Ignacio Palacios

Operations & Strategy Leader | Pharma Manufacturing | Operational Excellence, Industrialization, and Scalable Growth | EPFL EMBA

Visp, Valais, Switzerland

About

Operational Excellence Manager with experience driving industrial transformation in both the German automotive supplier industry and the Swiss pharmaceutical sector. Over the past decade, I have led Lean Six Sigma initiatives focused on operational efficiency, capacity improvement and cross-functional process optimization in complex manufacturing environments. Currently pursuing an Executive MBA at EPFL to expand my expertise in strategy, finance and innovation, with the goal of transitioning into business strategy roles at the intersection of operations, industrial transformation and strategic decision-making.

Experience

  • Operational Excellence Manager | Bioconjugates at Lonza
    Mar 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 5 mos

  • Senior Process Engineer | Process & Technology Operational Excellence at HUBER+SUHNER
    Sep 2020 - Feb 2021 · 6 mos

  • Quality Engineer at SCHOTT Pharma
    Sep 2018 - Aug 2020 · 2 yrs

  • Lean Manager at Härter Group
    Sep 2013 - Aug 2018 · 5 yrs

  • Project Assistant at Bosch
    May 2013 - Aug 2013 · 4 mos