Associate Director, External Manufacturing

Job Description

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact and drive innovation in the healthcare industry The Global Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) at our company is excited to invite passionate individuals to join our dynamic team!

GPO is a diverse global organization committed to bringing a compliant reliable supply of life-saving and affordable medicines to patients around the world. Our organization is responsible for the manufacturing and supply of all pharmaceutical products packaging of the entire Human Health portfolio and commercialization of the small molecule new product pipeline. GPO manages a wide range of products serving communities in more than 175 markets around the globe with more than 7 billion doses of vital medicine distributed each year. Collaborating with other operating units and functions GPOs commitment to enhancing the patient experience and improving access to life-saving treatments is achieved through a network of internal and external sites that support the enterprise and divisions strategic priorities.

Our companys Small Molecule External Manufacturing organization is responsible for management of third party manufactures of our Companys products across drug substance drug product and packaging operations. The organization helps launch and supply our critical medicines and vaccines around the world.

External Manufacturing Operations Associate Director (Ops AD) in partnership with the respective functional representatives is responsible for ensuring the reliable supply of quality products at competitive costs from external manufacturing partners (EPs) and to integrating these EP into our companys supply chain appropriately and is the owner and primary point of contact for all interactions between our Manufacturing Division and the three newly sited EPs.

The successful candidate is responsible to establish boundaries and ground rules for engagement with the EPs while ensuring compliance/quality readiness of these suppliers at all times through the implementation of risk assessments and frequent walkthroughs. The number of EPs an Ops AD is accountable for will depend upon factors such as: product type size and/or complexity of supply agreement geography etc.; however will typically manage relationships that are highly complex in nature and of strategic importance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Dispute resolution with appropriate escalation

• Balancing our companys delivery requirements with contract manufacturers production plan. Materials Management (ERP transactions Logistics)

• Oversight of shop floor production (determining when an ExM functional rep should be deployed to the contract manufacturers facility)

• Continuous Improvement activities

• Partners with Procurement in the Identification/Selection of new contract manufacturers and Negotiation/Termination of Supply Agreements as required

• Facilitates the collection of contract manufacturers capacity information (e.g. stated capacity firm capacity future capacity plans time horizon/lead times required comments/concerns etc.) presents the information to Supply Chain Management and drives recommendations for capacity expansion at contract manufacturers as required

• Ensuring alignment of the Supply and Quality agreements

• Executing ERP transactions associated with receipt and movement of company owned inventory book-to-physical reconciling of company owned inventory at contract manufacturers and documenting and witnessing destruction of company owned inventory

• Ensuring contract terms agreed upon by our company and the contract manufacturer including but not limited to purchase orders forecasts deliveries and invoice payments are executed in compliance with the Supply Agreement

• Partners with the ExM Company Production System experts and other functionalities supporting ExM (e.g. technical quality procurement etc.) to identify continuous improvement opportunities at contract manufacturers and supports

• Project management support to the DP NA regional team and to ensure a greater coordination of ongoing projects within the region

• This position will require travel up to 50%

Education Minimum Requirement

• Bachelor degree minimum in the Engineering Medical Science Business or related areas of study

Required Experience and Skills

• No less than eight (8) years combined experiences in commercial/business and manufacturing (operations project management or quality technology supply chain etc.) function in pharmaceutical chemical or related industry required (or equivalent combination of education/experience)

• Must possess excellent interpersonal communication project management collaboration negotiation analytical and influencing skills

• Has demonstrated strong leadership in a teamwork environment and with strong team coordination abilities

• Cultural awareness and sensitivities

• Fluency in English both verbal and written

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Recent ExM Operations or site operations

• Conversant on domestic and foreign regulations and compendia governing manufacturing operations

• Lean project implementation

• Strong influencing skills demonstrated at various levels

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