Global Head Network Strategy

The Global Head Network Strategy is responsible for defining and steering Lonza's long-term global manufacturing and supply network strategy across all business platforms and sites. The role ensures that network footprint, capacity deployment, technology investments, customer demand requirements, and operational capabilities are aligned with Lonza's enterprise growth strategy. As a member of the Global Operations Leadership Team, the role develops integrated network strategies that optimize capacity utilization, business resilience, customer service, investment prioritization, and overall enterprise value creation. Key Responsibilities include defining and continuously evolving Lonza's global manufacturing network strategy, developing long-term network scenarios, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, leading capacity and footprint planning activities, driving decisions regarding site specialization, partnering with Finance for strategic capital investments, collaborating with various teams for integrated planning, leading network risk assessments, supporting M&A due diligence, establishing governance processes, and building a high-performing Network Strategy team.

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

• Master degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business, Operations, or related discipline.

• Several years’ of experience in Business strategy, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering.

• Enterprise thinking.

• Executive stakeholder management.

• Operations/Manufacturing.

• Business Strategy Development.

• Portfolio and investment management.

• Strong financial and commercial understanding.

• Capital allocation expertise.

• Influencing (Matrix Leadership).

• Network modelling.

• Data-driven decision making.