Senior Director (m/f/d) - Digital & AI Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Quality Transformation

With the Digital & AI Capability and Workforce Strategy & Engagement teams, the role strengthens digital capabilities, adoption and workforce transformation for AI-enabled operations. As an external ambassador, it represents Fresenius Kabi's Digital & AI perspective in Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality forums, industry networks and strategic partnerships, aligned with Group and segment stakeholders.

## Your responsibilities

Shape the Future of Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Quality

• Define the Digital & AI vision for Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality.
• Continuously assess external market trends, emerging technologies and industry best practices.
• Identify future capability requirements needed to maintain competitiveness over the next 3-5 years.
• Develop strategic roadmaps that balance long-term ambition with practical execution in a complex brownfield environment.

Trend Monitoring & Innovation Scouting

• Establish a systematic process to identify and assess emerging technologies (e.g., a Trend Radar), and regularly communicate findings to create a shared knowledge base across TechOps and Digital governance bodies.
• Build partnerships with technology providers, industry networks, start-ups and academic institutions.
• Assess each trend against maturity, relevance for Fresenius Kabi, GxP and regulatory implications, cross-BU scalability and business value, with a clear recommendation to act, pilot, monitor or discontinue, informed by benchmarking, vendor and start-up scouting, and industry networks.

Digital Portfolio Ownership & Synergy Realization

• Own the portfolio of Digital & AI initiatives across Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Quality and maintain transparency of the digital maturity landscape across production units as the foundation for scaling decisions.
• Identify duplication, capability gaps and synergies; recommend consolidation, reuse or scaling opportunities; and prioritize investments based on business value, strategic importance and operational feasibility.

Big Bets, Use Cases & Proof of Value

• Identify high-value AI opportunities across manufacturing, planning, logistics, quality and engineering.
• Shape high-impact use cases together with Business Unit Digital Partners, including value cases, success criteria and committed business sponsors.
• Functionally lead an agile delivery team during the Proof of Value (PoV) phase, own the go/no-go decision gate following PoV completion and ensure a scalable transition into TechOps functions and Kabi IT.
• Steer value realization throughout broader deployment and support the development of reference and lighthouse sites that make the future-state vision tangible (e.g., Factory of the Future).

Lead Business Transformation

• Serve as a trusted advisor and single point of entry into Digital & AI for senior TechOps stakeholders across Business Units; facilitate cross-BU strategic dialogue and support preparation of related executive leadership decisions.
• Ensure global solutions are designed for reuse and scalability across sites, regions and business units.
• Align business, Digital & AI and technology stakeholders around common objectives. Act as the key interface to Kabi IT, Fresenius Digital Technology, Data & Analytics, Quality and Regulatory Affairs; lead through expertise and relationships while proactively identifying strategic risks and escalating significant deviations.
• Leverage Enablement and Transformation resources within the team to strengthen digital capabilities, drive adoption and support the workforce transformation required for AI-enabled operations.

## Your qualifications

• University degree; MBA a plus.
• At least 10 years of relevant Supply Chain, Manufacturing or Quality experience, including significant experience in global pharmaceutical, life sciences, medical technology, chemical or similarly regulated manufacturing.
• Proven success leading large-scale digital or operational transformations, building business cases and securing executive investment sponsorship.
• Strong knowledge of TechOps systems (ERP, MES, LIMS/QMS, PLM, automation, shop-floor connectivity and planning) and modern data/AI architectures, with the technical fluency to challenge estimates independently.
• Hands-on brownfield experience with fragmented processes, systems and data, and experience in international matrix organizations spanning multiple business units and production sites.
• Fluent written and spoken English; German or other languages an advantage.
• Willingness to travel internationally (30-40%)

## What we offer

Drive the future of our company — join #futurefresenius and make an impact!

## Contact

Apply now through our online portal.

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Posted Oct 22, 2026