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Engineering Associate Director, EMEA & APAC Lead

ID de la oferta JR - 166121 Ubicación Campocologno, Cantón de los Grisones, Suiza Categoría de Trabajo Engineering Fecha de publicación 04/01/2025
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Ser ingeniero en Baxter significa que usted desempeña un papel fundamental para ayudarnos a lograr nuestra misión de salvar y sostener vidas. Desde el diseño de productos innovadores hasta la producción y la entrega al paciente, nuestros ingenieros son clave para ofrecer resultados a nuestros clientes y pacientes en todo el mundo.

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Engineering Associate Director, EMEA & APAC Lead

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This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Associate Director, EMEA/APAC Engineering Lead to oversee and drive engineering excellence across manufacturing sites within the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions. This role serves as the primary engineering point of contact for regional leadership, ensuring alignment between engineering strategy, operational needs, and business objectives.

The Associate Director will be responsible for driving innovation, automation, and digitalization, while also providing technical leadership, process optimization, and investment oversight. The role requires a strong balance of hands-on technical expertise and high-level strategic influence, ensuring that engineering solutions contribute to manufacturing efficiency, cost reduction, and overall operational improvements.

What you'll be doing:

1. Regional Engineering Leadership & Governance

  • Serve as the engineering leader and key liaison for EMEA/APAC regional division leadership, ensuring engineering priorities align with business objectives.
  • Develop and implement a standardized engineering strategy across all sites, ensuring alignment with corporate standards, regulatory requirements, and operational best practices.
  • Lead the regional engineering governance framework, including capital investment planning, risk management, and performance tracking.

2. Manufacturing Process Improvement & Operational Support

  • Analyze manufacturing processes across sites to identify, develop, and implement engineering-driven improvements that enhance productivity, quality, and cost efficiency.
  • Provide on-site and remote engineering support to troubleshoot and resolve process-related technical challenges across EMEA/APAC sites.
  • Collaborate with site engineering teams to drive Manufacturing Improvement Programs (MIP) and deploy Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to enhance operational performance.

3. Automation & Digitalization Strategy

  • Lead the roadmap for automation and digitalization across EMEA/APAC sites, ensuring adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, smart manufacturing, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Drive initiatives to enhance process automation, real-time monitoring, and predictive maintenance using advanced analytics and digital solutions.
  • Partner with IT, operations, and site engineering teams to identify opportunities for smart manufacturing adoption and system integration.

4. Capital Investment & Business Case Review

  • Oversee the development, evaluation, and approval of capital investment projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and return on investment (ROI).
  • Provide technical and financial guidance in reviewing investment business cases, ensuring feasibility, risk mitigation, and long-term sustainability.
  • Partner with finance and operations to track capital investments, ensuring projects deliver expected value and operational impact.

5. Cross-Functional & Strategic Program Leadership

  • Act as the engineering representative in cross-functional strategic programs within the EMEA/APAC region, influencing decision-making at the highest levels.
  • Collaborate with operations, quality, supply chain, and R&D to drive holistic solutions that enhance overall manufacturing efficiency.
  • Facilitate knowledge-sharing, best practice standardization, and technical capability development across regional sites.

What you'll bring:

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering (Electrical, Industrial, Chemical Engineering or related field).
  • 12+ years of experience in engineering leadership, process optimization, and manufacturing operations within the pharmaceutical, medical device, or highly regulated industries.
  • Extensive experience leading site engineering operations or operational excellence functions in a matrix organization.
  • Deep knowledge of automation, digitalization, and Industry 4.0 technologies in a manufacturing environment.
  • Proven track record in driving cost savings, process improvements, and capital investment planning through engineering solutions.
  • Ability to lead, influence, and drive change in a diverse, cross-cultural, and multi-functional environment.
  • Strong business acumen, with experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and ROI assessment for engineering projects.
  • Proficiency in Lean, Six Sigma, and reliability engineering methodologies to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to oversee large-scale initiatives, capital projects, and process transformations.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Certification in Project Management (PMP), Lean Six Sigma, or Reliability Engineering (CRE).
  • Professional Black Belt certification is a plus.
  • Experience with digital transformation, smart manufacturing, and AI-driven operational improvements.
  • Experience in multi-site governance and strategic engineering leadership at a regional or global level and/or OPEX Experience.

Why Join Us?

This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of manufacturing engineering across the EMEA/APAC region, drive innovation and automation, and influence key business decisions. If you are a technical leader with a strategic mindset, this is an excellent opportunity to make a high-impact contribution in a global organization.

Reasonable Accommodations

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Nuestra empresa se enriquece con una población diversa de personas en más de 100 países que trabajan para resolver, innovar, fabricar e impulsar mejores opciones de atención médica para pacientes de todo el mundo.

Conoce a Anwesha, recientemente ascendida a gerente y dirige un equipo de ingenieros de software para nuestro negocio de entrega de medicamentos.

“Crecí en un pequeño pueblo costero de la India llamado Bhubaneswar, donde tenemos nuestras propias tradiciones y cultura. Creo que esto me ha ayudado a crecer personal y profesionalmente. Al trabajar con un equipo global en Baxter, mi experiencia me ayuda a ser abierta, apreciar y relacionarme con personas de diferentes lugares.”

Conoce a Sam: ha trabajado en Baxter durante más de 15 años como tecnólogo de ingeniería en Round Lake, Illinois, EE. UU.

“Tengo un equipo maravilloso. Han sido flexibles y abiertos a las diferencias en los métodos de comunicación y el estilo de trabajo necesarios para que yo sobresalga. Si no tuviera ese apoyo no estaría donde estoy ahora y no habría podido avanzar dentro de la empresa. Estoy orgulloso de trabajar en Baxter.”

Conoce a Erika: ha sido ingeniera en Round Lake, IL, EE. UU. durante más de cuatro años, y fue ascendida a ingeniera principal sénior en 2019.

“Mi participación con la Sociedad Nacional de Ingenieros Negros fuera del trabajo me ha brindado la oportunidad de gestionar la asociación externa de Baxter con la organización, exponiéndonos a redes y talentos que pueden ayudar a impulsar la diversidad y la innovación, y brindando oportunidades para una mayor participación y participación de la comunidad. que sé que les gusta a muchos de mis colegas.”

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