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AGILE Champion Expert

Neuchâtel, Canton of Neuchâtel
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On the Global Manufacturing and Supply (GMS) team at Takeda, you’ll be part of a rapidly transforming industry that’s applying technology and data in new ways. Within our agile, innovative, people-centric organization, your work will matter every day as you use your skills to help us manufacture therapies for patients on our four platforms:

  • Small Molecules
  • Biologics
  • Plasma
  • Cell and Gene

As part of the GMS team, you'll have the opportunity to pursue unique experiences and build new skills, and you'll know that the work you do every day makes an impact — on our patients, our people, our planet, and on yourself.

Job ID R0138666 Date posted 11/15/2024 Location Neuchâtel, Canton of Neuchâtel

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Job Description

Job Title: AGILE Champion Expert

Location: CHE - Neuchâtel

Depoloy AGILE program across sites/functions

  • Establish common understanding of AGILE program and 5 workstreams.
  • Collaborate with workstream leads and owners to understand key programs for deployment and applicability to site/function.
  • Participate in the strategy deployment process at site/function to understand strategy and support translation into AGILE activities in roadmap.
  • Actively support the delivery of the AGILE roadmap and wave initiatives, developing skills through co-leading initiatives and eventually lead AGILE projects
  • Participate in AGILE bootcamps learning key skills necessary for workstream activities
  • Develop own capabilities in AGILE as detailed in AGILE Champion certification document

Collaboration

  • Visit other sites occasionally to learn, share, and replicate good practices.
  • Be a “new pair of eyes”; provide feedback and receive feedback.
  • Support and assist other AGILE Champions for the sites and functions in their AGILE journey
  • Actively share best practises through AGILE sharing tools and Community of Practice (CoP).

Site AGILE roadmap

  • Support creation of site roadmap detailing AGILE activities which will be executed in the fiscal year in collaboration with the site/functional Leadership Team.
  • Ensure roadmap initatives are present on SPOT reporting tool.
  • Lead elements of the AGILE roadmap and AGILE 4.0 Wave initiatives under the guidance of Agile Lead or site BE Lead.

Coaching

  • Coach AGILE concepts and mindsets and behaviors across the organization, including Senior Leadership.
  • Participate in site/functional workshops to improve coaching capabilities.

Critical/Key skills

  • Knowledge of a GMP environment
  • Strong facilitation and organization abilities
  • Excellent listening and communication capabilities
  • A natural leader, comfortable networking and connecting people
  • Project Management capabilities
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Problem solving and continuous improvement methodologies
  • Six Sigma Green Belt

anguage & IT Skilss

  • English language abilities or ambition to become proficient in English.
  • At ease with all Office 365 from Microsoft

Complexity and Problem Solving

Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise(Breadth and depth of knowledge, application and complexity of technical knowledge)

  • Knowledge of Bio-pharmaceutical operations
  • Logical thinker
  • Recognized as indivdiual that demonstrated consistently strong performance over time and an aptitute for learning agility and put theory into practice
  • Natural leader, comfortable networking and connecting people.
  • Demonstrated passion for not accepting the status quo and self-driven to improve the business
  • Courage of conviction and open to critical feedback
  • Project management or cross functional/multidisciplinary team management

Leadership

  • Excellent communication abilities
  • Influences change and supports others in the change management proces

Decision-making and Autonomy

  • Inform decision making, all significant AGILE decisions at site/function will be taken by Business excellence.
  • Develop business acumen during their tenure in AGILE to understand business impact and develop decision making capabilities.
  • Responsible for developing their problem solving capabilites.

Innovation

  • Inquisitive disposition
  • Capable of connecting workstream activities to maximise AGILE impact
  • Passionate about digital technology
  • Shares openly and learns from others.

Complexity

  • Capable of operating across company culture
  • English language abilites or ambition to become proficient in english

Interaction

  • Interacts with all levels of the organisation and collaborates strongly with other AGILE Champions.
  • Develops strong relationships with key stakeholders across the Takeda network.
  • Support and assist other AGILE Champions for the sites and functions in their AGILE journey.
  • Actively share best practices through AGILE sharing tools and Community of Practice (CoP), internally and externally.
  • Visit other sites occasionally to learn, share, and replicate good practices.

En savoir plus sur Takeda Neuchâtel:

Avec plus de 700 collaborateurs, Takeda Neuchâtel est l’un des dix plus grands employeurs du Canton de Neuchâtel et l’un des sites de production biopharmaceutique de référence en Suisse. Actif 24 heures sur 24 et 7 jours sur 7, le site emploie un large éventail de professionnels formés aux biotechnologies et à leur application dans la production industrielle.

Avec plus de vingt nationalités, Takeda Neuchâtel offre un environnement de travail international, diversifié et innovant au sein d’une entreprise ancrée et engagée dans son écosystème local.

Takeda Neuchâtel est certifiée Entreprise Formatrice par le Secrétariat d'Etat à l'Economie Suisse. Nous formons des jeunes apprentis dans divers domaines tels que le contrôle qualité en laboratoire, la logistique, l’informatique et la production biopharmaceutique.

“Donner à nos employés les moyens de briller”:

Takeda est fière de son engagement à créer une main-d'œuvre diversifiée et à offrir des opportunités d les employés et candidats à l'emploi sans tenir compte de la couleur de peau, de la religion, du sexe, d sexuelle, de l'identité de genre, de l'expression de genre, du statut parental, de l'origine nationale, de l statut de citoyenneté, des informations ou caractéristiques génétiques, de l'état civil ou de toute autre protégée par la loi.

Locations

CHE - Neuchatel

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Time Type

Full time
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