Senior Operations Manager

DESCRIPTION:

- Support strategic initiatives, foster relationships and structured communications with business customers to assure understanding of the business needs and expectations.
- Lead team in an environment which fosters creativity, inclusiveness and colleague personal development.
- Support efforts to assure appropriate and documented controls are in place with supply relationships for compliance with Sarbanes Oxley and similar compliance statutes and guidelines.
- Assist with the development of uniform policies and procedures to assure a consistent, quality-conscious approach is taken with all contract manufacturers.
- Stays abreast of current regulatory trends in the industry to assure all suppliers in the portfolio meet or exceed cGMPs and Quality Standards.
- Maintain awareness of potential new sourcing opportunities and identify strategic sourcing partners for the manufacture/packaging/testing of pharmaceutical & animal health care products who share common vision/values with the company.
- Assists with Sourcing Evaluations and Transfer Projects.
- Assists with coordination of department's Continuous Improvement Initiatives and objectives.
- Support Portfolio and Product Lifecycle Initiatives and Business Continuity Planning Governance Team

SKILLS:

- At least 7 years of experience in Supply Chain required.
- Bachelors degree is required, Master or PHD preferred.
- A strong record of accomplishment, demonstrated leader behaviors, effective communication and superior interpersonal skills for at least 3 years.
- 5 to 10 years of pharmaceutical operations with experience in customer service, supply chain or production planning functions.
- Demonstrated project management skills in overseeing multiple tasks in a cross functional, cross organizational environment.
- Demonstrated technical management skills in assessing technical issues, deploying technical experts to a specific assignment and assessing time lines with technical problem resolution.
- Demonstrated customer service acumen and the ability to interface effectively with marketing colleagues to achieve desired customer service results.
- Available to travel 10 - 20% of the time.