Country Switzerland
City Zofingen
Functional Area Research & Development
Job Group Program Management
Employment Type Permanent Contract
Working time Full-time
At its locations around the world, Siegfried offers employees exciting career opportunities in international settings. We cultivate multidisciplinary cooperation and encourage our staff to actively shape and influence their careers. This approach, coupled with our dynamic working environment, make Siegfried an attractive employer.
Your role
In this role, you will have the overall technical responsibility for the timely, cost-effective and compliant production of the products in your area of responsibility. You will develop strategies to ensure ontime delivery, availability of capabilities and capacities and to continuously improve qualitaty and economic performance.
Main tasks:
- You will manage complex customer portfolio and projects for the assigned customers.
- You are the primary contact person for our customers during the entire life cycle of the assigned products.
- Leads the product leadership team (PLT) for his portfolio. Defines and drives improvement projects including scope definition, milestone planning, resource allocation, cost controlling
- You work closely with the development, analytics and production departments at different sites.
- Good communication skills are essential.
- Ensures that all manufactured products within its program are produced and delivered on time, in compliance with all regulatory requirements, in accordance with quality and at the lowest possible cost.
- Develops forward-looking concepts (production plan, technical feasibility, development costs, risk matrix) and constantly improves the performance of its products.
- You will ensure compliance with relevant regulatory guidelines in collaboration with ESH, Quality Assurance, Quality Control and the Registration Department.
- You will be responsible for adhering to budget targets and supervise and monitor project progress.
- Represents its program products with the Business Development Manager (BDM) in decision-making bodies and is the primary contact internally and for the customers. Acts as “customer advocate on the site” for technical and delivery topics
Your profile
- You have a degree in chemistry or chemical engineering (FH, ETH, Uni). If you have a doctorate, this would be an advantage.
- You have at least 5-8 years of professional experience in the field of drug synthesis, either in a pharmaceutical service environment or in a pharmaceutical manufacturing company.
- Furthermore, you have extensive experience in the GMP and regulatory environment
- Very good written and spoken German and English skills (at least level C1) are essential for managing the tasks with the other sites.
- You are proficient in IT systems and can quickly familiarize yourself with new systems.
- You are characterized by very good communication and decision-making skills as well as a strong team spirit.
- You are highly flexible and able to adapt quickly to new situations
Working at Siegfried
Siegfried's work environment is dynamic and international. With a highly professional and motivated team, the company operates in a future-oriented business field. Siegfried possesses a unique culture that leverages cultural differences to create a competitive advantage. Siegfried places highest priority on providing a flexible, diverse and discrimination-free working environment in which employees can develop personally and professionally, advance innovation and deliver superior performance. We strive to provide a work environment where employees can take on challenging jobs and associated responsibilities that best serve their personal and technical development and can benefit from the success of our company. The company regulations in respect of compensation and career development opportunities apply to all Siegfried sites. Additional conditions of employment are governed by location-specific circumstances, legislation and customs.
Who we are
In the Midst of People’s Lives – Across the Globe The Siegfried Group is one of the world’s leading Custom Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) developing and producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), intermediates and finished dosage forms. As our core competence, we successfully integrate chemical and pharmaceutical capabilities into a single business model. The Siegfried name stands for highest quality, efficiency, flexibility and safety. Present in Europe, Asia and North America, we serve a broad global customer base from major international pharmaceutical companies down to small biologic-pharmaceutical organizations. For them we develop and produce product innovations on a large scale to finished products. We integrate our offer seamlessly into the customers’ value chain. Our comprehensive services range from early-stage Research & Development services such as synthesis, scale-up, formulation development, stability studies and method development all the way through to manufacturing services, ranging from preclinical R&D material for clinical trial purposes to commercial production. We are able to produce about 200 of the approximately 1500 registered drug substances used in medicine. Moreover, we produce 20 percent of global demand for caffeine. Consequently, nearly 1 billion individuals come into contact with Siegfried products.
What we do in Zofingen
Zofingen is the hub of the Siegfried Group. The production facility at our Zofingen headquarters supplies our customers around the globe with exemplary Swiss quality. The Siegfried company is a popular employer in the Zofingen region, where we meet our social responsibility by training apprentices.
Main activities
- Development and commercial manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and corresponding intermediates
- Fully compliant with cGMP and SHE (Safety, Health and Environmental) standards
Special features
- Manufacture of high potency active ingredients in development and production
- Micronization in development and production
Strategic importance
- Contract manufacturing of new active ingredients