Group Process Improvement Engineer

The Role

This role will focus on optimising operational efficiency and enhancing the performance across our global facilities. The role will involve implementing continuous improvement processes, driving innovation, and pushing the boundaries on industry standards to ensure we are best in class. The ideal candidate should have a experience in process engineering, project management, and a proven ability to collaborate effectively with both internal and external teams. This role will sit within the Global Operations team and be aligned with, collaborate and contribute to key global strategic projects.

Key Outcomes

• Design and implement strategies for continuous improvement that aim to enhance and streamline operational efficiency and productivity across the Groups’ facilities.
• Lead projects aimed at improving and harmonising Group operational processes while increasing the quality and reliability of the operating standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify improvement opportunities and establish best practices.
• Continually seek to drive innovation in process flows, material flow layout and operational performance.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and lean practices within the Groups’ operational structures.
• Be solutions orientated and be seen by colleagues as a go to person for solving problems and providing robust solutions to business requirements
• Project manage strategic improvement projects from inception to completion, ensure operational improvement projects are delivered on time, within scope and to budget.
• Champion operational excellence within the facility to deliver the highest level of customer satisfaction.
• Champion, develop and implement new operational initiatives that will reduce costs and increase competitiveness of the Business Units.
• Identify process and system gaps, lead and drive initiatives and efficiencies to include:
  • Oversee the optimisation usage of current systems. Improve system usage effectiveness and reporting capability.
  • System, process and transportation improvements.
  • ASN, route and network planning.

Key Skills & Experiences

• Strong experience of working in a lean project environment, successfully implementing continuous improvement solutions, either individually or as part of a team
• Demonstrated success in delivery of improvements and a desire to work as part of a dedicated continuous improvement structure
• Strong team player able to demonstrate ability to lead and facilitate informal and formal teams in the development and delivery of improvement solutions.
• Ability to work across the entire organisation and work closely with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Must be able to co-ordinate multiple activities concurrently, whilst consistently be meeting tight deadlines
• Hands on approach to problem solving and mind set, organised and methodical.
• Demonstrated ability to extract critical information to enable effective and appropriate decision making.
• Ideally hold a degree in Supply Chain or Engineering or a related field
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment and an understating of GDP, GMP and European quality standards would be important
• Proven ability around working cross functionally, focusing on meeting, and tracking to schedules and embracing an interdependent/flexible work culture

Uniphar Background

Uniphar Group is a rapidly expanding diversified healthcare services business with a global footprint and a proud heritage in Ireland.  Since Uniphar became a publicly listed company in 2019, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continue to strengthen Uniphar’s international reach. With a workforce of more than 3,000 spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and medtech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines and treatments around the world.

Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Uniphar Supply Chain & Retail, Uniphar Medtech and Uniphar Pharma

Culture at Uniphar

From our leadership team and across all of our divisions, Uniphar lives and breathes four key culture pillars:

1.We have a People First approach, we do the right thing and take a stand for our people.

2.We foster a strong Entrepreneurial Spirit where Adaptability, Commitment & Resilience is embodied in our way of working.

3.We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people.

4. Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate.

How we’d like to work together

As we are a global team, there is flexibility to be based in one of Uniphar’s offices or work from home.  There may be a need for face to face meetings in other locations, as needed.  There may also some flexibility required in order to interact with colleagues or clients in their time zones (i.e. it’s not a ‘9 to 5’ type of job).  In return, you will be joining an environment that understands how inter-twined work and life have become - and both the benefits and challenges that brings - and therefore offers a flexible, progressive way of supporting it through our Hybrid Working philosophy.

Please note that Uniphar is an equal-opportunity employer; we do not discriminate and welcome all responses. #uniphargroup