Global Sourcing Program Manager
Our client, an OEM MedTech company, now has approval to hire a Global Sourcing Program Manager who will lead global sourcing operational teams, including global sourcing project managers and cross-functional project engineering teams, across own company products and external manufacturers' finished products.
This role will be responsible for the program management and leadership of technical project teams and products, sourced from both internal company and external manufacturers. These complex technical projects include operational aspects of NPD projects, site transfer projects, acquisition integration projects, etc., and sourced finished Medtech products from external partners.
This hire will be responsible for the successful execution and delivery of these projects, through effective leadership and stakeholder management of cross-functional technical sourcing teams, with both internal company and external manufacturing partners. Additionally, this hire will lead and develop global sourcing project managers through effective mentoring and coaching.
This role will require a candidate who has depth of technical engineering management experience in a similar global cross-functional leadership role, ideally involving program management of internal and external operations project managers and successful delivery of complex projects in a highly regulated manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities of Global Sourcing Program Manager:
1. Assemble the cross-functional resources required to drive project completion.
2. Identify, coordinate, and ensure completion of all activities required for an assigned project or task while confirming current policies and best practices.
3. Prioritize projects and activities based on business need, timing, and financial risk.
4. Ensure successful execution of projects using various tool kits, work instructions, and best practices.
5. Proactively identify issues that may affect quality, cost, or service levels and work with internal and/or external teams to resolve or address.
6. Create project tracking plans, schedules, and risks for projects and communicate across the organization as applicable.
7. Delegate and oversee project tasks to team members, related to their skill level and risk to the project. Elevate issues and clear barriers to team progress to allow for project success.
8. Resolve conflicts with team members and involve functional management as required to ensure timely project completion.
9. Support external operations team, supporting regional projects and mentoring based project managers.
10. Make presentations to upper management and key stakeholders.
Requirements for Global Sourcing Program Manager:
1. Honours Bachelor’s Degree, ideally in Engineering or one of the other STEM subjects.
2. 12+ years manufacturing, process development or related engineering experience; of which 5+ years technical project management experience and 2+ years’ experience working with external manufacturing partners / CMOs.
3. Strong stakeholder management and effective communication skills.
4. Ability to travel up to 25% of the time regionally and internationally.
5. Project management experience in Operations leading manufacturing transfer projects.
6. Medical Device manufacturing experience, including equipment qualification and process validation.
7. Familiarity with identifying, driving, and implementing continuous improvement projects.
8. Proven experience in a team leadership and supervisory role.
9. Proven ability to successfully implement and execute programs and drive high performance.
10. Excellent interpersonal skills, with very strong written and verbal communication skills.
For further details, contact Larry on +353 1-2302400 / larry@rftgroup.ie
The RFT Group, BioPharmaceutical Division specializes exclusively in the recruitment of scientists, engineers, and executives for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device sectors. www.rftgroup.ie
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