellence (m/f/d)

Job-ID: 58926
Location: Wien, AT
Job Level: Management
Department: Supply Chain
Working time: Permanent position, Full-time

Octapharma specializes in the development of highly pure pharmaceuticals made of human blood plasma. As part of a family-owned enterprise, Octapharma in Vienna is not only the largest production site, but also a successful research location of the Octapharma Group. Octapharma Supply Chain started to implement more than one year ago a new strategy, focused on service and value to customers and patients. The first part of the journey was to set up the foundations and confirm with first successes the benefits of this paradigm change. Today we are confirming the need to accelerate this transformation, by not only implementing and delivering identified initiatives but creating the full roadmap for the next steps of this journey!

Your new challenges which will inspire you:

• With the support of your team and in collaboration with internal stakeholders redesign, improve, implement and control the Supply Chain processes
• Define and govern SC CoE roadmap to serve better our customers and patients while gaining in efficiency
• Lead the Supply Chain transformation office with experienced project managers
• Optimize and develop analytic models and simulations
• Drive and guide Supply Chain innovation and digitalization projects

Your profile that will convince us:

• University degree in Supply Chain or similar
• At least 10 years of experience in Supply Chain as a leading position
• Excellent expertise in various Supply Chain processes
• Experience in pharmaceutical environment, international business and matrix organizations preferred
• Experiences in process optimization like Lean, Six sigma and in IT/ERP preferred
• Fluent in English is a must and German is a plus
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Agility, stress resistance and a hands-on mentality

Our attractive benefits for you:

• Wide range of tasks in an international setting, flexibility and personal responsibility
• Reliable employer with generous employee benefits and a salary customary in the market.
• Familiar setting of a family-owned enterprise with benefits such as Do & Co staff restaurant, extraordinary staff events and many more:

Additional information:

The minimum gross wage according to the collective agreement (chemical industry) for your new job is EUR 6.061,76. We strive to adapt your salary to your range of tasks and to your profile, which is why we are ready to pay wages higher than collectively agreed.

Your contact:

Vera Molnar
Octapharma Pharmazeutika Produktionsges.m.b.H.
Oberlaaer Straße 235, 1100 Wien
T: +43 (1) 610 32 – 4106

About Octapharma

Headquartered in Lachen, Switzerland, Octapharma is one of the largest human protein manufacturers in the world, developing and producing human proteins from human plasma and human cell lines.

Octapharma employs around 10,000 people worldwide to support the treatment of patients in 118 countries with products across three therapeutic areas: Hematology, Immunotherapy and Critical Care.

Octapharma has seven R&D sites and five state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Austria, France, Germany and Sweden, and operates more than 180 plasma donation centers across Europe and the US.

Fore more information, please visit www.octapharma.com.