Scientist

Major accountabilities :

• Independently plan, organize, perform and document scientific experiments / GMP testing / manufacturing plant activities under minimal supervision; handle several activities at a time -Take over responsibility for and utilize special tools / equipment or specialized facilities as an expert; schedule and perform maintenance and qualification of instruments / equipment -Proactively identify conflict situations and contribute to solutions -Work according to appropriate standards for quality, ethics, health, safety, environment protection, and information security; lead initiatives to ensure continuous improvement -Documentation of raw data, evaluate and interpret results; propose and actively support the design of next experiments.
• Review and verify raw data generated by others; approval of tests / experiments performed by others -Write protocols, scientific reports or lab procedures based on templates or SOPs under minimal supervision -For technical development units : Develop new methods or optimize existing methods / processes (lab or plant); contribute to development and implementation of new technologies -For GMP units : ensure compliance to cGMP -For technology-focused roles : Perform information and literature searches under minimal guidance.
• Actively foster knowledge exchange.
• Train and coach associate scientists, technicians, temporary employees and employees under training / education -For project-focused role : Participate in function-specific sub teams and fulfill assigned project tasks and responsibilities under supervision -Uses professional concepts and companys policies and procedures to solve a wide range of difficult problems in imaginative and practical ways.
• Contributes to some cost center goals and objectives -SANDOZ : -Senior Scientist : -Design, plan and perform / supervise scientific experiments and contribute to project related scientific / technical activities under minimal supervision (e.g., interpret and report results, generate and evaluate data, draw relevant conclusions, optimize existing methods / processes).
• Establish innovative solutions for verification and control of critical quality attributes, critical material attributes or critical process parameter in cooperation with other colleagues.
• Establish control procedures and specifications and review test procedures.
• Generate scientific documents to hand over to internal and / or external partners (e.g., MST, TechOps, authorities, external companies ) and support generation of international registration documents under minimal supervision.
• If assigned this task, maintenance of infrastructure / equipment and required investments ( e.g. system ownership) -Generate lab procedures or SOP s, generate protocols and reports -Lead technical meetings during product development at the local level as well as on the level of SDC network -Report and present scientific / technical results internally and contribute to publications, presentations and patents.
• Report and present scie

Key performance indicators :

• Successful execution of assigned tasks within given timelines at expected quality; right first time and right in time -Adherence to appropriate standards as defined in Quality Manual, SOPs, ethical, health, safety, environment (HSE), and information security (ISEC) guidelines -Adherence to costs, quality, quantity, and timelines for all assigned tasks.
• Feedback from other team members / leaders.
• Refer to annual individual and team objective setting.
• Measurable contributions to increasing efficiency and productivity in the work related to assigned projects.
• SANDOZ : Senior Scientist : Successful execution of assigned tasks and work packages Successful interactions in project teams locally and across development network Compliance with Novartis / Sandoz rules and guidelines Positive feedback from leaders, peers, project team colleagues and peers from the networkScientist : Successful execution of assigned tasks and work packages Successful interactions in project teams locally and across development network Compliance with Novartis / Sandoz rules and guidelines Positive feedback from leaders, peers and project team colleaguesAssociate Scientist : -Successful execution of assigned tasks within given timelines at expected quality; right first time and right in time -Adherence to appropriate standards as defined in Quality Manual, SOPs, ethical, health, safety, environment (HSE), and information security (ISEC) guidelines -Adherence to costs, quality, quantity, and timelines for all assigned tasks.
• Feedback from other team members / leaders.
• Refer to annual individual and team objective setting.
• Measurable contributions to increasing efficiency and productivity in the work related to assigned projects.

Minimum Requirements :

Work Experience :

• Functional Breadth.
• Operations Management and Execution.
• Collaborating across boundaries.

Skills Required

Environment, manufacturing processes