At our Aubagne site, a large-scale manufacturing environment of approximately 1,200 employees, this role offers the opportunity to drive operational excellence and shape high-performance, future-ready operations within a complex and dynamic setting.
Grow with us – Your Responsibilities
- You oversee the availability and efficient use of materials, labor, and equipment to deliver production plans and minimize downtime across multiple production areas, technologies, and shifts
- You monitor site performance metrics, escalate risks, and lead cross-functional corrective actions to meet production targets while ensuring safety, quality, and cost efficiency in line with defined KPIs
- You ensure compliance with EHS, GMP (if applicable), and regulatory standards across complex operations, maintaining audit readiness and driving timely resolution of findings
- You lead the integration of new technologies and process improvements, aligning initiatives with network strategy and ensuring effective change management across teams
- You foster a culture of accountability, safety, and continuous improvement, maintaining strong engagement on the shop floor and across organizational layers
What will convince us
- You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Industrial Technology, or a related field; an advanced degree is considered a plus
- You bring extensive experience in regulated manufacturing operations, preferably in biopharma or biotech, including leadership of large teams and complex multi-line operations
- You demonstrate strong expertise in GMP (if applicable), EHS, cost control, and production planning within high-complexity environments
- You show proven ability to lead through multiple organizational layers, manage large cross-functional teams, and foster a culture of accountability and performance
- You apply strong problem-solving and communication skills, including the ability to manage complex variance analysis, root cause investigations, and cross-functional resolution
- You leverage data effectively for decision-making and performance tracking
- You communicate fluently in English; proficiency in the local site language is required
About Sartorius
Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide.
We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.
Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Industrial Technology, or related field
- Advanced degree (Master's/PhD)
- Extensive experience in regulated manufacturing operations (preferably biopharma/biotech)
- Proven leadership of large, multi-line, cross-functional teams
- Expertise in GMP (if applicable), EHS, cost control, and production planning in complex environments
- Strong problem-solving, communication, variance analysis and root-cause investigation skills
- Ability to leverage data for decision-making and performance tracking
- Fluent English and proficiency in the local site language
Sartorius Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sartorius and has not been reviewed or approved by Sartorius.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes multiple medical plan options with dental, vision, HSA/FSA, EAP, and wellness resources across many locations. Quality of core medical, dental, and vision is characterized as solid.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with a company match highlighted in U.S. materials and employer‑verified listings. The match is characterized as generous at some sites.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible hours and hybrid/home‑office options are available where roles and regions allow, with role‑dependent perks in some locations. Broader extras such as commuter benefits, discounts, and tuition assistance add optionality where eligible.
Sartorius Insights
What We Do
Sartorius is a leading international partner of life sciences research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. We help our customers #SimplifyProgress from drug discovery to manufacturing so that more people can have access to better medicine. With this, we are #PartOfTheSolution in the fight against diseases worldwide. With innovative laboratory instruments and consumables, the our Lab Products & Services division focuses on laboratories performing research and quality control at pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies as well as academic research institutes. The Bioprocess Solutions division, with its broad product portfolio focusing on single-use solutions, helps customers manufacture biotech medications, vaccines, and cell and gene therapies safely, rapidly, and economically. Based in Göttingen, Germany, Sartorius also has a strong global reach with around 60 production and sales sites worldwide. We regularly expand our portfolio through the acquisition of complementary technologies. In 2023, Sartorius generated sales revenue of around 3.4 billion euros. Currently, around 14,600 employees from around 110 nations are working for customers around the globe. Join our team, partner or collaborate with us.
