About {company}
{company} is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life.
Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines.
Our colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
{company} serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products.
In Ireland, {company} employs over 4,000 people across nine sites.
We have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo.
{company} has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway.
We have been operating in Ireland since 1946.
{company} Ireland Diagnostic Division Sligo
{company} Diagnostic's is a global leader of in vitro diagnostics with approximately 70,000 institutional customers in more than 100 countries.
Our diagnostic products offer a broad range of innovative instrument systems and tests for hospitals, reference labs, blood banks, physician offices and clinics.
{company}'s diagnostic products offer customers automation, convenience, cost effectiveness and flexibility.
{company} has helped transform the practice of medical diagnosis from an art to a science, helping to create the modern diagnostics industry through the company's commitment to improving patient care and lowering overall costs.
The history of {company} Diagnostics is filled with examples of first-of-a-kind products and significant technological advancements.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
This position leads projects and project teams impacting the AIDD Sligo Site Operations.
These may include product transfers, strategic programmes or site specific projects.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Project Management: Is a Project Management Subject Matter Expert. Independently Scope, Plan, Execute/Monitor and Close complex long duration projects. Uses Project Management tools and methodologies e.g. PMBOK, PRINCE 2, to deliver projects consistently.
* Strategic and Results Orientation: Demonstrates fiscal responsibility through project scoping and execution and defines actionable recommendations. Translates top-level project goals to specific project tasks, milestones and deliverables.
* Financial Control: Ensure financial control of the project with monthly updates on cashflow for the duration of the project.
* Communication: Develops communication strategy for projects to ensure Project teams, Project Sponsor, key stakeholders and site/external management understand project plans, risks and progress.
* Stakeholder Management: Garners support from and manages key stakeholders to enable successful project outcome including resource allocation negotiation. Establishes and cultivates an extensive network of support to facilitate completion of assignments.
* Risk Management: Performs project risk management from project outset and develops appropriate contingency plans. Effectively balances compliance risk and business risk when developing project plans.
* Contingency Planning: Develops contingency plans to mitigate impact of project issues that may impact on project delivery.
* Scope Management: Develops and agrees Scope with Project Sponsor. Actively manages project scope to prevent scope creep. Evaluates impact of Scope changes and adjusts project plans as required.
* Quality Management: Ensure that assigned projects are performed to meet the quality requirements of customers, internal quality systems, internal & external auditors and other external agencies.
* Knowledge Sharing: Shares project management knowledge and assists/mentors more junior project managers in project management processes and techniques
* EHS: Complete all activities in a safe manner ensuring that any potential safety issues and areas for improvement are highlighted to Manager. Ensure Environmental procedures e.g. recycling, waste minimization are adhered to and improvements made where possible.
EDUCATION & COMPETENCIES:
* Third Level Qualification: in a relevant discipline
* Experience/ Background:
* Experience in areas such as Technical Support, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, Engineering and/or Business Excellence.
* History of successful project delivery in at least one area of the business.
* Working within a highly regulated manufacturing environment with project management skills as this provides a good foundation for this job function.
* Strong planning and organizational skills coupled with necessary knowledge of diagnostics technical, manufacturing and/or supply activities.
Problem solving:
Receives infrequent direction and provides work directions for other project personnel.
Identifies, understands and resolves problems and operational issues.
Uses lessons learned to anticipate and avoid reoccurrences.
Utilizes appropriate project management tools.
Accountability:
Individual projects vary in complexity and dollar impact but the incumbent is expected to control key projects with significant impact on the overall Site Strategy and performance.
Has a high degree of freedom to achieve these objectives.