Associate Director – External Manufacturing
Location
California + 3 moreAll locations: California | Iowa | New Jersey | Pennsylvania
Posted
10 days ago
Salary
$129K - $203.1K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Associate Director – External Manufacturing
MSD
• Dispute resolution with appropriate escalation • Balancing our company's delivery requirements with contract manufacturer’s production plan. • Materials Management (ERP transactions, Logistics) • Oversight of shop floor production (determining when an ExM functional rep should be deployed to the contract manufacturer’s 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 manufacturer’s 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
Job Requirements
- Bachelor degree minimum in the Engineering, Medical, Science, Business, or related areas of study
- 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)
- Knowledge of Drug Substance manufacturing, including common unit operations and shop floor activities.
- Fluency in English both verbal and written.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
- retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- paid holidays
- vacation
- compassionate and sick days
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