Operational Excellence and Digitalization Specialist
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in an international pharmaceutical company, with the aspiration of becoming the global leader in allergy treatment? Join ALK, a leading general pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving lives for people living with allergies, as our new Operational Excellence and Digitalization Specialist. We believe in empowering our people and fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment where your expertise can truly make an impact.
Position Purpose
The Operational Excellence Technician supports the execution of Continuous Improvement (CI), Operational Excellence (OPEX), and Digitalization initiatives within the Product Supply area at ALK Spain. The role contributes to the site’s performance by identifying improvement opportunities, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, implementing Lean methodologies, and delivering quantifiable economic impact (e.g., waste reduction, efficiency increase, digital workflows).
This role is ideal for someone early in their career,



with technical/engineering background, enthusiasm, strong communication skills, and a desire to grow in CI and Project Management within a regulated pharma environment. Appetite to transform Manual/Paper processes into Digital. Desire to learn and implement digital solutions.
Key responsibilities:
- Operational Excellence: Identify and execute CI opportunities (waste, throughput, standardization), lead problem‑solving/CI workshops, reduce scrap, increase OEE (bottleneck analysis, downtime categorization), and optimize processes.
- Data & dashboards: Collect/analyze operational data, define KPIs, ensure data integrity, build visual management and dashboards for TIER routines, document data sources and calculations.
- Digitalization: Translate needs into requirements, help create dashboards/automations, support existing IT systems, and improve digital standards and data structures.
- Project

📌 Operational Excellence and Digitalization Specialist (España)
🏢 ALK-Abelló Nordic
📍 España