• Job Description

  Req#: REF21772E

  Company Description

  Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 10,000 people in 48 countries. Collaborating with our clients across real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, we specialise in major programmes, programme management, cost and commercial management, net zero and digital solutions.

  Job Description

  We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Operational Readiness and Manufacturing Planner to join our team in Switzerland.

  The ideal candidate will have a strong technical understanding of operational readiness planning and coordination, process improvement, and regulatory submission processes.

  Key Responsibilities:

  • Operational Readiness Planning and Coordination: Develop and implement comprehensive operational readiness plans to ensure smooth transitions from project phases to full-scale production.
  • Resource Planning: Manage resource planning and tracking across multiple teams and projects, leveraging data to support insightful decision making on how to best position key resources.
  • Process Improvement: Experienced in identifying opportunities for process improvements and implement PPI (Process Performance Improvement) initiatives to enhance efficiency and productivity.
  • Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA): Support planning of CAPA processes and key deliverables to address and prevent quality issues, ensuring compliance with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices).
  • Process Performance Qualification (PPQ): Support planning of PPQ activities to validate manufacturing processes and ensure consistent product quality.
  • Regulatory Submission Process: Coordinate and support the planning of regulatory submissions, ensuring all documentation meets regulatory standards and timelines.

  Qualifications

  • Technical Expertise: Strong technical understanding of operational readiness planning, process improvement, PPI, CAPA, GMP, PPQ, and the regulatory submission process. P6 Planning experience highly desirable, but training and support can be provided.
  • Experience: Proven experience in a similar role within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
  • Analytical Skills: Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to identify and address operational challenges.
  • Communication: Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Attention to Detail: High level of attention to detail to ensure accuracy and compliance in all activities.

  Additional Information

  Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

  We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. We also encourage our staff to strive to ‘make a difference’ and become involved in various working committees and forums (for example, Inclusion Working Group, Social & Wellness, Learning & Development, Corporate Social Responsibilities and Net Zero Vision).

  At Turner & Townsend we offer a competitive remuneration package and company benefits.

  Turner & Townsend value greatly and have a focus on Corporate Responsibilities (CR), this includes a day’s leave entitlement to support a local charity or community activity along with the opportunity to participate in several office events that held throughout the year.

  Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from people from all sectors of the community.

  Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

  Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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• About the company

  We are a leading independent professional services company specialising in programme management, project management, cost and commercial management and advisory across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.

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