Life Cycle Manager

Job Description

Our External Supply Operations include 1,000 manufacturers worldwide and handle 3rd party manufacturers for strategic raw materials, drug substances, drug products and finished products.Position Purpose:The Life Cycle Manager acts as a project lead at Site and/or Platform for NTO technical/manufacturing/engineering projects during the Life Cycle of a given product, e. g. product launches, changes, transfers, pruning, divestment and other special projects like e.g. SPT, ensuring coordination across global and local functions in alignment with Global / regional functions as appropriate.The Life Cycle Manager has to setup and lead local and / or global cross-functional teams in alignment with Global / regional functions as appropriate, to ensure efficient realization of product strategies (considering LEAN methodology, pipeline re-design, sourcing strategies, assortment optimization/complexity management) and ensure NTO objectives can be reached during ongoing life-cycle activities regarding: Customer service-level, COGS, Inventory, Compliance.Your key responsibilities:Your responsibilities include, but not limited to: Represent the site in cross-functional project teams led from global / regional functions, e.g. Product Launches, Program Management Teams to ensure the coordination of all activities at site level. Setup and lead local and/or global cross-functional project teams if no global / regional function is in the lead, to ensure time to market / implementation of all ongoing life-cycle activities. Drive the Evaluation, and define the scope and objectives of projects unless a local / global team is in the lead. Support preparation of business cases incl. financial evaluation (ROI, NPV), provide -reports/updates, to facilitate Management decision-making on life cycle activities. Define and establish the submission and implementation strategy with all responsible stakeholders (e.g. Regulatory, Planning) in alignment with the NTO strategy unless in the lead of a global/regional function. As part of the submission and implementation strategy drive the agreement on the change request strategy and ensure that the project related change requests in the corresponding change control system are maintained in an adequate status as required by the processes. Define and establish the master data strategy together with MDG to ensure an early master data modelling for all Life Cycle Projects. Set-up the project charter, status report and baseline planning in appropriate system, e.g. TTRC, transfer tool, Life Cycle Project Management Sharepoint, Navigator. Ensure information flow to CPO s and sites together with the responsible function, e.g. Customer Service Coordinator, to reflect baseline planning and updates to plans in SAP. Drive the definition of project milestones for projects managed by the LCM and ensure project implementation is done according to the agreed timelines. Identify potential risks and elaborate contingency plans as appropriate, communicate project progress and deviations as per project responsibility. Align inventory level for launch products with responsible function. Align bridging-/contingency- stocks for change projects, transfers, pruning and divestment projects with responsible function. . Represent the Site / Platform in cross-functional teams. Provide teams with appropriate Site / Platform support or coordination whenever required. Provide SCM input to Supply Agreements and Trading Service procedures check for feasibility and completeness if applicable. Consolidate and ensure Site input project assessment to IBP Product / Project Review meeting. Ensure project is implemented according to defined strategy. Ensure compliance with GMP and regulatory requirements (including record management) and continuous improvement of quality relevant processes within area of responsibility. Drive process improvements by participating cross-functional/cross Supply unit initiatives. Support Process-Owner by providing active feedback on possible process improvements and by providing process training within and across functions, if requested. Carry out ad hoc tasks which are vital to achieve the business objectives of the unit and function, e.g. define role profile, peer review process, bottleneck management etc. Key contacts : Technology Platforms, , RegCMC/DRA, QA, CPO/Regions, ComOps, Business Units/Business Franchise, Marketing, Global Sourcing, , MS&T, BD&L, TRD, Finance, Pricing, Funds Flow, Corporate Tax, other Divisions, 3rd. party manufacturers/customers and suppliers, SDZ Global and Regional Launch Management (specifically SDZ US Launch Management).Minimum requirements What you ll bring to the role: University degree in science (chemistry, pharmacy or chemical engineering), and/or business administration. Minimum 12+years, including at least 5+ years experience in various pharmaceutical functions e.g. supply chain / production and/or technical development. Experience in project management, leading cross-functional global teams. Good understanding of pharmaceutical or food industry supply chain processes and Lean philosophy. Intercultural experience and ability to act in a sophisticated and rapidly changing business environment.Why consider Novartis 799 million. That s how many lives our products touch. And while we re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people s lives We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you re given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you re empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks, and where you re surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world s toughest medical challenges. Imagine what you could do at Novartis!Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to learn more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network,

Keyskills :
master datasupply chaindata modelingcorporate taxraw materialsproject teamsfood industrycontrol systemchange controlproject reviewglobal sourcing