Job Description

Job Description

The Materials and Project Management Supervisor will manage a team of individuals across multiple work centers in support of receiving, sampling, dispensing, and shipping of pharmaceutical materials. In addition, this individual will work with business partners in maintenance and engineering, site safety and quality assurance to ensure compliance and efficiency in the day to day flow of goods.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Leads in the equipment and facility design and qualification for a new classified good manufacturing practice (GMP) area currently under construction.

* Hires contract staff.

* Define material flows.

* Authors standard operating procedures (SOPs).

* Define cleaning and micro monitoring protocols for classified space.

* Leads the day-to-day operations of a team of individuals that support sampling and dispensing individuals of Occupational Exposure Bands (OEB) 1 and 2 powder excipients, shipping and destruction of materials.

* Ensures that all weighing and cleaning activities are executed in a safe, compliant and timely manner in accordance with departmental SOPs and the company operating model.

* Works with Warehouse area to support the delivery of materials to the classified space Ensures training for staff is maintained and is relevant. As necessary, conducts or directs training activity for the team, including but not limited to; SOPs, skill qualifications, safety, quality and other related communications. Notifies and escalates issues needing resolution in a timely fashion.

* Responsible for re-allocation of resources as needed across area activities.

* Interfaces with multiple business partners and formulators with our Research across Solid Dose, Animal Health, Sterile filling and Inhalation modalities to ensure the on-time delivery of materials to the new manufacturing building.

* Works with business partners in clinical manufacturing to support the on-time delivery of materials to line operations in production suites.

* Works with additional customers in development operations to ensure material requests and associated activities are executed in a timely manner.

* Works with Inventory Planning team and Materials Management team at the West Point Site, as needed.

* Works with Business partners in Engineering to ensure capital projects are planned, resourced and implemented in a timely fashion.

* Collaborates effectively in a various cross functional workstreams to ensure the customers receives materials timely and accurately.

* Supports Quality and Continuous Improvement Initiatives.

* Attend cross functional meetings with source area representatives to provide operational support and adapting working models as necessary.

* Supports SOP authoring for revisions and updates Warehouse Business Rules, as necessary. Supports quality investigations notice of events (NOEs), alarm notifications and other compliance and quality related issues (i.e., Audits).

Education Minimum Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science or Business Administration plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Required Experience and Skills:

Technical Skills:

* Three or more years relevant experience in a supervisory capacity.

* Five or more years' experience in Manufacturing, Central Weigh or Warehouse operations or equivalent.

* Demonstrated knowledge of Operational Excellence tools.

* Awareness of Safety Policies and Procedures.

* Awareness of current good manufacturing practices (GMPs).

* Prior Experience with SAP.



Leadership Skills

* Teamwork/Collaboration

* Flexibility

* Motivation

* Functional Excellence

* Results-Oriented

* Communication, both written and oral

* Analytical Problem solving

* Brainstorming/Ideas generation tools and techniques

* Customer service

Business Skills:

* Supervisory Skills

* Project Management

We are a research-driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we follow the science that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. We believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career

Growth.

Invent. Impact. Inspire.

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 separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Specified

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

Yes

Hazardous Material(s):

Number of Openings:

1
Requisition ID:R106403