Description
Why Patients Need You
At Pfizer, our mission is to inspire a best-in-class culture of continuous improvement and project management that empowers colleagues and enables simple, effective processes. Whether you are managing projects or liaising with others, your contribution in this team will help in making our work easier and faster so that we can deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives.
What You Will Achieve
Your organizational skills will help us integrate our continuous improvement programs across the organization, both vertically and horizontally. Thanks to your knowledge and skills, it will be ensured that the improvement programs yield results and strengthen the overall business strategies. You will work as a coach and a facilitator for improvement projects as well as maintain performance metrics to measure program success.
As a manager, you will support the program by taking care of project governance, project reviews, communications, trainings, certifications and rewards. 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. Through your comprehensive knowledge of principles, concepts and theories of this discipline, you will also work towards advancing new concepts and methodologies. You will be able to take a leadership role to facilitate agreements between teams.
It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
How You Will Achieve It
Provide guidance, lead/co-lead projects, manage own time to meet objectives, and plan resource requirements for projects across the division.
Liaise with business stakeholders to define, design and implement performance measures.
Deliver continuous improvement projects using six sigma and Lean methodologies.
Lead or support analysis of improvement programs and potential results.
Key interface to other divisions and facilitates cross-functional project modeling, resourcing, and overall performance.
Coach/facilitate/lead project teams, assist in OpEx strategy definition, solve problems, and implement solutions to improve operational performance by applying the appropriate tools.
Enhance the capability of colleagues through relevant trainings in Lean and Six Sigma.
Serve as an expert resource for evaluation and action against assigned measures.
Participate in and take responsibility for workplace environment, health, and safety at the level required for this position, following the guidelines in the company Environmental, Health and Safety Management System Manual.
Qualifications
Must-Have
Bachelor's Degree
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
Demonstrated business acumen, and experience in managing projects teams, programs, or workstreams of varying levels of complexity.
Skills to translate and present the visualization of data into a format that can trigger action and business decisions.
Basic understanding of finance and good working knowledge of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Understanding and proficiency in Change Management
Ability to effectively coach and mentor colleagues
Strong oral and written communication skills
Nice-to-Have
Master's degree
Relevant pharmaceutical experience
Demonstrated previous supervisory management experience in problem-solving, decision-making, negotiating and conflict-resolution skills
In depth knowledge and experience with investigations and compliance-related procedures
Capability in Lean tools and/or desire to grow Lean capabilities to further drive Continuous Improvement projects.