Director – Product Steward; Global Technical Operations - Shared Services Job
- Employer
- Merck
- Location
- West Point PA
- Closing date
- Jan 30, 2017
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Director – Product Steward; Global Technical Operations - Shared Services-CHE005019
Description
Merck & Co., Inc. Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. known as Merck in the United States and Canada, is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.
Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.
Global Technical Operations - Shared Services is seeking interested candidates to lead end –to-end technical support of our most important post-licensure small molecule products. The candidate must be capable of providing boundaryless application of leadership skills in assessing, evaluating and providing proactive mitigations across Merck’s worldwide manufacturing network.
The successful candidate will be the technical single-point-of-contact for the Merck Manufacturing Division for the products they support. They will use their deep technical understanding of the end-to-end manufacturing process to improve process robustness across the manufacturing network, solve emergent technical challenges, implement strategic process improvements, and represent Global Technical Operations on various strategic teams. To accomplish this they will need to successfully interface with and lead teams comprised of engineering, quality, analytical and manufacturing specialists located at manufacturing sites around the world.
Interested candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to quickly solve technical challenges, to lead project teams, to appropriately apply project management and change execution management principles on complicated projects, and to successfully influence others outside their direct line of authority and in other organizations. They must have a sound understanding and experience with small molecule pharmaceutical manufacturing processes. Lean six-sigma experience is preferred. When hired they will need to quickly come up to speed with Merck internal practices, organizational approaches, and operating procedures.
Qualifications
Education:
- Required: B.S. in Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial Pharmacy or other related engineering/scientific fields
- Preferred: M.S. or Ph,D in Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial Pharmacy or other related engineering/scientific fields
Required:
- Minimum twelve (12) years experience in a technical support role for drug substance or drug product manufacturing or development.
- Minimum five (5) years experience in small molecule drug substance or product support with demonstrated expertise in one or more related unit operations.
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills including flexibility and ability to work in a team environment.
- Proven analytical capabilities and demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
Preferred:
- Project Management
- Change Execution Management
- Leadership of Technical Teams
- Problem Solving
- Project Team Leadership
- Lean Six-Sigma
Our employees are the key to our company’s success. We demonstrate our commitment to our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Our Company’s benefits are designed to support the wide range of goals, needs and lifestyles of our employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives. If you need an accommodation for the application process please email us at staffingaadar@merck.com.
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully:
Merck & Co., Inc. is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Merck via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Merck. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Merck as a result of the referral or through other means.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
For more information about personal rights under Equal Employment Opportunity, visit:
EEOC Poster
EEOC GINA Supplement
Merck is an equal opportunity employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran – proudly embracing diversity in all of its manifestations.
Job: Chemical Engineering
Job Title:Dir, Engineering
Primary Location: NA-US-PA-West Point
Other Locations: NA-US-NJ-Whitehouse Station West, NA-US-NC-Durham, NA-US-NC-Wilson, NA-US-NJ-Kenilworth, NA-US-VA-Elkton, NA-US-NJ-Rahway
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time
Number of Openings: 1
Shift (if applicable): 1st
Hazardous Materials: No
Company Trade Name:Merck
Description
Merck & Co., Inc. Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. known as Merck in the United States and Canada, is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us.
Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.
Global Technical Operations - Shared Services is seeking interested candidates to lead end –to-end technical support of our most important post-licensure small molecule products. The candidate must be capable of providing boundaryless application of leadership skills in assessing, evaluating and providing proactive mitigations across Merck’s worldwide manufacturing network.
The successful candidate will be the technical single-point-of-contact for the Merck Manufacturing Division for the products they support. They will use their deep technical understanding of the end-to-end manufacturing process to improve process robustness across the manufacturing network, solve emergent technical challenges, implement strategic process improvements, and represent Global Technical Operations on various strategic teams. To accomplish this they will need to successfully interface with and lead teams comprised of engineering, quality, analytical and manufacturing specialists located at manufacturing sites around the world.
Interested candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to quickly solve technical challenges, to lead project teams, to appropriately apply project management and change execution management principles on complicated projects, and to successfully influence others outside their direct line of authority and in other organizations. They must have a sound understanding and experience with small molecule pharmaceutical manufacturing processes. Lean six-sigma experience is preferred. When hired they will need to quickly come up to speed with Merck internal practices, organizational approaches, and operating procedures.
Qualifications
Education:
- Required: B.S. in Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial Pharmacy or other related engineering/scientific fields
- Preferred: M.S. or Ph,D in Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial Pharmacy or other related engineering/scientific fields
Required:
- Minimum twelve (12) years experience in a technical support role for drug substance or drug product manufacturing or development.
- Minimum five (5) years experience in small molecule drug substance or product support with demonstrated expertise in one or more related unit operations.
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills including flexibility and ability to work in a team environment.
- Proven analytical capabilities and demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
Preferred:
- Project Management
- Change Execution Management
- Leadership of Technical Teams
- Problem Solving
- Project Team Leadership
- Lean Six-Sigma
Our employees are the key to our company’s success. We demonstrate our commitment to our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Our Company’s benefits are designed to support the wide range of goals, needs and lifestyles of our employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives. If you need an accommodation for the application process please email us at staffingaadar@merck.com.
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully:
Merck & Co., Inc. is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Merck via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Merck. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Merck as a result of the referral or through other means.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
For more information about personal rights under Equal Employment Opportunity, visit:
EEOC Poster
EEOC GINA Supplement
Merck is an equal opportunity employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran – proudly embracing diversity in all of its manifestations.
Job: Chemical Engineering
Job Title:Dir, Engineering
Primary Location: NA-US-PA-West Point
Other Locations: NA-US-NJ-Whitehouse Station West, NA-US-NC-Durham, NA-US-NC-Wilson, NA-US-NJ-Kenilworth, NA-US-VA-Elkton, NA-US-NJ-Rahway
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time
Number of Openings: 1
Shift (if applicable): 1st
Hazardous Materials: No
Company Trade Name:Merck
Company
Our vision is to make a difference in the lives of people globally through our innovative medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, consumer health and animal products. We aspire to be the best healthcare company in the world and are dedicated to providing leading innovations and solutions for tomorrow.
We have made it our mission to provide innovative, distinctive products and services that save and improve lives, satisfy customer needs and to be recognized as a great place to work
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