Senior Business Process Optimization Specialist

We are looking for a structured and analytical Senior Business Process Optimization Specialist with strong Lean Six Sigma capabilities. You have hands-on experience with administrative processes and process mapping, and you’re confident teaching and embedding Lean methodologies across teams. You challenge inefficiencies, drive continuous improvement, and deliver measurable impact across operations. You thrive on data, collaboration, and a mindset of ongoing improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and facilitate process optimization initiatives:
  Identify, design, and deliver high-impact, cross-functional process improvement projects that increase efficiency, quality, and customer value using LEAN methodology and tools.
• Enable organizational capability:
  Coach and collaborate with process owners to build local process ownership and improvement capabilities, fostering accountability and long-term process thinking.
• Embed continuous improvement culture:
  Drive the adoption of continuous improvement practices (LEAN) by equipping process owners, local optimization specialists, and teams with the skills, frameworks, and mindsets needed to improve processes independently and sustainably.
• Enable through KPIs and insights:
  Help business units interpret relevant KPIs that reflect process performance, maturity, and improvement opportunities. Use these metrics to guide decision-making, prioritization, and benefit realization.
• Train and mentor in LEAN Mindset
  Build internal capability by training and coaching local optimization specialists and teams, ensuring consistent methodology and high standards across the organization.
• Digital and AI-enabled optimization:
  Collaborate with digital and IT teams to identify opportunities for automation and AI integration. Ensure technology is embedded effectively within redesigned processes.
• Business Process Management Governance and standards:
  Contribute to the development and application of enterprise-wide process management frameworks, continuous improvement standards, building a LEAN tools playbook and governance practices.
• Change and Adoption Leadership:
  Support structured change management activities to ensure successful implementation of optimized processes and sustained behavioral change. Promote success stories to build momentum.

You will be reporting directly to the Head of Process Excellence and are part of the Process Excellence team under Corporate Compliance in Odense. 

Who are you? 

You are a structured and analytical Business Process Optimization Specialist with minimum Green Belt Certification (Black Belt would be an asset) and strong Lean Six Sigma capabilities. 6+ years of experience in business process improvement. You have hands-on experience with Kaizen and process mapping, and you understand how to build process hierarchies, and process governance.

You’re confident teaching and embedding Lean methodologies across teams, and you bring a mindset rooted in continuous improvement. You are curious, persistent, and pragmatic — always seeking better ways of working. You’re a natural facilitator and coach, skilled at engaging stakeholders and driving change collaboratively.

You combine a strong analytical mindset with a sharp eye for linking data to business value. You’re comfortable navigating digital process tools such as RPA and AI, and you thrive in environments where structure, teamwork, and measurable impact matter. 

Who are we? 

Process Excellence is the driving force behind operational efficiency and continuous improvement. We work across departments to identify opportunities, eliminate waste, and optimize workflows using Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, and data-driven methodologies. Our mission is to build a culture of structured problem-solving, empower teams through Lean training, and deliver measurable value to the business.

• We are a growing team of 5 with office in Odense

• We support our colleagues and foster a continuous improvement mindset into the organisation
• We enjoy collaboration and looking out for what is next to support Orifarm in growth strategy. 

Why should you work for Orifarm?

At Orifarm, we know that our growth comes from the development of our employees. We are an ambitious organization with an entrepreneurial culture celebrating can-do attitudes, smarts, and hearts. Our secret to success? Valuing how different skill sets join forces to make our journey happen.

You will experience a work environment characterized by flexibility and a strong commitment to work-life balance, understanding that the best results come from satisfied and well-supported employees. Our international setting offers great opportunities for growth and career advancement. We also prioritize social events and gatherings to ensure that our employees feel connected and engaged with each other.

We regard our feedback culture as a fundamental element in the individual employee's opportunities for learning and development. When we have good results, every employee, including student workers, is part of our bonus scheme.

What we offer:

• Fulltime employment contract
• Life insurance
• Private medical care
• Sports card
• PPK
• Hybrid work model
• Flexible working hours

Job Location

Warsaw, Poland. Hybrid work model – 3x/week from the office located in the prestigious Gdański Business Center at Inflancka 4.

Occasional travel may occur (10%).

Application deadline 

ASAP

Need further information?

If you need further information about the job, please contact Patricia Hansen (Head of Process Excellence) at phanse@orifarm.com

About Orifarm

Everyone should have access to modern medicine. High costs or lack of access to pharmaceuticals should never impact our possibility to receive treatment or relief and live a healthy life. At Orifarm, we aim to bring healthy days by making modern healthcare a better deal for the people and the societies we serve. Working towards our vision, we create access to affordable, high-quality pharmaceuticals and healthcare products by challenging markets and always seeking new opportunities. With our core values paving the way, we always act responsibly and constantly with our customers at the center of our attention. And everything we do is driven by our sole purpose:

For as many as possible, as healthy a day as possible.

Our history goes back to 1994 when Orifarm was founded in Denmark by Hans and Birgitte Bøgh-Sørensen. Since then, Orifarm has grown from a small nine-person company into an international company operating globally in 15 countries. Today, Orifarm is Europe's largest parallel importer of pharmaceuticals and Denmark's largest supplier of pharmaceuticals, with more than 2,200 employees.

We encourage everyone to apply

At Orifarm, we welcome people from all backgrounds, recognizing that the best outcomes come from a diverse and inclusive work environment. Our commitment is to create an environment where different perspectives and skills drive innovation and contribute to a sustainable future. By creating such an environment, we are confident that we can achieve better results together.

We are often looking for new employees to help us grow and therefore, we may have other interesting opportunities for you. Follow us on LinkedIn to receive updates on our business activities and job opportunities: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/. Alternatively, if we do not have any vacant positions that match your interests at this time, we encourage you to submit your resume to our talent pool, from which we continuously select candidates: https://careers.orifarm.com/lp/TalentPool/28c5a1691eef5fd4/.