Associate Director, External Manufacturing Operations

The External Manufacturing Operations Associate Director, is accountable for meeting customer demand at the Contract Manufactures (CMO's) they manage by achieving excellence in Compliance, Supply, Continuous Improvement & Cost through their leadership and coaching of the responsible cross functional teams and their work in partnership with those CMO’s while leveraging lean manufacturing principles and the end to end (E2E) supply chain.

The External Manufacturing Operations Associate Director supports the Focus Factory Lead and serves as a point of contact for dealings between our Manufacturing Division and the CMO and establishes a strong business partnership as well as boundaries and ground rules of engagement. External Manufacturing Operations Associate Director will assist in our relationship with the contract manufacturer to deliver commercial supply or project execution through technology transfers.

The individual will participate on a cross-functional team (Supply Chain, Quality, Technical Ops, Procurement…) who are responsible for delivering daily/weekly/monthly/annual requirements at their external partner(s).

Main responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Ensures compliance (Quality Risk management, Deviation Management, Product Release, Change Control); Meeting Demand; Dispute resolution (w/ appropriate escalation); Production Planning; Materials Management (SAP entries, Logistics); Technology issues; Oversight of shop floor production (determining when functional subject matter expertise should be deployed to the External Party’s (EP) facility); Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement activities; Linking E2E (upstream and downstream) and with Supply Chain Management in the Supply Chain to ensure and optimize flow of materials.
• Is frequently present at their external partners site on the production floor, builds a strong interdependent relationship with the sites leadership team and is able to (“read a site”) assess & diagnose with appropriate tools and resource the true current condition & risks at a partners site and formulate in partnership with the external partner and our Company cross-functional team action orientated and time bound improvement plans.
• Partners with internal External Manufacturing team members including; Procurement, Quality, and Technology on commercial aspects of relationship, including Identify, Select, Negotiate and Re-negotiate/terminate, as required. The External Manufacturing Operations Associate Director may not be involved in all transactional interactions if they can be managed/delegated to a functional area but will be kept apprised of status/resolutions, etc.
• Participates in and represents External Manufacturing on the cross-functional teams with Supply Chain Management/Product Source Management/Procurement/Integrated Development and Supply Team for due diligence ahead of siting approval & post siting approval to support Sour of Supply (SOS)/New Product Introduction (NPI) changes at an external party and assume primary ownership of the new relationship.
• Ensures there is a plan with clear actions and timelines in place to delivery this SOS or NPI.
• Works with the external partner to understand CMO capacity (e.g. stated capacity, firm capacity, future capacity plans, time horizon / lead times required, comments/concerns, etc.) and future capacity based on agreed improvements.
• Is accountable for maintaining the integrity of the Master Supply Agreement ensuring alignment with the Supply and Quality agreements and appropriate document revision and distribution control and for ensuring contract terms agreed upon by our Manufacturing Division and the External Party are executed including purchase orders, forecasts, deliveries, and approving invoice payments.
• Is accountable for inventory control. Depending on the location of goods (at External Party or at our Company), External Manufacturing Operations Associate Director ensures adequate documentation of material disposition. In some markets, External Manufacturing Operations may need to witness the destruction of goods (to prevent counterfeiting) or have the External Party certify the destruction, per destruction procedures.
• Acts as our Company continuous improvement system leader & coach for own team and works with external partner and lean manufacturing resources, as needed, to identify External Party OpEx / continuous improvement opportunities and supports implementation once approved.
• Supports the external partner periodic Business and Operations Review Meetings. Based on our Company and External Manufacturing strategy the External Manufacturing Operations Associate Director develops with their cross functional team and their external partner the annual plan for the relationship with clear goals and targets.
• Prepares an annual “state of the union” presentation for the relationships she or he manages which includes successes and failures in order to leverage across External Manufacturing Organization.
• Participates in the creation and maintenance of an External Manufacturing Organization Handbook containing Global External Manufacturing policies, procedures, templates, etc.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in the Engineering, Science or Business and a minimum 8 years’ experience in commercial /business and manufacturing (biologics operations, quality, technology, planning), roles required with a significant portion in management/leadership positions.
• At least two (2) years of experience in management/leadership positions.
• Has experience and ability to achieve compliance goals, through a risk-based approach has a deep understanding of GMP and EHS compliance and compliance risk in Biologics Operations.
• Has proven Lean Six Sigma skills to deliver compliant supply and achieve highest quality, lowest cost and shortest lead-time.
• Has skills to understand and intelligently apply economic, financial and industry data to make business decisions that drive value for our Company and our customers.
• Can Visualize the way forward, identifying opportunities that add value to the work and proactively mitigate risk across the value chain.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal, communication, collaboration and negotiation skills to work outside boundaries as a norm.
• Ability to use deep knowledge and expertise in production operations to drive results and business outcomes.
• Ability to apply understanding of end-to-end supply chain within external and internal network and stakeholders across the network to achieve results and contribute to supply chain optimization.
• Direct Health Authority Audit experience is desirable.

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is committed to be the most trusted supplier of bio-pharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create an interdependent global manufacturing network that’s committed to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

Our client is a Global Manufacturing MNC, one of the leading players in the Oil & Gas servicing sector. Due to their current expansion plan, they are looking for a Customer Experience Coordinator to join their team, in hopes of developing the current high performing team. They are located in the West.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assisting in acquiring and developing Company’s products.
• Manage in generating and processing of sales order schedules.
• Regularly engage/communicate with customers for sales.
• Offering consistent and efficient post-sales support to customers.
• Manage daily operations and orders in hand by liaising/cooperate with other departments.
• Responsible for the creation of necessary service manuals and procedures documentation by coordinating with the service department and customers to ensure timely availability.
• Acquiring technical information, drawings and data as needed.
• Coordinating with marketing team on customers’ needs.
• Active participation in meetings (e.g production and sales order review).
• Any other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Min Diploma or Degree in Business or other relevant equivalent field of study.
• Min 3 years relevant experience

Interested candidates who wish to apply for the advertised position, please click APPLY NOW or email an updated copy of your resume/cv.

We regret that only shortlisted candidate will be notified.

Recruitpedia Pte. Ltd.

EA License No. 19C9682

EA Reg. No. R23115553 (Lai Hor Yan)

Salary Range: $ 2200 - $ 2300
Working Days: 5 days week
Working Hours: 8.30am – 6pm
(Lunch hour: 12pm – 1pm & 15mins break at 10am and 3pm)
Working Location: Jurong East

Job Description:

Main Responsibilities:

• Operate slitting machines for all kinds of slitting jobs.
• Understand and ensure safety precautions are carried out at all times.
• Prepare materials according to the slitting job sheet.
• Check the measurement of the finished product in accordance to the process plan sheet.
• Check the quality of the finished product.
• Pack and label the finished product.
• Maintenance of the slitting machine.
• Perform a wide variety of store duties.
• Assist in updating in-house inventory system.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Coordinate stock take.
• Assist in packing of materials when required.
• Any other tasks assigned.
• Handling of heavy products (above 25kg will be managed with machinery).

Requirement:

• GCE ‘N’ Level
• Preferably with experience handling machinery in production line.

Chin See Min Reg No. : R22107450

The Supreme HR Advisory Pte Ltd EA No. : 14C7279

Responsibilities

The role will encompass the responsibility of

1. Being a Technical Analyst and taking up the development of changes to GRC

2. Implementing and supporting vendor systems components and

3. Providing Level 3- Production Support

4. GRC application development, implementation, and support of SIT/UAT testing,

which includes the below:

· Gathering and analyzing requirements and performing very appropriate and accurate impact analysis of the changes requested

· Getting involved in design for both the internal and vendor changes

· Getting involved in development, unit testing as well as system integrated testing for both the internal and vendor changes

· Providing consultation and support in addressing production related issues and tasks and also supporting SIT/UAT activities pertaining to the changes

· Planning, preparing, and executing system rollout and implementations

· Bringing about improvisations and value additions to the system and application components

1. Requirements Management

a) Engage with System Analyst & SME to collate, understand and finalize functional and

technical requirements

2. Design & Development

a) Partner with Architects and Dev. Manager to ensure solution design complies with

enterprise design principles, security, and control standards

b) Partner with Development Manager in managing application teams to build the

enhancements

3. Test Management

a) Partner with Test Manager to ensure the completion of SIT, UAT testing, regression/performance/ load testing and application security testing with quality results

4. Implementation Management

a) Prepare technical implementation plan across application teams

b) Coordinate technical implementation activities with release team and across application teams to ensure clean production cutover without issues and adequate post implementation support

Requirements

1. Min. 6-to-8-year hands on development experience in any operational risk system or any banking application

2. Experience and knowledge with Aldon LM(e) product & setup is an added advantage

3. Banking domain or financial institution working experience and familiarity with SDLC process and change management tools.

Must possess customer oriented and Can-Do attitude (should be able to accommodate overtime work when needed

Key Skills:

MS Windows, Unix/ Linux OS, Unix/Linux Scripting, Pentaho, Apache Tomcat, XML, Oracle, Microsoft SQL server,

SQL scripting, Sybase, Java, Aldon, Bitbucket, Control-M scheduler, SFTP/SSL, Connect Direct, SAP BI platform and tools.

Strong analytical and good problem-solving skills, good exposure to infra setup is required

Our client is a Manufacturing company in the Biomedical industry. Due to their current expansion plan, they are looking for a Production Supervisor to join their Production team, in hopes of developing the current high performing production team. They are located in the North – easily accessible.

Duties

• Assist in overseeing daily production operation to ensure day-to-day operation runs smoothly
• Supervise the production team and responsible for manpower and machines allocation
• Execute and train staffs in production team to ensure they can perform their jobs accordingly
• Maintain and improve molding processes to reduce discrepancies
• Ad hoc duties assigned by superior

Requirement

• At least 2 years of experience in Manufacturing industry
• Diploma in any discipline

Interested candidates who wish to apply for the advertised position, please click APPLY NOW or email an updated copy of your resume/cv.

We regret that only shortlisted candidate will be notified.

Email Address: [email protected]

EA License No: 19C9682
EA Personnel No: R2198636
EA Personnel Name: Oh Puey Xin

Our client is a global MNC, one of the most established pioneers in the Chemical industry. Due to business needs, they are now recruiting a Quality Assurance Engineer to be part of their QA/QC Team for ongoing transformation projects. They are located in the West - easily accessible.

Duties of Quality Assurance Engineer:

• Assisting in the research and development of Cement-based mortar formulations, including assessing alternative raw materials.
• Conducting tests on raw materials and finished products to ensure quality compliance.
• Validating product performance against industry standards and internal evaluation criteria.
• Ensuring products meet local regulatory standards.
• Providing manufacturing support, troubleshooting, and process improvement.
• Offering technical service, product trials, and training.
• Maintaining lab safety standards and workplace security.
• Any other adhoc duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Entry level are welcome to apply. Training provided.
• Experience with Dry Mixes is an added advantage

Interested candidates who wish to apply for the advertised position, please click APPLY NOW or email an updated copy of your resume/cv.

We regret that only shortlisted candidate will be notified

• Email Address: [email protected]
• EA License No: 19C9682
• EA Personnel No: R2199158
• EA Personnel Name: Soo Wei De

Our client is from Medical Manufacturing industry. They are looking for a Research & Development Engineer to assist their team for the next phase of their business. They are located in West.

Duties:

• Contribute to product improvement and engineering projects discreetly.
• Lead problem-solving and action planning in project management.
• Perform confidential risk analysis & failure mode to define process flow and control plans.
• Qualify equipment and validate processes for product enhancement projects.
• Provide confidential technical guidance to junior engineers and other departments.
• Ensure project adherence to schedules and budgets with confidentiality.
• Optimize process parameters discreetly for improved product quality and equipment effectiveness.
• Explore innovative processes to enhance product quality or productivity confidentially.
• Facilitate the confidential transfer of new/improved processes into production with robust controls.

Requirements:

• Min Bachelor Degree in Manufacturing / Biomedical Engineering or any relevant field.
• Min 3 years' of working experience in relevant industry.
• Experience in cleanroom will be an advantage.

Interested candidates who wish to apply for the advertised position, please click APPLY NOW or email an updated copy of your resume/cv. We regret that only shortlisted candidate will be notified.

Email address: [email protected]

Recruitpedia Pte. Ltd.

EA License No: 19C9682

EA Reg. No. R23115873 (New Jirn Tone)

Job Description

• Industry/ Organization Type: Chemical
• Position Title: Production Operator
• Working Location: Tuas South (Transport provided from JE/ Pioneer MRT)
• Working Hours: 5.5 days (Mon – Fri, 8 am – 5.30 pm; Sat, 8 am – 1 pm)
• Salary Package: Basic + Transport allowance + Accommodation Allowance + OT + Bonus
• Duration: Permanent Role

Key Responsibilities

• Perform chemical blending according to customer requirements.
• Maintain cleanliness and upkeep of warehouse and blending facilities.
• Assist the sales team with pumping services, technical support, and follow-up on delivery orders and schedules.
• Adhere to safety protocols, standard operating procedures, and quality standards.
• Manage raw materials, packaging, and production of various chemicals based on customer demand.
• Label and prepare outgoing packaging for customer deliveries.

APPLY NOW!!!

• At least 1 year of related working experience would be an advantage.
• Able to commit to work on Saturdays and OT (as and when required).
• Preferably able to start immediately or with short notice.

Kindly apply through ANY of the following methods:

• Submit your application by clicking the APPLY button;
• Email your resume to Job(at)anradus.com.sg. Please indicate #65075 on the email subject.

Anradus Application Policy: We value each application and ensure every resume is reviewed. Our process is efficient, typically concluding within 3 working days. If you do not receive communication from us within this timeframe, it's likely that your application has not been shortlisted by our client. In such cases, we recommend continuing your job search to maximize your opportunities.

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