Change Management and Communications Lead at Judge Group
Casa Conejo, CA
About the Job
Salary: $60.00 USD Hourly - $75.00 USD Hourly
Description: The Judge Group is seeking a Material Change Management Project leader for a 12 month contract opportunity
Duration: 12 Month Contract
MCM Project Leader
Job Summary: The MCM Project Leader manages projects and change control for material changes and implementation (raw material, auxiliaries, excipients, packaging, etc.) for all impacted manufacturing sites, ensuring supply continuity and business growth. The key focus is on coordinating the implementation of raw materials for a group of products while balancing plant efficiency, sales, distribution, customer service, and meeting inventory, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Management (75%):
Manage projects for raw material changes (Supplier Notifications of Change, Material Change Requests, Decommissioning, and Product Exits) for all products/plants, considering the lowest possible impact on market supply and manufacturing operations while maintaining the highest possible efficiency in change implementation.
Lead cross-divisional or cross-functional projects with a broad scope: identify and engage necessary resources, identify barriers and recommend solutions, develop a project plan and execute to timeline, and communicate project status to requestors, customers, and senior management.
Define implementation plans and, if required, mitigation strategies based on supply/demand forecasts. Optimize inventory levels with Supply Planning to reduce the financial impact of the change while securing the launch of the new material.
Align different Supply Chain views and needs (Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management) in the context of material change to one Supply Chain implementation strategy.
Lead global teams (internal/external) in defining strategies, developing goals, assigning project tasks, and ensuring the team meets all goals.
Analyze complex data with an understanding of trade-offs between different business objectives and present recommendations.
Process Management (10%):
Ensure globally harmonized application of raw material implementation processes across different functions and facilities.
Transparently monitor, control, and report process performance of material changes.
Define and control transparent processes for business case development of requested material changes as a base for definition of project priority and required implementation target date.
Continuous process alignment and improvement.
Relations (10%):
Establish and maintain relationships with customers (sites), stakeholders, and third parties/vendors.
Problem Solving (5%):
Initiate escalation processes and facilitate problem-solving for issues endangering supply continuity or fulfillment of business-critical goals.
Education and Experience Requirements:
Essential:
Education in natural sciences, biotechnology, engineering, or economics: minimum bachelor’s degree (or at least 5 years of proven practical experience as described below).
If bachelor or higher: minimum 5 years of professional experience in manufacturing and/or quality in (bio)pharmaceutical production (GMP environment).
Project Management, Change Control, Supply Chain, Materials Management knowledge.
People Management per experience and/or education.
IT: ERP systems (C3ME or others), EQM systems (e.g., TrackWise, Saba), project management tools, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
Desired:
Practical experience in material and/or label change in GMP environment.
Specific/certified education in Supply Chain Management or Project Management beneficial.
Additional languages.
Key Competencies:
Engages others by motivating/influencing others to gain support for ideas, strategies, and actions.
Establishes productive relationships and partners with others across the organization to ensure common understanding of objectives and achieves shared goals through collaboration.
Drives for results by holding self and others accountable for delivering on commitments that align with short and long-term goals.
Makes sound decisions that are consistent with the company mission, values, and organizational objectives, putting the patient at the center.
Is self-aware, seeks feedback for improving self by developing skills and behaviors that enhance contribution.
Seeks opportunities to develop self to continue to achieve sustained growth.
Complexity and Problem Solving:
Sets project priorities and initiates requested projects based on business cases.
Rejects project requests.
Makes decisions required within the scope of a project to ensure reliable completion (if required, in consultation with the requestor and/or sponsor).
Solves issues and defines mitigation strategies to overcome potential supply continuity risks (if required, in consultation with Supply Planning, requestor, internal customer).
Internal and External Contacts:
Internal: Quality (esp. Supplier Quality, Labeling, Quality, Material Commodity, Site Quality), Process Validation, Material Qualification, Regulatory Affairs, EH&S, Manufacturing, Supply Chain (esp. ERP/Master Data, Supply Planning, S&Ops, Launch Mgt), Purchasing, Manufacturing & Quality Product Owners, Global Packaging Engineering, Finance.
External: Material suppliers, external business partners (e.g., CMOs).
Contact: amassad@judge.com