IRT Lead (Manager) at Pfizer in Groton, Connecticut

Job Description:

Why Patients Need You

 

Our manufacturing logistics and supply team makes sure that customers and patients have the medicines they need, when they need them. You'll help bring medicines to the world even faster by embracing challenges, imagining what's possible and taking action.

 

What You Will Achieve

 

Working with a dynamic team of Logistics and Supply Chain experts, you will play a critical role in overseeing and managing the operational aspects of ongoing supply chain projects. You will serve as a liaison between the project team and the line management.

 

As a Manager, 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. Your experience in project management will be used while reviewing status of projects and budgets, managing schedules and preparing status reports, developing resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals. You will be able to take a leadership role to facilitate agreements between different Pfizer teams.

 

It is your hard work and focus that will make it possible for Pfizer's customers and patients to receive the medicines they need, when they need them.

 

How You Will Achieve It

 

• Provide guidance, lead/co-lead projects, manage own time to meet objectives, forecasts and plans resource requirements for projects across the division.
• Adopt strategies that are right for the business through demonstration of extensive drug supply knowledge.
• Support and implement Market Excellence/Ecosystem initiatives in close collaboration with regional and global teams to achieve target level for each capability.
• Manage the Clinical Supply Team (matrix management) with a network of internal and external partners to ensure that or teams meet customer expectations, and supports the key Pfizer Clinical milestones.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams that includes project management and negotiation.
• Lead investigational material supply strategies for early and late stage development programs intended for regulatory approvals of new products and currently approved products.
• Act as a subject matter expert on all information regarding the global use of investigational material in clinical studies.
• Identify and escalate supply issues to regional teams or global supply team.
• Manage a portfolio of brands within the commercial business including demand planning, inventory planning and supply assurance.
• Ensure that supply chain and logistics business processes are in place to guide the timely and effective update various Supply Chain systems, including, but not limited to System Application & Products and other supporting systems.
• Provide analysis and reports to leadership on Business Unit and Research Unit delivery commitment performance.

 

Qualifications

 

Must-Have

 

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years' experience
• Experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives
• Proven ability to effectively develop, communicate, and gain support for execution plans with a wide range of stakeholders
• Broad knowledge of logistics and supply chain environment
• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical Industry supply chain best practices
• Advanced Information Technology and analytical skills {MS-Office, MS Project, System Application & Products Tableau, etc.}

 

Nice-to-Have

 

• Master's degree with 3+ years of expereince
• Relevant pharmaceutical experience.
• Relevant operational experience across diverse business portfolio

   

  {e.g. Biopharmaceuticals, Consumer Products, other industries}
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

 

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

 

• Database query, business analysis and technical writing skills a plus
• Experience participating in root cause analysis using tools such as FMEA, 5-Why, Cause & Effect Matrix and/or Fish Bone diagram desired
• Experience with business analysis and/or project management tools a plus (ex. MS Project, MS Visio, HP Quality Center, or any other requirements visualization and analysis tools)
• Comfort with facilitating requirements elicitation sessions, modeling requirements, and negotiation of business needs as they apply to system functionality.

 

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

 

N/A

 

Work Location Assignment: On premise

 

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $93,500.00 to $155,900.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer's Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 12.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life's moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site - U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

 

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

 

Sunshine Act

 

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider's name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

 

EEO & Employment Eligibility

 

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

 

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