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

The Material Project Lead - MPL will perform all duties to ensure that material requirements for customer projects are accurately maintained and aligned with project needs, material lead times, and production plans. Responsible for managing the end-to-end lifecycle of the project Bill of Materials and ensuring system updates reflect project fulfilment requirements.

Join our team in Visp now! Relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates and their families, if needed.

What you’ll get:

• An agile career and a dynamic work culture
• An inclusive and ethical workplace
• Compensation programs that recognize high performance

In addition to a competitive salary, you can expect numerous lifestyle, family, and leisure benefits. The full list of our local tailored benefits can also be found below.

Benefits in Visp: https://bit.ly/3wjkoFi

Key responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of customer projects ensuring material requirements are accurately maintained in the system according to project needs, lead times, and the production plan.
• Own the creation, maintenance, review, and decommissioning of the project BOM, coordinating with project teams to ensure fulfilment and updating systems accordingly.
• Identify and initiate requests for new material creation as required to support project needs.
• Liaise with the project team to address material issues from the project perspective, including identifying alternative materials and aligning on potential technical solutions.
• Perform material availability checks, ensuring correct batch allocation and accuracy of production material requests.
• Validate supply scenarios from the material availability perspective.
• Participates in supply chain development initiatives brining material management expertise. Completes material related projects

Key requirements:

To excel in this role and chip in to our high-reaching goals, you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Business, SCM, Procurement, or similar fields.
• Confirmed experience in SCM, Materials Planning/Scheduling, and/or Purchasing.
• Proficient knowledge of SAP MM, Power BI, and MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint).
• A great team member with the ability to influence and collaborate across cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in English is required, with additional German preferred.

Join us at Lonza AG and be part of a collaborative team that values your expertise and contributions. Together, we can achieve flawless operations and continue to set industry standards. Apply now for an exceptionally rewarding career in material management!

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For Lonza, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How they achieve their business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, they respect and protect their people and their environment. Any success Lonza achieves is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, Lonza