Business Project Manager - Supply Chain

Location: Belgium

SIRE® is the market leader in Life Sciences recruitment. We believe the recruitment market needs to gear up in technology and continuous innovation. We like technology, in a Life Sciences market driven on science, we couldn’t stay behind; we drive Recruitment Science. Investing a majority of our turnover in technology enables us to use unique Resource Technologies. By using highly advanced algorithms, we enable our team of Resource & Data Strategists© to maintain the most advanced, detailed and complete Life Sciences network in Europe. This big data enables us to work Reverse Recruitment©: we first analyze the market in-depth before we go out to the market. Because we analyze the whole market, we can compare facts and data. This enables us to do Facts & Big Data Recruitment©, making sure we, or better yet, you find the right career!Our client is a professional Pharmaceutical organisation, based in Anvers Belgium.

Role Description

The role will include leading multiple supplier qualification projects for raw materials, intermediates and APIs by managing virtual multidisciplinary teams as well as managing key stakeholders and stakeholder’s expectations.

Responsibilities

Supplier Selection and Qualification
Key Objective: Align sourcing/outsourcing/bridging decisions to strategic and preferred suppliers.
• Lead projects
o The project manager organizes the (tech transfer) project, provides design for manufacturability inputs, develops scale-up, and validation plan for the manufacturing of batches at partner, contractor or supplier.
o The individual will manage the technical programs at the supplier/EM, including coordination of (tech transfer) projects, supplier qualification, management of change, capacity analysis, supply performance reviews and programs to meet industry and regulatory standards.
o The individual will develop the program proposals and related budgets, and tracks project progress.
o The Sr. Manager ensures project timelines and required project milestones are met.
o This individual will create a motivated and focused team environment, aligned with organizational goals and with company policy.

Additional Responsibilities
• Identify and manage stakeholders, understand their needs and align Procurement and Business Unit objectives to deliver Company strategic objectives

Requirements

• Engineer, Master or PhD in a technical field (Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Chemical Engineering).
• Position requires 5-10 years supply chain experience
• Experience with chemical or active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing is required.
• Experience with tech transfers or external manufacturing is preffered.
• Broad knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry, including in depth operating knowledge of the processes and functions involved in API development and commercial manufacturing of chemicals or APIs is preferred.
• Process excellence/Lean training/experience required (certified belt)
• Ability to accomplish projects at partners/contractors through interpersonal skills, leadership style and broad operational expertise is required.
• Demonstrated project management and leadership experience in managing cross functional/cross company projects is required.
• Position act as a representative of J&J to the external world. Frequent internal interaction with individuals at all levels in procurement, quality, supply chain and technical groups across the Operating Companies and on a Global Basis. Good communication and collaboration skills as well as excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Ability to influence without authority at all levels including senior leaderships required.
• Availability to travel regularly for business trips (Regional and Global, where needed)(10-30%).

Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Rowin van der Zwaan.