Key Responsibilities：

• 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 company's 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.

Essential Requirements:

• Work Experience of related field
• Functional Breadth.
• Operations Management and Execution.
• Collaborating across boundaries.
• Environment.
• Experiments Design.
• Health And Safety (Ehs).
• Laboratory Equipment.
• Manufacturing Process.
• Materials Science.
• Process Simulation.
• Project Management.
• Sop (Standard Operating Procedure).
• Technical Writing.

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