Integral Project Leader

Location: Netherlands

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 Healthcare organisation, based in Noord-Brabant Netherlands.

The Company

Our client is a professional Pharmaceutical organisation, based in Noord-Brabant Netherlands. This client is an international pharmaceutical organization, specialized in the packaging and distribution of medicines with a powerful sense of shared purpose toward their mission: to serve patients.

Role Description

As an integral project leader, you are responsible for the complete end-to-end product creation cycle of Mother & Child care products from the company. If you like to work in an innovative and dynamic organization, than this is the perfect job for you.

The team where you will be working in delivers innovative lifestyle solutions for personal well-being. The innovation site Eindhoven is focused on the development of medically and non-medically endorsed lifestyle products. It is responsible for the end-to-end development and realization for new product proposition.

One of the key growth areas is the Mother and Child Care category, which encompass multiple sub-businesses such as Infant Feeding, Breast Feeding Solutions and Comforting. As Integral Project Lead, you will be part of Project Management Team and report to its Group Lead. This team is part of the Innovation & Development team of Mother and Child Care.

Responsibilities

As Integral Project Leader you are responsible for the complete end-to-end (E2E) product creation cycle of Mother & Child Care products. You are managing projects starting from initial ideation based on a thorough understandinhg of the needs of consumers, through function development, product realization, market activation & launch into post-market surveillance.

You oversee the execution of a part of the program related to a specific subcategory of Mother & Child Care business. You manage assigned resources between the projects and programs, ensuring they are executed according to business strategy and goals. As key figure at the center of the project, you engage and motive the team members.

Besides all those responsibilities you will also set up and lead one or more multi-disciplinary project team(s), with internal and external project members and business partners/ sub-contractors. Yo will also define and achieve competitive edge project goals within constraints of budget, time, quality and strategic boundary conditions. Managing the involved risks is also part of your responsibilities. Take corrective actions if the project runs out of your plan, you have to manage the stakeholder's field around the project. You will also manage the development related activities from Value proposition Ceation, advanced development until new product introduction and ensure a solid handover to lifecycle maintenance team. Together with your team, you will set up a review structure that provides optimal insight into the current status of the project.

Requirements

• University degree in a relevant technical subject, preferably Mechanical/Electronics engineering or Physics;
• Proven track record and experience (6+ yrs.) in leading multi-disciplinary product development projects in a high volume consumer product development environment;
• Experience in product development of consumer products is required (with a focus on mechanics and plastics).
• PMP certified, Lean, Agile not required but a plus
• Medical device or healthcare background not required but a plus
• Experience in mass production is an advantage;
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to manage highly interrelated complex multi-functional tradeoffs are required;
• Skilled in leading International, multicultural, multi-site development projects is preferred;
• Are able to understand and translate consumer needs into clear product requirements;
• Skilled in analyzing the stakeholder environment and needs to achieve common objectives, considering contradicting interests and making the best decisions for the project as well as the business;
• Can balance risks and opportunities to enable innovative solutions;
• Your scope is International and a travel percentage of around 10% is part of this role;
• A strong leader and a team builder. You are an excellent communicator and motivator, skilled in managing interpersonal processes;
• Able to continuously challenge the status quo, with a strong desire to improve organizational effectiveness structurally;
• Always looking for perfection. You do not accept underperformance or poor results. You have a quality mindset.

Are you interested and do want to apply for this role, please fill out your application via the apply button below and contact Tim de Jong.