In this role you will lead the Maintenance Operations and Excellence Team within EMEX to sustain world-class manufacturing standards. You will drive maintenance excellence through cross-functional collaboration, coaching, and structured problem-solving, aiming to minimize downtime and optimize costs. You’ll align maintenance strategy with site goals and the Product Supply System framework, delivering value to products and customers. This position offers a meaningful impact on health outcomes by elevating maintenance capabilities at our Garbagnate Milanese site.

- Lead and develop a diversified Maintenance Team to ensure available technical capabilities.
- Foster cross-functional collaboration to drive improvement initiatives and pragmatic innovation.
- Coach and grow team members, ensuring effective stakeholder collaboration and value-adding solutions.
- Articulate a clear vision for maintenance evolution toward world-class standards, aligned with site strategy.
- Advance continuous technical improvement per PM methodology to reduce losses and downtime.
- Maximize equipment availability via preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, and prompt repairs.
- Design and evolve a robust maintenance framework with service standards, KPIs, and structured problem solving.




- Serve as main interface with global EMEX and local site stakeholders on maintenance initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with Health, Safety, Environment, and Energy responsibilities as a role model.
- Bachelor in Engineering or equivalent technical undergraduate degree
- 5+ years (or 7+) in maintenance leadership in complex manufacturing
- Proven experience leading diverse technical teams in manufacturing environments
- Strong leadership with Vision, Architecture, Coaching, and Catalyzing (VACC) and change management skills
- Practical experience implementing lean management in maintenance or technical settings
- Digital mindset with drive to improve processes, performance, and people
- Hands-on experience with manufacturing and packaging tech (mechanics, electrical, automation, pneumatics); pharma/chemical/food/beverage/cosmetics experience considered a plus
- No explicit degree required beyond stated, otherwise unknown
- vision and strategic thinking
- effective communication
- change management
- PM/PSS methodologies
- preventive maintenance planning

Maintenance Operations & Excellence Lead (m/f/d) milano, lombardia, it

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📌 Maintenance Operations & Excellence Lead (M/F/D) (Milano)
🏢 Bayer
📍 Milano