New Products Senior Project Manager

Job Description

We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded New Products Senior Project Manager that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities:

• Invent | Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs

• Execute | Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business)

• Adapt | Develop Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape

• Diverse Talent | We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high-performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world

• Values and Standards | Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success – They are a Competitive Advantage for Us

Summary, Focus and Purpose

The New Products Senior Project Manager works closely with Production, Engineering, Technical Services, Quality, Stability, and Planning in support of PAI Readiness activities, new product introductions, new market launches, Technical Transfers, and marketing driven initiatives such as new market Tenders. Recognized as a subject matter expert in various site master data systems including SAP Material Master, SAP Engineering Change Management, Artwork Management Systems, and Supplier Transparency management making decisions based on policies, procedures, requirements, and guidelines.

Primary Key Functions

• Work Independently and as a Team member with Integrity | Precision | Accomplishment | Motivational Ambition | Respect | Inclusion

• Serves as site-level project manager to implement changes ranging from moderate to complex, high-priority, high-visibility launches with significant above-site/off-site involvement

• Coordinates internal and external resources for the flawless execution of projects delivered on-time by developing a detailed project plan tracking progress to completion

• Represents our Company Manufacturing Division (MD) on development and commercialization teams as appropriate by interfacing with Regulatory, Marketing, Product Strategy Leaders, Global Labeling Operations and other internal or external customers on new and existing products introductions by: Ensuring products conform to regulatory and compliance obligations (e.g. FDA, EMA, DEA, cGMP, etc.) | Reviewing Packaging Sections of Global Regulatory submissions

• Develops packaging bills of materials (BOMs) to support production requirements

• Coordinates artwork changes across multiple departments to assure regulatory timelines for implementation are met and that product supply is not interrupted

Secondary Key Functions

• Deviation Author for Team as required by following the deviation management process

• SOP author and/or reviewer for departmental related procedures

• Develops and executes training plan as required for new team members

Education

• Bachelor of Science degree

Required

• Four years project management experience with the ability to multi-task and relevant work experience

• Extremely detailed in both verbal communications and documentation

• Manage multiple projects that span different timelines

• Risk-based decision-making skills without knowledge of all the inputs

• Strong Microsoft Office Knowledge – especially Outlook, Excel, and Word

• Positive attitude, strong work ethic, ability to work under pressure, and be a fast learner

• Work in a Team-environment and collaborate cross-functionally

• Working knowledge of Materials Requirements Planning System (SAP) and interrelationship with the Planning and Scheduling functions.

Preferred

• Microsoft Project experience

• Experience in Artwork Management Systems, SAP, and GCM TrackWise

• Working knowledge of Merck policies & procedures, environmental, safety standards and guidelines, GMP's, governmental regulations (e.g. OSHA), industry and engineering standards

• Operational knowledge of packaging processes and equipment for glass, plastic bottles, and coldform/thermoform blisters as related to component and labeling machinability

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is dedicated to being the most trusted supplier of biopharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create a reliable global manufacturing network that’s devoted to delivering a high-quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, 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 …

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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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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New hires in office-based roles in the US & Puerto Rico will be required, subject to applicable law, to demonstrate that they have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or qualify for a medical or religious exemption to this vaccination requirement that can be accommodated without an undue burden to the operation. However, subject to applicable law, employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as employees in health services, customer facing commercial, or research based roles, will be required to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment.

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Requisition ID:R202498