Description

What you’ll get:

• An agile dynamic working culture

• An inclusive and ethical workplace

• Compensation programs that recognize high performance

• A variety of benefits dependent on role and location. The full list of our global benefits can be also found on assistance for eligible candidates and their families

What you’ll do:

Ideation / Initiation Phase:

• Assess and establish timelines, especially for customer-facing projects, with a focus on Probability of Success.

• Define and implement ORP governance, ensuring effective coordination within applicable workstreams and with relevant workstream owners.

• Lead Schedule workshops with workstream representatives to develop the overall End-to-End (E2E) timeline, identifying optimal time windows for each workstream.

• Challenge and validate proposed timelines, leveraging experience to recommend optimized approaches and time-saving strategies.

• Define key interface milestones between workstreams.

• Ensure all workstreams are integrated within the Capex schedule, as managed by the GE Project Control team.

• Facilitate schedule risk assessments and identify appropriate contingency measures.

Delivery Phase:

• Further develop, monitor, and update the integrated project plans and IS to ensure project timelines reflect information from all workstreams, ensuring coordination and logical sequencing.

• Monitor schedule deviations, conduct root cause analysis, and develop corrective actions while escalating risks or roadblocks that could impact timelines.

• Proactively identify project risks and potential obstacles, collaborating with the E2E Lead to mitigate risks in a timely manner.

• Establish progress KPIs and reporting systems for each workstream, tracking performance against forecasts and targets.

• Prepare and provide regular IS progress reports, including comprehensive analysis.

• Facilitate project scheduling meetings and interactive planning sessions as required.

• Actively participate in Risk Meetings and contribute to the impact assessment of critical project areas.

• Regularly review schedules with project team members to ensure timely and accurate data is incorporated.

• Engage with workstream stakeholders and actively participate in daily reviews to drive project timelines, quality, and cost objectives; be the voice of maintaining a ‘heartbeat’ for on-target delivery

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience in planning large-scale life sciences or food Capex projects from conception to manufacturing.

• Strong leadership and team management skills.

• Exceptional analytical capabilities with the ability to process large, complex data sets, draw actionable conclusions, and support decision-making processes.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively within team- oriented environments.

• Capable of navigating ambiguity and adjusting to shifting priorities and demands.

• Skilled at prioritizing and executing tasks in fast-paced, dynamic environments.

• Strong presentation, written, and oral communication skills.

• Preferable experience with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project (though not essential)

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.