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    Life Sciences

    Process Excellence Teamleader (m/w/d)

    Luckenwalde, GermanyOn-SiteFull-timePosted 1mo ago
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    Job description

    Lead and deliver Process Excellence initiatives through hands-on application of Continuous Improvement methodologies, driving measurable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost. Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and development for direct team members while partnering with stakeholders to embed continuous improvement as a sustainable way of working across the site.

    To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to capably perform each of the following essential duties:

    • Lead and deliver Process Excellence projects, ensuring measurable and sustainable improvements in cost, quality, productivity, service, and operational performance.
    • Promote a safe workplace and 5S culture through audits, continuous improvement activities, and role-modelling best practices.
    • Analyze, map, and optimize business processes, including supporting the development and standardization of SOPs and work procedures.
    • Drive performance improvement through effective KPI management, visual management, and structured follow-up on performance gaps.
    • Identify, prioritize, and implement improvement opportunities using Lean methodologies, Kaizen events, and structured problem-solving techniques.
    • Partner with Finance and key stakeholders to validate, track, and deliver realized business benefits and savings.
    • Maintain Process Excellence standards, methodologies, documentation, reporting, and project governance.
    • Collaborate with site and cross-functional teams to share best practices, align improvement approaches, and support cross-site initiatives.
    • Build continuous improvement capability by coaching employees and leaders, promoting frontline ownership, and embedding CI as a way of working.
    • Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, performance management, and work prioritization for direct team members.
    • Partner with leadership to identify and execute improvement priorities aligned with business objectives.
    • Perform other duties and participate in additional projects as assigned, including occasional travel.
    • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Business, Chemistry, Operations, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
    • C1/C2 German is an absolute must
    • Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives within a technical, manufacturing, laboratory, supply chain, or operational environment.
    • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification required, Black Belt preferred
    • Demonstrated leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
    • Strong knowledge of Lean, Continuous Improvement, and Operational Excellence methodologies.
    • Experience leading improvement projects and supporting change implementation.
    • Experience facilitating Kaizen events, process mapping workshops, root cause analysis, and structured problem-solving activities.
    • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
    • Ability to influence, collaborate, and build effective relationships across functions and organizational levels.
    • Experience developing, monitoring, and interpreting KPIs and performance metrics.
    • Strong organizational, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

    ABOUT LGC:

    LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality, and range.

    OUR VALUES

    • PASSION
    • CURIOSITY 
    • INTEGRITY
    • BRILLIANCE
    • RESPECT

    EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES 

    LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. Short listing, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.

    For more information about LGC, please visit our website www.lgcgroup.com

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    About the company

    LGC Group

    LGC Ltd ( www.lgcgroup.com ) is an international life sciences company working with customers in the government, academic, pharmaceutical, agricultural biotechnology, food, environment, security and sports sectors. LGC’s Grant Management Group (GMG) manages a number of research funding programmes on behalf of government departments and other large national health bodies, to improve NHS patient health and care. At the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) we enable and deliver world-class research that transforms people’s lives, promotes economic growth and advances science. We manage public investment in excess of £550 million per annum and provide bespoke expertise to charitable and commercial organisations to get the most out of their research funding. The NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF) in Twickenham, based at LGC Ltd ( www.lgcgroup.com ), is one of NIHR’s Coordinating Centres and manages a number of research funding programmes on behalf of NIHR and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). This role is based in the Systems Team at Twickenham.

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