SYNLAB è una multinazionale, presente in Europa, Asia, Africa e Sud America, composta da quasi 30 mila dipendenti, che collaborano con il principale obiettivo di migliorare il benessere dei pazienti.

In Italia, con un team di oltre 4 mila professionisti, SYNLAB rappresenta il più rilevante e vasto gruppo di diagnostica integrata nei Medical Center e il più importante interlocutore dei servizi di Laboratorio. Lombardia, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Toscana, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Lazio e Campania sono le regioni in cui si sviluppa principalmente l'attività di SYNLAB che è comunque presente in tutta Italia con partner accreditati.

La Mission: fornire informazioni diagnostiche utili per una vita sana e per il benessere di tutti.

La Vision: una leadership conquistata attraverso l’eccellenza del servizio a favore delle persone e della comunità medica, con una diagnostica di altissima qualità.

I Valori: passione, responsabilità e customer centricity.

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Posizione:

For the Operations team of SYNLAB Italia, we are looking for a Lean Manager who will be responsible for leading continuous improvement initiatives and contributing to processes transformation across Italy.

The position does not include direct people management, and requires a strong cross-functional leadership on projects and a constant interaction with diverse stakeholders, like country and corporate functions, as well as international counterparts.

We are looking for a pragmatic, energetic, and assertive person—not a back-office or purely analytical profile, but a true change agent who can work directly on processes,



engage people, and deliver tangible improvements in efficiency, performance, and ways of working.

Contract and package

Permanent contract

CCNL Commercio – Level 1

Indicative gross annual salary range: €43,000 – €47,000 + MBO

Main responsibilities

The person will be responsible for:

- Leading Lean projects and continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging the STS (SYNLAB Transformation System) methodology;
- Analysing operational processes, identifying inefficiencies, waste, bottlenecks and improvement opportunities;
- Defining and monitoring action plans, KPIs, milestones and targeted results;
- Facilitating workshops, problem-solving activities, Kaizen events and on-site discussions;
- Supporting process standardisation and the deployment of Lean/STS best practices;
- Supporting change, influencing stakeholders and operational teams even without direct hierarchical authority;
- Collaborating with the Group headquarters and with the Group STS community.

Requisiti:

The ideal candidate has:

- At least 7 years of experience in Lean, Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement, Industrial Engineering or Process Improvement roles;
- Previous experience in structured industrial, manufacturing or production environments;




- Hands-on experience in change management projects with measurable impact on processes, KPIs and people;
- Solid knowledge of Lean tools, including VSM, A3, PDCA, Kaizen, 5S, Standard Work, Visual Management and Root Cause Analysis;
- Excellent command of Excel and PowerPoint;
- Good knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint, Planner and Visio will be considered a plus;
- Excellent written and spoken English;
- Availability to travel across Italy, approximately 30% of the time.

Previous experience in regulated or complex industrial sectors, such as pharma, medical devices, chemical, food, packaging or automotive, will be considered a plus.

Soft skills

The ideal candidate also brings:

- Strong drive and result orientation;
- Assertiveness and influencing skills;
- Energy, ambition and pragmatism;
- Hands-on approach;
- Problem-solving attitude and change management skills;
- Ability to engage people and constructively challenge the status quo.

Altre informazioni:

What we offer

The opportunity to join an international and evolving environment, with a role highly exposed to Operations processes and Lean/STS transformation initiatives within SYNLAB Italia.

The job offer is open to candidates of all genders, in compliance with Legislative Decree no. 198/2006, as amended and supplemented, and Legislative Decrees nos. 215 and 216/2003 on equal treatment.

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