IRT Lead (Manager)
- Employer
- Pfizer
- Location
- Sandwich
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Closing date
- 13 Oct 2024
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- Sector
- Science & Pharmaceuticals
- Hours
- Full Time
- Flexibility
- Flexible working available
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Job Details
Our manufacturing logistics and supply team makes sure that customers and patients have the medicines they need, when they need them. You'll help bring medicines to the world even faster by embracing challenges, imagining what's possible and taking action.
Working with a dynamic team of Logistics and Supply Chain experts, you will play a critical role in overseeing and managing the operational aspects of ongoing supply chain projects. You will serve as a liaison between the project team and the line management.
As a Manager, you provide guidance to operational teams for managing projects. Your planning skills will help in preparing forecasts for resource requirements, and providing areas of improvement for products, processes or services. Your experience in project management will be used while reviewing status of projects and budgets, managing schedules and preparing status reports, developing resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals. You will be able to take a leadership role to facilitate agreements between different Pfizer teams.
It is your hard work and focus that will make it possible for Pfizer's customers and patients to receive the medicines they need, when they need them.
- Provide guidance, lead/co-lead projects, manage own time to meet objectives, forecasts and plans resource requirements for projects across the division.
- Adopt strategies that are right for the business through demonstration of extensive drug supply knowledge.
- Support and implement Market Excellence/Ecosystem initiatives in close collaboration with regional and global teams to achieve target level for each capability.
- Manage the Clinical Supply Team (matrix management) with a network of internal and external partners to ensure that or teams meet customer expectations, and supports the key Pfizer Clinical milestones.
- Manage multi-disciplinary teams that includes project management and negotiation.
- Lead investigational material supply strategies for early and late stage development programs intended for regulatory approvals of new products and currently approved products.
- Act as a subject matter expert on all information regarding the global use of investigational material in clinical studies.
- Identify and escalate supply issues to regional teams or global supply team.
- Manage a portfolio of brands within the commercial business including demand planning, inventory planning and supply assurance.
- Ensure that supply chain and logistics business processes are in place to guide the timely and effective update various Supply Chain systems, including, but not limited to System Application & Products and other supporting systems.
- Provide analysis and reports to leadership on Business Unit and Research Unit delivery commitment performance.
- Bachelor's Degree
- Able to demonstrate extensive years' experience
- Demonstrated experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives
- Proven ability to effectively develop, communicate, and gain support for execution plans with a wide range of stakeholders
- Broad knowledge of logistics and supply chain environment
- Knowledge of Pharmaceutical Industry supply chain best practices
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Advanced Information Technology and analytical skills {MS-Office, MS Project, System Application & Products Tableau, etc.}
- Master's degree.
- Relevant pharmaceutical experience.
- Relevant operational experience across diverse business portfolio
{e.g. Biopharmaceuticals, Consumer Products, other industries}
Work Location Assignment: Sandwich (Kent) with potential for flexible working arrangements.
Company
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self.
In the UK, we have around 2,400 colleagues across four locations, working within our commercial business, research and development (R&D), manufacturing and distribution operations.
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