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Whether you are a life sciences organisation looking to strengthen your project and consultancy capabilities or a specialist seeking new opportunities, SIRE Life Sciences provides the expertise, data, and network to make success inevitable. We connect specialist life sciences consultants with projects that drive discovery, production, and healthcare innovation across the Netherlands. that drive discovery, production, and healthcare innovation across the Netherlands. Join the companies and professionals shaping the future of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and medical innovation. Empowering Life Sciences through People, Projects, and Performance.
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Senior HR Workday Systems Consultant
The Company Our client is an international and growing biopharmaceutical organization focused on developing innovative medicines. As the organization continues to expand its European operations, it is investing in its global HR systems and strengthening its Workday capabilities. About the Role We are looking for a Senior HR Workday Systems Consultant to lead Workday implementations across new European countries. You will manage the full implementation lifecycle, from requirements gathering and system configuration to testing and go-live, ensuring solutions meet local HR needs while maintaining global standards. Responsibilities – Lead hands-on Workday implementations and deployments across new European countries. – Configure Workday Core HCM, including organizational structures, staffing models, job profiles, compensation and business processes. – Configure country-specific requirements, including absence plans, holiday calendars, work schedules, employee classifications and local HR processes. – Translate local HR and payroll requirements into effective Workday configurations while maintaining global standards. – Manage cross-module dependencies involving business processes, security, reporting and integrations. – Lead functional and end-to-end testing, data migration, cutover, go-live and post-go-live support. – Configure and maintain business process rules, workflows, supervisory organizations,…
Industrial Automation & Controls Engineer
Company Our client is a modern manufacturing organization operating in a highly regulated environment. They run a complex industrial automation landscape where reliability, cybersecurity, and controlled change are critical. The culture is hands-on and improvement-driven, with close collaboration between engineering, maintenance, automation, and continuous improvement teams. Job Description For this role, our client is looking for an Industrial Automation & Controls Engineer to help keep the industrial automation environment stable, secure, and continuously improving. The Industrial Automation & Controls Engineer supports day-to-day operational continuity, safeguards automation-related projects against engineering and validation standards, and leads technical investigations to reduce the risk of unplanned downtime. Responsibilities • Manage and support industrial automation systems to ensure continuity, performance, quality, and cybersecurity. • Review automation-impacting projects and ensure alignment with engineering requirements, standards, and validation expectations. • Provide technical support to resolve operational automation issues and drive sustainable improvements in ways of working. • Lead and contribute to root-cause investigations using Integrated Work Systems (IWS) methods to prevent recurring downtime. • Coordinate lifecycle, change, and maintenance activities together with engineering, maintenance, automation, and improvement…
Biopharmaceutical Process Engineer
The Company A global healthcare and pharmaceutical organization focused on developing innovative medicines and advanced manufacturing technologies. The organization operates highly regulated production facilities where quality, safety, reliability and continuous improvement are central. About the Role We are looking for an Biopharmaceutical Process Engineer to support biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations in Leiden. You will act as an equipment subject matter expert, improving equipment reliability, supporting asset lifecycle management and preventing contamination. The position combines hands on technical engineering, GMP compliance, troubleshooting and continuous improvement within multidisciplinary manufacturing teams. Responsibilities – Ensure equipment activities and documentation comply with GMP requirements – Lead asset teams and maintain accurate asset information – Identify equipment replacement needs and contribute to the five year asset plan – Support introduction and implementation of new equipment and systems – Perform root cause analysis for equipment failures and recurring inefficiencies – Work with Operations and troubleshooting teams to reduce downtime and production losses – Conduct Gemba walks and assess correct equipment use – Improve equipment safety, quality, reliability, cost and scheduling – Provide expertise in contamination prevention and product…
Finance Controller
The Company Ingredients production facility in Borculo, Netherlands (Food sector). Produces high-quality ingredients used globally (e.g., baby, sports and medical nutrition). Role Description For this production site in Borculo, we are looking for a Finance Business Partner (Manufacturing Operations) who will act as the financial sparring partner for local management. The role combines strong controlling fundamentals with real business partnering: turning financial insights into practical actions that improve factory performance. This is not a typical desk-based position; regular presence on-site is key. Responsibilities – Own budgeting, forecasting, and monthly performance analysis for the factory. – Act as financial business partner to local management; provide insights and challenge performance. – Validate business cases and savings projects (Performance Plus program). – Support cost calculations and decision-making for new products. – Build/improve reporting in SAP and Power BI (translate business needs into reporting). – Contribute to the SAP S/4HANA transition. – Support financial compliance and a strong internal control environment. – Collaborate with Operations, Finance, HQ teams, and a Financial Shared Service Center. Requirements -University degree in Finance / Accountancy / Economics / Business Administration. – 2–5 years relevant experience (controlling,…
Industrial Automation Reliability Engineer
Company The client is an organisation with a complex industrial automation environment, focused on maintaining reliable, secure and continuously improving operations. Job Description The client is looking for an Industrial Automation Reliability Engineer to manage and improve industrial automation systems and infrastructure. The role focuses on system continuity, performance, quality and cybersecurity, while providing technical expertise and supporting maintenance, projects and operational improvements. Responsibilities – Manage industrial automation systems and help ensure their reliability, performance, quality and cybersecurity. – Review projects that affect industrial automation, including requirements, engineering standards and validation protocols. – Provide technical support when resolving operational automation issues. – Contribute to the development and improvement of policies, procedures and best practices. – Lead and participate in root cause analyses using Integrated Work Systems (IWS) methodologies to investigate and prevent unplanned downtime. – Oversee maintenance management, change management and lifecycle management activities. – Work closely with IA Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, EMR/IA Engineers, Automation Technicians, Improvement Technicians and Project Technicians. – Manage and coordinate external contractors and suppliers, ensuring compliance with internal engineering and automation standards. – Coordinate the…
Quality Performance & KPI Reporting Lead
Company Our client is a leading organisation within the food and specialised nutrition sector, operating in a highly regulated environment. The business works with a broad co-manufacturing network and places strong focus on quality, food safety, governance, and continuous improvement driven by data and performance insights. Job Description Our client is looking for a Quality Performance & KPI Reporting Lead to strengthen quality and food safety performance management across a co-manufacturing network. This role focuses on collecting and validating KPI data, translating it into clear insights, and enabling decision-making through Power BI dashboards and structured performance reporting. The Quality Performance & KPI Reporting Lead also supports performance review cadence, action tracking, and selected complaints and registration-related reporting activities. Responsibilities -Own the end-to-end KPI data process: collection, consolidation, validation, and reporting across the co-manufacturing network -Build, maintain, and continuously improve Power BI dashboards and automated reporting packs -Strengthen governance reporting and performance review routines (monthly/quarterly and ad hoc) -Analyse KPI trends to identify risks, early warning signals, and improvement opportunities; translate -findings into practical recommendations -Prepare performance updates for leadership and…
SIRE® Life Sciences
SIRE® Life Sciences is a leading partner in project management, consultancy and secondment services for the Life Sciences industry in the Netherlands. With a proven track record of excellence, we provide strategic workforce and project solutions that empower Life Sciences organizations across biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, clinical research, medical devices, and the food industry to achieve operational success and sustainable growth.
Our team of Life Sciences specialists combines scientific expertise with business insight to deliver customized project management, consultancy, and secondment services that align with the highest standards of quality and compliance. We support Life Sciences clients through every phase of the product lifecycle; from research and development (R&D) to clinical trials, manufacturing, and commercialization.
As the leading Life Sciences consultancy in the Netherlands, we have a strong network of exceptional consultants in areas such as biotech engineering, clinical operations, regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance, manufacturing, quality assurance and medical affairs. Our consultants and project managers bring deep industry knowledge and a results-driven mindset, ensuring each project is delivered on time, within scope, and in full compliance with international standards.
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