Supply Chain Project Manager

Supply Chain Project Manager - 52601

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:

The Project Manager is accountable for planning, managing, and executing all product-related projects and teams at the KFS sites. These projects include activities such as: new product launches, volume transfers, material qualifications, alternate supplier/site qualifications, tech transfers from R&D to commercial operations, process changes, equipment qualification, and scale-up changes. Duties will include working with cross-functional teams at the sites, and at other internal and external locations.

How you’ll spend your day:

• Defining project scope, deliverables, schedule and risks.
• Controlling project schedule, according to time constraints and uncertainties.
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders in order to deliver the project objectives
• Lead project kick-off meetings and manage all project information, communications, and schedules.
• Coordinate cross-functional and multi-site efforts to ensure project execution according to schedule.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the project team, particularly during the execution phase; develop with the team the optimum batch sizes and system setups needed to meet project requirements.
• Define and manage risk plan and apply contingencies for all assigned projects.
• Utilize team to identify constraints within the sites and solve conflicts based on priorities set by site and above site groups.
• Serve as primary contact for all assigned projects.
• Report and escalate to management as needed.
• Manage the project implementation with the markets and ensure quality delivery, within project scope and timelines

Your experience and qualifications:

• Academic degree in Industrial engineering, Materials / Chemical engineering or Life science – must
• Master degree in the same fields or MBA – advantage
• 2+ years of project management experience
• Experience in managing large-scale projects in pharmaceutical organizations - significant advantage
• Advanced knowledge of R&D & Production processes, quality and regulatory requirements - significant advantage
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, ability to motivate people into action
• Ability to adapt to changes
• High analytical and problem solving skills
• High execution skills
• Fluent speaking and reading English capabilities - must