Novartis - Lead Consultant - Process Excellence

Job Description:

- A project lead role within NBS Process Excellence, an internal consulting practice working within NBS and across Novartis on priority transformation and design projects.

- This role has responsibility for leading internal consulting projects, contributing directly to project management, process design, transition, implementation and continual service improvement.

- The role is responsible for driving the Process Excellence work on the engagement, including the supervision of other Process Excellence project members.

- The role brings technical expertise across the disciplines of process excellence, including lean six sigma, project management, business process transformation and continuous service improvement. 

Minimum requirements :

- Graduate or postgraduate degree

- Further education in change management, project management, facilitation, process excellence - Preferred: LSS Black Belt

Preferred:

Management Consulting - English -

Preferred: a second major European language

- 10-15 years- experience leading significant process improvement or consulting projects for large global companies

- Experience of regulated environments, particularly the impact in the Pharmaceutical industry.

- Establishment of, or operations experience of, a practice or industry group in consulting company.

- Extensive experience in operational excellence, business analysis, process improvement and / or change management - Demonstrated analytical, process-oriented and data driven mind-set.

- Ability to lead, manage, team with and motivate stakeholders of widely varying backgrounds across a dispersed and matrixed organization

- Strong written and verbal communication skills as well as solid presentation skills

- A proven change agent with significant project and program management experience from a Top 5 consulting firm