Associate Director, Facilities Operations & Projects Manager

Associate Director, Facilities Operations & Projects Manager - 52513

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

A new, exciting opportunity has arisen at Teva Pharmaceuticals for an experienced Facilities Operations & Projects Manager to join our Global Facilities Management & Real Estate Department (GFM & RE), to lead our facilities operations and projects within the International Markets (IM) region.

As the Facilities Operations & Projects Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the Head of GFM IM with strategic oversight of Facilities Operations, Real Estate, and Workplace Services Projects for all sites in our region, in order to support business operations.

Your key focus will be to support governance over the management of hard & soft services, lead projects, drive continuous improvement across all sites and strengthen relationships with our customers & stakeholders.

Facilities Operations Services include but are not limited to Hard services such as the maintenance, installation and construction of building systems and infrastructure such as electrical, plumbing and mechanical systems and utilities. It also includes Soft services including security, cleaning, food services, events, waste management, pest control, uniforms, etc.

In this role, you will be reporting to the Senior Director, Regional Facilities Management, International Markets based in Israel.

How you’ll spend your day

As the Facilities Operations & Projects Manager, your responsibilities include:

• Oversee, manage, and lead strategic projects (savings initiatives, best practice implementation, opening and/or closure of sites, construction, relocating sites, technology-related projects, etc.).
• Develop Facilities Operations Project roadmaps and prioritize projects with ambitious targets, and Develop implementation plans including projected benefits & outcomes and propose action plans to leadership for review & strategic alignment. Execute approved improvement projects. Work with the IM GFM & RE Team to monitor and measure performance to achieve desired results.
• Leverage prioritized projects to deliver improved business performance while increasing skills of IM GFM & RE resources. Track and report on progress of approved projects keeping stakeholders informed and ensuring that expectations are met.
• Provide strategic support for the team overseeing all Facilities, RE and workplace services projects for all sites in our IM region.
• Leads changes for assigned sites in accordance with the strategic initiatives within Global Facilities Management (GFM) and TEVA's business units
• Assist sites during the development of annual budgets for operational and capital expenses, to reach cost reduction targets set by the Business and Teva
• Monitor Facilities service levels in line with SOPs, SLAs, and KPIs in order to support business operations and reach service improvement targets
• Engage with all relevant stakeholders on a reoccurring basis including with relevant business manager to align on goals and work plans, and coordinate with other functions (i.e. Corporate Security, EHS, HR, IT, etc.) to meet business needs
• Ensures compliance with Teva and GFM policies, procedures, operating plans and SOPs
• Support the GFM with the implementation of strategic plans and initiatives for assigned sites
• Identify operational requirements and solutions for upcoming issues and problems (bottlenecks) on various organizational levels:

o Acting as FM interface and supporting synergy on projects with the local, regional and global support teams

o Visiting sites and audit services or service providers

o Requesting changes of the service providers contracts and renegotiating their contracts with support of the TEVA Procurement team

o Representing FM in the new facilities planning, decommissioning, consolidation and upgrade projects to make sure that the FM requirements are achieved, and business needs met

Your experience and qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree - Industrial engineering and management / Engineering or another relevant discipline – a Must.
• Master's degree - an advantage.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant progressive experience – such as Facilities Management, Operations, Engineering, Projects Manager or PMO.
• Fluent English & Hebrew – a Must.
• Full control with MS Office tolls (PPT, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• Passionate with Data & curiosity for Analyzing it.
• Solid background with new Contracts/Exists Agreements and general Legal approach.
• Demonstrated knowledge and control of Budget management, Soft & Hard services, OpEx & CapEx projects.
• Experience with Manufacturing, R&D, and Distribution operations at a pharmaceutical or other regulated company preferred
• Well-developed leadership skills coupled with outstanding people, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to initiate, manage, and successfully implement significant change processes
• Strong ability to develop presentation/business cases and present to all levels of management
• Financial oversight experience
• Team player, service orientated, supportive and has an ability to create strong networks within a matrix organization
• Management of an organization in a state of uncertainty and regular change while being flexible to meet the requirements of the customer and business

Enjoy a more rewarding choice

• Generous leave, health, and wellbeing benefits
• Travel allowance
• Wellbeing and recreation allowance
• Commitment to ongoing personal & professional growth via a blend of learning opportunities
• Opportunity to join a leading global organization with a network of 37,000 employees operating in 60 markets, with 25 R&D sites