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Associate Director, Operations
1 month ago
Job Description
Our Manufacturing Operations teams are the people that make our products. We work in the manufacturing plants with a "Safety First, Quality Always" mindset striving for continuous improvement. We work in the local plant connected to our global manufacturing network to ensure the highest quality of raw materials, intermediates, and finished products.
Position Description:
- Responsible for the Operations teams, the process equipment, and all activities in the production area.
- Supports the Operations Director by contributing to the tactical and strategic direction of IPT and promotes the behaviors and principles that drive continuous improvement.
- Provide leadership, cross functional development, and technical expertise to operations, maintenance, and administrative personnel in the management of products.
- Ensure that objectives are effectively achieved, consistent with our Company requirements to ensure compliance, safety, and reliable supply to our customers.
- Accountable for production related schedule adherence, tasks, and resources in IPT and cross functionally; partner with colleagues to perform communications, training, project work, audit/inspection duties etc.; thereby ensuring department is audit/inspection ready.
- Accountable for compliance via documentation completion, risk assessments, closing out corrective action; participate in audits and inspections and proactively highlighting any issues around compliance.
- Collaborate with multiple partners (e.g., our Company network, third parties, vendors, quality, project managers and technical operations) in achieving excellence in IPT program.
- Represent department in site governance meetings and lead/participate in site initiatives/teams as required.
- Manage Department Budget and Support profit plan activities.
Minimum Education Requirements and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Science (BS) in Engineering, Business Administration, or another technical field with seven (7) years' experience in two or more functional areas, such as Operations, Quality, Technical Operations, Technology, Engineering, Maintenance, and/or Supply Chain or in the military. OR
- Master's degree in Science (MS) in Engineering, Business Administration, or another technical field with five (5) years' experience in two or more functional areas, such as Operations, Quality, Technical Operations, Technology, Engineering, Maintenance, and/or Supply Chain or in the military.
Required Experience and Skills
- Two (2) years of managerial experience
- Exceptional people skills with ability to navigate and resolve conflict through servant leadership behaviors.
- Technical and communication skills strong enough to present in a Regulatory audit.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
- Demonstrated drive, and ability to delegate/escalate appropriately.
Preferred Experience and Skills
- Two (2) years' experience in relevant manufacturing or processing (aseptic/sterile, oversight of sterilization cycles, vaccines, etc.) area
- Experience in running Operations Shop floor.
- Demonstrated knowledge of High Performing Organization tools and methodology including lean processing
- Demonstrated ability to create an engaged workforce.
NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS
In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.
If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separationpackage, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.
Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.
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U.S. Hybrid Work Model
Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, generally Tuesday, Wednesday and either Monday or Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence. This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as "remote".
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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
DomesticVISA Sponsorship:
NoTravel Requirements:
10%Flexible Work Arrangements:
Not ApplicableShift:
1st - DayValid Driving License:
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n/aJob Posting End Date:
08/12/2024*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Job Posting End Date:08/12/2024
A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Requisition ID:R306164
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