Project Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly engineering reports with key KPIs (Capex, Maintenance, HSE and Quality)
• Support internal and external audits
• Implement technical standards
• Implement GOPs
• If needed, create regional / site SOPs & templates
• Ensure availability of competent, high performing people and develop the talent pool
• Implement sharing and leveraging of best practices and expertise in project management and project controlling
• Own the Training Curriculum for own Job Profile
• Develop contractual strategy and framework to manage vendors / contractors and corresponding contracts in assigned region / site
• Select vendor / contractor
• Establish vendor / contractor contract
• Establish and lead project management teams
• Prepare Project Charter, Business Case and CAR
• Develop Project Sourcing Strategy
• Establish project governance in assigned region / sites
• Plan and organize Project Resource
• Perform project reviews (e.g. Technical Quality Review (TQR), constructability, sustainability, HSE)
• Execute Project Stage Gate keeping and Project Definition Level Rating (PDRI)
• Manage investment budget & project portfolio for region / site
• Lead investment review committees for assigned region / sites
• Develop and maintain project execution / management standards

Essential Requirements:

• 15+ years of Capital Portfolio and Major Project Management experience, including > 5 years’ experience in Pharma
• Outstanding Project Management and excellent technical knowledge with demonstrated ability to deliver safe, effective and fully compliant projects
• 5+ years of demonstrated leadership abilities, leading both internal and external team members
• Broad project controlling knowledge
• Excellent knowledge of key non-technical business processes; Strategy, HR, Finance
• Advanced HSE and GxP / QA knowledge

Desirable Requirement:

• Degree in engineering or equivalent

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