Value Stream Director

You will be part of the senior leadership team at the GSK site in Evreux, France, leading one of two Value Streams to ensure compliant, reliable, and efficient production.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead a Value Stream, ensuring safe, compliant, and high-performing production operations
• Define and implement Value Stream strategies to support long-term sustainability, competitiveness, and performance
• Drive continuous improvement in quality, safety, customer service, costs, productivity, and operational robustness
• Ensure consistency of processes, methods, and tools across production units while managing complexity effectively
• Contribute to site-wide policies and initiatives in Quality, HR, Environment, Health & Safety, and Communication
• Develop, coach, and lead teams, strengthening operational profiles and future leaders
• Represent the site within GMS France, Europe, and broader Group instances, promoting site values, image, and interests
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including GSC, GSK France, suppliers, service providers, regulatory authorities, universities, and professional associations
• Anticipate and resolve complex operational and strategic problems, making informed decisions with limited or evolving information

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Pharmacy, ideally with 7-10 years of experience in a comparable leadership role
• Significant experience in pharmaceutical production management, support functions, or a highly regulated industrial environment
• Strong knowledge of GMP, pharmaceutical requirements, and regulated manufacturing environments
• Proven experience in team management, project management, and performance management
• Experience in managing complex operations, budgets, performance indicators, and cross-functional priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in international project management
• Experience in multiple functions, sites, or countries, ideally in both production and support functions
• Knowledge of management control and operational performance management
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies like Lean Sigma
• Demonstrated ability to influence, mobilize, and unite teams around common objectives
• Experience in coaching teams and individuals in operational development and leadership contexts

What you bring:

You are a strategic and pragmatic industrial leader, able to navigate complex and highly regulated environments with confidence. You combine solid pharmaceutical expertise with the ability to inspire teams, influence senior stakeholders, and create alignment between functions. You are comfortable making decisions in ambiguous situations, anticipating long-term challenges, and translating strategy into rigorous execution. You bring a strong quality mindset, a commitment to safety and compliance, and the presence required to represent the site internally and externally.

About the Evreux Site:

Located in the Haute Normandie region, the GSK site in Evreux is a major player in the production of respiratory medications for asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). As one of the largest industrial sites in GSK, it contributes over 10% to the company's global revenue and is among the top three employers in the Eure department.

About GSK:

GSK is a global biopharmaceutical company with a purpose to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade.