Facility Management Operations Lead (dfm)

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path unique opportunities will present themselves both professionally and personally. Join us the future is ours to shape!

Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Lead day-to-day operations of owned facilities ensuring a seamless workplace experience for employees
• Steer all hard and soft services (maintenance cleaning security catering reception waste management landscaping etc.) including sub-contracts
• Coordinate improvement activities and small projects
• Develop and implement long-term maintenance and lifecycle strategies for building systems and assets
• Monitor operating budgets forecast costs and identify opportunities for efficiency and savings
• Ensure compliance with health safety and environmental regulations and manage risk mitigation activities
• Implement sustainability and energy management initiatives aligned with corporate ESG goals
• Reports to Real Estate & Workplace Region Head

What youll bring to the role:

• Bachelors degree in Facility Management Real Estate Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7 years of experience in facility or real estate management preferably in corporate or owner-occupied environments.
• Strong understanding of workplace services building systems and asset lifecycle management.
• Proven vendor and contract management skills.
• Solid financial acumen with experience managing operating and capital budgets.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with CAFM/IWMS platforms and workplace technology solutions.
• Fluent in German and English

Youll receive:

Sandoz has an employee-first approach and thats why your personal growth is so important to us. You will have access to Coursera and other learning platforms with more than 200000 learning videos and 5000 courses.

In addition to the various learning opportunities we offer company benefits such as:

• 30 days of annual leave
• Holiday allowance
• Additional rewards for special occasions (e.g. service length awards marriage celebration etc.)
• Company pension schemes and capital formation benefits
• Parental leave
• Other offerings such as bike leasing

Why Sandoz

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz a leader in this sector provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100 countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities production sites new acquisitions and partnerships we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost high-quality medicines sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues who in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful flexible-hybrid careers where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Hiring decisions are only based on the qualification for the position regardless of gender ethnicity religion sexual orientation age and disability.

The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process. If you would like to request this please let us know in advance as a note on your CV.

Skills Desired