The Director will interact with key operational and functional leaders and will be a lead for critical initiatives. The leader will be required to communicate, influence, and manage across the business as well as with partners in stakeholder organizations, such as Value Chain Management, Science & Technology, Procurement, Quality and others to achieve outcomes towards our long-term strategic priorities.

Position Description:

The Director plays a crucial role in developing and translating business strategy into successful implementation. This involves executing strategic initiatives, collaborating with cross functional stakeholders and initiative leads. This role will be responsible for solving complex problems, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement, value creation and adoption of change. The successful candidate will be a driven, strategic thinker with a focus on executional excellence, adept at navigating complex environments, with a key focus on business savviness.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Proactively identify, manage, and execute projects of strategic importance for the organization. Projects may be cross-Functional, cross-Geographical and/or cross-Divisional opportunities that require collaboration/coordination across multiple stakeholders.
• Support functional partners to ensure contemporary knowledge of the industry to ensure external factors are brought into decision making
• Lead activities related to developing, implementing, and delivering change management to appropriate audience across the organization.
• Leverage collaborative decision making, problem-solving and substantial stakeholder management skills to deliver exceptional sound business insights, judgements, and decisions
• Lead special projects and assignments as needed

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, business, project management or supply chain management with ten (10) years of proven leadership while working in the following functions: Manufacturing, Operations, Engineering, Tech Ops, New Product Development, or Supply Chain

Required Skills/Experience:

• Experience leading organizational change and providing oversight to transformation.
• Thrives in ambiguity, excels at problem-solving, and makes rapid, disciplined decisions focused on value delivery.
• Preferred:
• Deep and diverse understanding of the pharmaceutical industry with a focus on external manufacturing landscape
• Experience with Strategy Realization Framework (SRF)
• Overall operational excellence - lean manufacturing skills
• Ability to prioritize conflicting demands, act with urgency, when necessary, effective follow-ups on tasks and activities.
• Ability to work in ambiguous situations, formulate a plan, focus on what matters, drive outcomes, and speak up and be open-minded.
• Innovative thinking to experiment, learn and adapt new ways of working and initiatives supporting the strategy.

Enterprise Leadership Skills:

• Influence - Using effective involvement and persuasion strategies to gain acceptance of ideas and commitment to actions that support specific work outcomes.
• Networking & Partnerships - Building partnerships; developing and leveraging relationships within and across internal and external teams
• Effective problem-solving and analytical skills, successfully navigating matrixed organizations, building consensus and influencing decision-making.
• Strong communication skills to effectively engage with senior management and across all levels of the business.
• Strong leadership qualities to empower and inspire teams
• Collaborative nature, with the ability to work with diverse personalities and collaborate effectively with various functions and stakeholders.
• Possesses emotional intelligence, growth mindset, curiosity, drive, teamwork, organization, and coachability.

Enterprise Leadership Skills:

• Strategic Planning - Prioritizing and planning; establishing an action plan for self and others to complete work efficiently and on time by setting priorities, establishing timelines and leveraging resources.
• Business Savviness - Understanding the business; building and applying one's knowledge of company operations, financial performance and the industry to improve individual, work group and/or organizational results.
• Change Catalyst - Demonstrating adaptability; maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment (e.g., people, processes, structure or culture); adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches and collaborating with others to make the change successful.

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.

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".

The Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job in certain states and cities within the United States. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate's relevant skills, experience, and education.

Expected US salary range:
$164,800.00 - $259,400.00

Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. A summary of benefits is listed here.

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Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid

Shift:
Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:
No

Hazardous Material(s):
n/a

Job Posting End Date:
10/5/2024
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Job Posting End Date:10/05/2024

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Requisition ID:R313814