Senior Executive I - Operations Excellence Specialist

(0696) Zentiva S.A.

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India / Ankleshwar Until 8/27/2026 1+ years exp First posted June 28, 2026 Last posted June 28, 2026
Job description

JOB TITLE

Senior Executive I - Operations Excellence Specialist

REQUIREMENTS

Education / Experience

Education: Diploma / Graduate/ Post Graduate in Pharmacy

Experience: At least 1 to 5 years in the Pharmaceutical plant.

Technical skills &

Competencies / Language

  • Open-minded, open to changes, curious, flexible.
  • Impulse ambitious Performance challenges.
  • Rigorous in applying standards and Lean methodology.
  • Ability to propose initiatives and action plans.
  • Collaborate effectively with peers.
  • General understanding of Performance vision and principles.
  • Ability to understand the general scope and priorities.
  • Ability to convince and lead teams.
  • Ability to understand the general scope and priorities.
  • Pragmatic, driven by Gemba’s and accurate.

JOB PURPOSE

Generic

  • Support industrial performance: X matrix - create, maintain, track Monthly Transformation Review
  • Support Lean activities , data analysis and KPI reporting.
  • Support in improving processes, coordinate and drive initiatives to develop, implement and sustain cost reduction improvement, in reference to Zentiva Quality and HSE standards.
  • Ensure that appropriate performance follow-up tools are implemented and consolidated in reference to corporate standards or to site requirements.
  • Support in Managing the follow-up of the score card / monthly report and performance KPIs, analyze and ensure coordination of action plans regarding major deviations on OEE, Cash flow, Plant Cycle Time, Yields, Productivity.
  • Be the window person for shopfloor performance initiatives.
  • Ensure sustenance of established lean operating standards & their process confirmation.
  • Ensure the follow-up of the performance results and adapt action plans accordingly.
  • Support/ Initiate VSK i.e. Gemba Kaizen workshops & trainings.
  • Propose  & support  initiatives to implement successful troubleshooting and debottlenecking of process flows.
  • Make proposals to implement the best practices at site level.
  • Support / Implement the strategy (Top down cascading) by activating the Lean & Performance site network.

Specific additions (if needed)

Not Applicable

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Improve processes, coordinate and drive initiatives to develop, implement and sustain cost reduction improvement, in reference to Zentiva Quality and HSE standards.
  • Analyze organizational fit and impulse innovative organizational changes at Site level for production and Support
  • Make sure that appropriate performance follow-up tools are implemented and consolidated in reference to
  • corporate standards or to site requirements.
  • Manage the follow-up of the score card / monthly report and performance KPIs, analyze and ensure coordination of action plans regarding major deviations on OEE, Productivity, Plant Cycle Time, Yields.
  • Analyze and challenge all investment projects as far as performance analysis is concerned.
  • Be the window person with Central Functions on performance projects.

Manager

Lean Programs:

  • Coordinate the means and resources requirement for the optimization of the site performance.
  • Cascade locally Lean Program based on the plants challenges and priorities (workshops, training …).
  • Ensure the follow-up of the performance results and adapt action plans accordingly.
  • Coach and support the Performance Leaders and Team Members.
  • Play an active role in the inter-site lean network.

Methods:

  • Analyze discrepancies between standards and actuals and suggest appropriate action plans and follow-up

database in collaboration with Controlling.

Project Management

  • Contribute to the prioritization of site projects and the resolution of major issues.

Prospective Capacity Analysis:

  • Propose all initiatives to implement successful troubleshooting and debottlenecking of process flows related to equipment’s.

Benchmarking

  • Build a network internally and externally to organize benchmark studies related to the best practices in our industry or close to our industry.
  • Make proposals to implement the best practices at site level.
  • Participate actively to the Company benchmark studies (e.g. Pobos )

Performance Mindset

  • Promote a performance mindset at all site levels through Lean events, standardization and simplification initiatives, collaborators priorities setting up and review, recognition system, learning organization…

Strategy Implementation

  • Help in the site strategy definition – Bottom up relay of information to help the top management decision making
  • Implement the strategy by activating the Lean & Performance site network

About this role

Summary

Support performance, drive lean initiatives, improve processes, and manage KPI reporting.

Job title

Senior Executive I - Operations Excellence Specialist

Experience level

1-5 years

Minimum experience

1+ years exp

Industry

pharmaceuticals

Location requirements

India, Ankleshwar; remote work not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

lean methodologyperformance metricsproject managementdata analysisteam leadership

Preferred skills

Gemba kaizencost reductionbenchmarkingHSE standardstraining

Specializations

lean methodologyperformance improvementprocess optimizationproject managementmanufacturing
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

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