External Supply Specialist - West Greenwich, United States - Amgen

Amgen
Amgen
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West Greenwich, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?


You've worked hard to become the professional you are today and are now ready to take the next step in your career.

How will you put your skills, experience and passion to work toward your goals? At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do.

It is key to our becoming one of the world's leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Come do your best work alongside other innovative, driven professionals in this meaningful role.


External Supply Specialist

Live:


What you will do


Let's do this Let's change the world In this vital role you will be working closely with both raw material suppliers, as well as internal network functions within Operations including Supply Chain, Quality, Process Development, Manufacturing, Global Strategic Sourcing, Finance and Regulatory.

This is an outstanding opportunity for top professionals to join our international organization, as a pioneer and leader in the development and commercialization of life-changing medicines.


Manage multiple cross-functional raw material onboarding, life cycle management, and operational excellence projects of medium to high complexity to ensure raw material supply assurance.


  • Oversee the activities of all operations aspects involved in onboarding and operational excellence projects to ensure raw material supply assurance.
  • Partner with internal and external cross functional teams, manage onboarding related meetings, minutes, action items, escalations and drive decision making process
  • Coordinate creation of/updating and archiving of onboarding related documents
  • Project management of resource planning, generating, and reporting metrics/ KPIs and presentation materials for management reviews and governance meetings
  • Responsible for building project plans and team assignments using Gantt charts, estimating project cost and adhering to budget, advising and supervising work efforts daily, identifying resource needs, performing business quality reviews, and escalating functional, quality, timeline and cost issues appropriately.
  • Utilize project management processes, software, and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet internal and external customer expectations.
  • Coordinate communication with all areas of the enterprise that impact scope, budget, risk, and resources of the work being managed.

Win:


What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is a self-starter with these qualifications.


Basic Qualifications:


  • High school diploma / GED and 10 years of supply specialist experience OR
  • Associate's degree and 8 years of supply specialist experience OR
  • Bachelor's degree and 4 years of supply specialist experience OR
  • Master's degree and 2 years of supply specialist experience OR
  • Doctorate degree

Preferred Qualifications:

Managed and led medium to sophisticated projects, comfortable with change and uncertainty.

  • Extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of project management methodologies and tools, resource management practices and organizational change techniques
  • Knowledge of business principles, product development and commercialization or R&D in a life science, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device cGMP environment.
  • GMP environment work experience and thorough understanding of biological/chemistry technology transfer processes and timelines
  • Strong analytical skills and knowledge of tools within MS Office, MS Project, Smartsheet, ThinkCell, and other software programs
  • Excellent leadership, interpersonal skills, and influencing skills vertically and horizontally with integrity. Process oriented with discernment.
  • Strong organizational skills, strategic networking, selfmotivation, collaboration, and flexibility.
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal communication and writing skills
  • Has demonstrated the courage and ability to solve technical problems and challenges in Teams.
  • Has proven communication skills (presents confidently and convincingly at all levels of the organization).
  • Expert skills in lead and managing people and team's management of diverse cultures and geographic locations, conflict resolution with diplomacy.
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment

Thrive:


What you can expect of us


As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates' professional and personal growth and well-being.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with op
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