Total 14 digital art director job vacancies in Manufacturing / Production category in D22 Jurong, Jurong Island, Tuas

Job Description & Requirements

Job Summary: The Product Director is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and executing the product strategy of an organization. This position plays a pivotal role in defining, planning, and overseeing the development of products that meet customer needs, drive business growth, and align with the company's strategic goals. The Product Director typically reports to the Chief Product Officer or another executive leader.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Product Strategy:Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy that aligns with the company's overall objectives.
Define and communicate product goals, key performance indicators (KPIs), and success metrics.

2. Market Research:Conduct market research to understand customer needs, market trends, and competitive landscapes.
Use insights to inform product development and enhancement decisions.

3. Product Roadmap:Create and manage a comprehensive product roadmap outlining short-term and long-term development plans.
Prioritize features and enhancements based on customer feedback, business value, and market dynamics.

4. Requirement Gathering:Collaborate with stakeholders, customers, and cross-functional teams to gather and document detailed product requirements.
Create clear product specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

5. Product Development:Work closely with engineering, design, and other teams to oversee the product development process.
Ensure that the product is developed on time, within scope, and meets quality standards.

6. User Experience (UX) and Design:Collaborate with UX/UI designers to create user-friendly and visually appealing product interfaces.
Validate design decisions based on user feedback and usability testing.

7. Testing and Quality Assurance:Oversee the testing and quality assurance processes to ensure the product meets defined requirements and quality standards.
Address and prioritize issues and defects.

8. Product Launch:Plan and execute product launches, coordinating marketing, sales, and support efforts.
Monitor product performance and gather user feedback after launch.

9. Performance Analysis:Analyze product performance and user feedback to make data-driven decisions for product improvements.
Continuously monitor KPIs and adapt the product strategy as necessary.

10. Stakeholder Communication:Maintain effective communication with stakeholders, including executive management, development teams, marketing, and sales.
Provide regular updates on product progress and outcomes.

Requirements:

1. Education: A bachelor's degree in business, marketing, computer science, or a related field is typically required. An MBA or relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Scrum Product Owner) may be preferred.

2. Experience: A minimum of 5-8 years of experience in product management, with a proven track record of successful product launches and improvements, is typically required.

3. Market Knowledge: Strong understanding of the market, target audience, and industry trends relevant to the product.

4. Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with technology, development processes, and product management tools (e.g., Jira, Trello).

5. Analytical Skills: Proficiency in data analysis and the ability to make data-driven decisions to optimize the product.

6. Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

7. Problem-Solving: strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to address product challenges and make strategic decisions.

8. Leadership: Effective leadership and project management skills to guide the product development process.

9. Customer-Centric: A customer-focused mindset, with a deep understanding of user needs and the ability to advocate for user-centric product design.

10. Adaptability: The ability to adapt to changing market conditions and evolving product requirements.

The Product Director is instrumental in driving the success of the organization's products, from concept to launch and beyond. They are responsible for shaping the product strategy, overseeing development, and optimizing performance to meet business objectives and customer satisfaction.

Job Descriptions:

• Develop the product roadmaps for all digital products (inclusive AI/ML) and IT projects/products based on company’s vision, mission, and core values.
• Develop business case and perform market segmentation
• Plan and drive productization of digital products from pilot, develop go-to-market strategy and pricing plans, product launch, marketing, and scale up
• Perform market and user research to support design of digital products.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Lead overall design, solutioning, and delivery of the digital products.
• Develop and monitor product KPIs (e.g maximise revenues, increase user traction, drive adoption and usage)
• Perform data mining, analytics and visualizations to gain insights on the performance of AI/ML products and make management recommendations.
• Drive all project management activities and oversee entire lifecycle of digital products from conceptualization to deployment and continuous improvement.
• Plan and drive all UAT activities of the digital products.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
• 4-5 years experience in product management, with a strong focus on digital products, AI/ML, and IT projects/products.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML product development, data analytics, and performance tracking.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical skills to drive product innovation and continuous improvement.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while balancing multiple projects and priorities.

The User Experience Product Line Lead is a core and leadership position in Digital Services, our Digital Manufacuring Division responsible for leading the definition and implementation of User Experience strategy in our Digital Manufacuring Division. The Product Line Lead drives priorities setting and holistic value delivery of the UX capabilities across squads and products in Digital Services. The Product Lead collaborates and partners closely across product teams, our company value and enabling teams, our Manufacturing Operations, and IT CTO with product line UX professionals, UX researchers, UX/UI Designers, product managers, and business stakeholders at all levels to define, implement, maintain, and make innovative improvements to deliver user-centric and outcome-driven products and solutions.

The UX Product Line Lead sets the vision for best-in-class products, anticipating future business capabilities, emerging technologies, designs and best practices, ensuring that vision is realized through implementation and value delivery. This role will lead a product line team to create, scale and maintain our Digital Manufacuring Division UX solutions and capabilities to support digital transformations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Accountable for Product roadmap (e.g., key capabilities delivered to the business) for designing, building, delivering, and maintaining UX products and technological capability enhancements
• Optimize team setup and delivery models across all functional areas, working with functional leads, while removing roadblocks and impediments, enabling efficient and effective product team delivery
• Translate business goals and end user needs into UX strategy, communicate product priorities to the development team, other matrixed teams, and vendor partners
• Oversee delivery of applications in the products and the on-going operations of cohesive & integrated applications
• Design, develop, and deliver a consistent product line vision, strategy, and roadmap for several products related to Experience Design, UX/UI, User Research, and Technical Product Management relevant to our company user environment.
• Partner with Product teams across our Digital Manufacuring Division and IT to develop, test, and deliver high quality, scalable, and reusable data and digital products
• Oversee Agile Scrum processes for product teams to define and prioritize backlog, create user stories, drive sprint planning and execution, standups, product demos, track velocity, burndown, and deliver retrospectives
• Demonstrated experience in leading strategic design and user-centric research and usability studies, and applying change management approaches to understand user needs and deliver results
• Manage, monitor and calibrate relevant metrics on UX effectiveness
• Demonstrated experience in leading UX designs using a variety of techniques, tools, and best practices to improve product usability, accessibility and desirability
• Lead, develop, upskill, and grow a high-performing and diverse User Experience team
• Set strategy for resource management within systems development, accountable for the allocation of resources for systems development programs, and maintain an overview of the contribution of such program to organizational success. Manage the quality and appropriateness of the work performed and delivers measurable business benefits
• Engage and partner with cross-functional stakeholders (value teams, domain leads, business partners, product owners, etc.) to build project plans and business cases that drive our Manufacuring Division business outcome and value realization while maintaining scalability of UX capabilities
• Ensure senior leaders and business stakeholders are consistently well informed about product strategy, capabilities, priorities, timelines, releases, issues, and risks
• Drive and reinforce highest standards and best practices in technical and operational excellence relevant for user experience
• Accountable for the management and optimization of the product line’s total cost of ownership (TCO)

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Graphics Design, or related field.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in a delivery lead, team lead, product owner, or product line lead capacity.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in leading the development and delivery of User Experience, Experience Design, UX Strategy.
• Demonstrated experience in software development lifecycle, agile methodologies e.g. Scrum, and relevant tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing or similar area, building, managing, and leading high-performing, diverse, collaborative and geographically distributed digital product teams
• Solid knowledge and experience in UX capabilities, methodology, and tools to enable User Research, UX/UI Design, and Digital Product capabilities in Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain domains.
• Strong leadership and team building skills and must be able to collaborate effectively with a group of high performing individuals in a fast-paced, agile, dynamic operational environment
• Experience in product and people management with Experience Design, Graphics Design, User Experience, and Data & Digital products knowledge, roadmap, and implementation (e.g., in an organizational unit with 10+ team members)​
• Demonstrated experience owning and delivering digital products​ throughout their entire lifecycle
• Proven ability to facilitate and break down complex product requirements into actionable strategy, implementation plan, and user stories
• Strong leadership skills and the proven ability to drive organizational change​ and alignment, and communicate technical information to senior executives
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills – able to effectively communicate complex concepts in simple ways​
• Active coach and mentor whose goals are to grow, upskill, and maximize the squads’ potential​
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns​
• Demonstrated ability to partner with business stakeholders and navigate across conflicting priorities to balance critical tactical and strategic needs ​to achieve business goals and OKRs
• Strategic leader, with demonstrated ability to work in a global, broad, and diverse environment with a fair amount of ambiguity
• Growth and global mindset and ownership mentality with a passion to challenge status quo to find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• MBA or Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Previous experience working in a global environment and transformational change
• Experience with manufacturing shopfloor or lab environments and digital culture is a plus
• Experience with P&L responsibility is a plus

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.

We are looking for Product Owner to join one of the government agency!

• Be part of the team to manage significant government project
• Great working environment and career exposure (Agile, Cloud, Design Thinking, Data Analytics)
• Attractive salary package & employment benefits (up to 24 days leave, medical insurance etc)

Jobs Responsibilities:

• Identify key citizen interaction touchpoints and propose solutions that prioritise experience of citizen while also benefiting Agencies
• Analyse Agency’s needs, develop business case and scope the issue to resolve
• Document requirements, source and evaluate alternatives, and recommend solution that best fits Agency’s needs
• Work with Agency users to ensure smooth deployment and adoption of new solution
• Able to manage software, service as a product by planning the product lifecycle and evolution of the software, service product. Collects stakeholder needs, expectations and ideas for the software, service product. Prioritises what goes into each build, release cycle based on the product roadmap to maximise business value, customer satisfaction and end-to-end performance
• Able to perform business analysis:
  a. Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring: Identify stakeholders, techniques and processes to manage, track and trace requirements
  b. Enterprise Analysis: Refine and clarify business need, define solution scope and develop business case
  c. Elicitation: Explore, identify and document business needs
  d. Requirements Analysis: Assess current state, analyse stated requirements of stakeholders and elaborate to sufficient detail that accurately defines business need with in specified scope
  e. Solution Assessment and Validation: Source and evaluate alternatives to identify solution that best fits business need, identify gaps, and determine workarounds/changes to the solution. Assess deployed solutions to see how well they met the original need
  f. Requirements Management and Communication: Manage conflicts, issues and changes to ensure stakeholders and project team remain in agreement on solution scope

Requirements:

• Singaporean Only
• Min 4-5 years of experience in product management
• Skilled in scrum agile management of development team, including writing user story, assigning story points, tracking backlog and burndown each sprint
• Handled government projects will be an added advantage

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Liew Chien Hui (Vivian) | R2090138

ScienTec Consulting Pte Ltd | 11C5781

The Job

• Engage internal / external stakeholders and utilize user research techniques such as Gemba walks, hands on testing, interviews, meetings, and user feedback to identify pain points on their existing manual operation work processes and conduct analysis for system implementation.
• Product/Solution assessment (including proposal of suitable product solutions) of existing implementations to evaluate fit for purpose and gather sufficient technical and process inputs for further technical and business evaluation, bridging gap between IT and business. Coordinate with Project Manager, Technical Leads, Solution Architects, Subject Matter Experts (SME) Leads and Vendors.
• Activities as the overall owner of the product backlog include:Conducting feasibility assessment studies.
  Lead and run Design sessions i.e., Document user journeys with SME leads and end users, Prototype reviews, UI/UX review, effectively design user requirements into functional design documents.
  Initiate sign offs of Design Reviews and product backlog prioritisation.
  Coordinate with Technical Leads, effectively linking and translate technical requirements into business requirements.
  Make product recommendations.
  
• Lead and expedite user and management sign offs on requirements, proposed improvements, UATs with SME leads, management, and vendor.
• Lead UAT and Training Execution – Plan, coordinate and execute with SME Leads. Ensure that coordination is done with Project Manager on overall UAT, Go Live schedules. Ensure that UAT test scenarios and user guides are detailed and well developed. Conduct on the ground training is to end users as required.
• Devise and Execute Roll-out plan with end users with proposed KPIs for adoption and business value. (Set up and lead pilot reviews, adoption reviews – on a weekly/monthly as agreed with management).
• Create and track statistics and data analysis on agreed metrics.
• Lead change management approach – Devising the strategy and target for adoption and implementing the change management post Go Live
• Lead Design Reviews before PIRR to understand improvements to be evaluated as part of the Program Increment cycle.
• Plan and lead subsequent program increment for the base product.

Job Requirement

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Information Systems, Industrial Design, Maritime Studies or other relevant areas.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of business analyst and/or project management and/or product management experience (at least small to medium sized projects) in the implementation of software applications projects.
• Experienced in stakeholder engagement and process and solution design with relevant experience in Business and/or digital solutions analyst background.
• Knowledge of agile project management and/or PMP or PRINCE-2 or LEAN Six Sigma or CBAP or Scrum will be an advantage.
• Good technical understanding of digital solutions in the market will be an added advantage.
• Basic software development and database knowledge.
• Strong in Microsoft Office suite of products (added advantage if can code in Python/Java/other object-oriented programming language).
• Pro-active ground engagement and need to think on your feet and propose ideas for improvements.
• A good communicator, outgoing, and able to engage others across diverse cultures.
• Highly numerate, meticulous and process driven, ability to deliver results under stressful and challenging conditions.
• Lead and seek stakeholder buy-in on why proposed solution and process works best. Always have a continuous improvement approach.
• Challenge the thinking in a constructive manner and propose solutions which are in line with JP’s overall business objectives.

Univers provides the world’s most comprehensive decarbonization system.

We help companies and countries optimize energy systems and reduce carbon emissions with accurate, reliable, and actionable decarbonization data. Our EnOS (Energy and Environment Operating System) platform connects on-the-ground operational technology and in-the-cloud intelligence to deliver real-time energy data and data-driven carbon monitoring, reporting, and abatement.

With 220 million sensors and smart devices connected, 550GW of renewable energy under management, and a community of over 500 customers, we’re helping the world’s leading businesses get the world to net zero—and what comes after it.

For more information, please visit https://univers.com/

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Product Management professional for Carbon Management Software to support our software product lifecycle management in the carbon and sustainability domain. The ideal candidate will have extensive expertise in product management as well as carbon domain expertise in carbon accounting standards, methodologies, net-zero management, and market application requirement.

The individual is responsible for offering carbon management subject matter expertise throughout product planning, design, and execution for carbon management products. You will play a crucial role in defining and shaping our carbon management product roadmap and introduction, ensuring product success, and driving market growth. As a Product Manager for Carbon Management Software, you will spearhead research, documentation, and alignment of Univers' product with current and future market needs as well as standards and regulations while ensuring product complies with audit and assurance requirements through proper software product structure, features, and compliance.

Relevant experience in technology product management and domain experience in sustainability and carbon management is required.

Director, Product Management (Carbon Management)

Responsibilities:

• Act as GHG emission accounting and climate actions subject matter expert on global GHG accounting standards, frameworks, and regulations
• Serve as go-to-person for all GHG accounting and Climate action rules, criteria, best practice, and compliance strategies
• Develop clear and concise business process documentation, such as product requirement documents and user stories, to communicate product requirements to software product architects and development teams
• Accountable for carbon management software scope and outcome to align with market best practice, trends, and the latest requirement
• Ensure the products are designed to comply with global and local accounting principles and guidelines
• Collaborate with BU leads and GTM teams to create and refine user stories and acceptance criteria
• Analyze and clarify user stories (business requirements) to establish a shared understanding of required behavior.
• Translate the current and emerging GHG accounting topics into product-oriented needs and features
• Defining user experience and user interface requirement to create easy-to-use intuitive and user-friendly products that cater to the target personas.
• Provide functional test and validation documentation to the QA team to ensure product aligns with requirements.
• Focus on standardization and common building blocks for a scalable and modular product to capture various calculation methods, accounting principles, emission factors, etc.
• Consult with external auditors and assurance firms for product certification, qualification, and approval.
• Define and track success metrics, adjusting approaches based on customer needs and business goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Sales, Operations, Developer Engineers, Marketing, and Management, to deliver new product ideas and improve existing ones.
• Establish a shared vision across the organization by building consensus on product and functionality priorities.
• Develop top-tier product communication and training materials for internal and external use
• Maintain professionalism while respecting team members and colleagues.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Masters/Bachelor Degree in Technology/Environment
• At least 10 years+ of relevant experience in Product Lifecycle Management, with 2 years+ of experience in Carbon Management domain
• Knowledge of global sustainability and carbon management frameworks and standards, such as GHGP, SBTi, ISSB, ESRS, TCFD, SASB, GRESB, etc.
• Understanding of assurance and certification requirement
• Familiarity with data quality and scoring methodologies
• Skills in product lifecycle management and program execution
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a matrix organization
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills to explain complex technical topics in an easily digestible manner
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to assess complex scenarios and develop practical solutions to simplify implementation.
• Experience in gathering, documenting, and researching market requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Driven, structured, rigorous, detailed-oriented, team player, innovative and hardworking

• Setup and operate off-set digital printing machine to produce quality printed output
• Perform quality check on print result for ink density and accuracy of design according to customers’ requirement
• Update and maintain all material usage records and job sheet
• Perform regular preventative maintenance as schedule
• Graphic Design skill (eg. Adobe Illustrator) an added avantage

• Setup and operate off-set digital printing machine to produce quality printed output
• Perform quality check on print result for ink density and accuracy of design according to customers’ requirement
• Update and maintain all material usage records and job sheet
• Perform regular preventative maintenance as schedule

Job Description

1. Assures Product quality, production processes, documents maintenance, production environment complied to our strict HQ standards and local government requirements.
2. Maintains product quality by enforcing quality assurance policies and procedures to ensure conformity with HQ specifications, government and industry standards.
3. Oversees the workplace health and safety issues of the company.
4. Negotiate with suppliers on raw materials as well as packaging materials procurement.
5. Responsible for company’s Production performance as well as Product Quality.
6. Investigate customers’ complaints on quality issues with the local Production and QC team.
7. Investment considerations and budgeting for improving working environment, quality and production efficiency.
8. Management of repair correspondence for manufacturing machineries and plant facilities.

Requirements

1. At least 5-8 years experience in production management in a food manufacturing industry preferably in a Management role
2. Degree holder or higher
3. Good knowledge of biscuits manufacturing processes and chocolates making processes.
4. Good knowledge of FSSC & ISO standards
5. Knowledge of safety requirements and legal standards.
6. Able to speak, read and write Japanese as the role requires frequent communicating and reporting to Japan HQ

To apply, please kindly email your updated resume to [email protected].

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

However, all applications will be updated to our resume bank for future opportunities.

EA Personnel Name: Lim Yoke Hui

EA Personnel Registration Number: R1433821

EA License no.: 07C5771

Job Description:

The CPPS group is seeking a highly motivated scientist or senior scientist to lead and conduct research in machine learning and AI-driven search and optimization algorithms for manufacturing applications. Cutting-edge algorithms will be deployed to support manufacturing decisions in (but not limited to),

• Multi-site/multi-enterprise inventory planning and control,
• Multi-resource production planning and scheduling,
• Value chain manufacturing decision support and decision-making

The key roles & responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Research into novel learning-centric optimization algorithms for efficient multi-resource planning and related value chain problems
• Working with a team of scientists and engineers to enhance the planning capabilities of existing or new enterprise decision-support systems
• Formulate scientific research directions and innovative proposals to secure competitive funding
• Understand the autonomous manufacturing domain and provide innovative solutions to industry problems in this area
• Familiarity with Industry 4.0 standards and concepts is an advantage

Job Requirement:

PhD degree in AI, Computer Science, Operations Research, or other relevant disciplines with emphasis on optimization, machine learning and data-science

Candidates with strong fundamentals in computing and AI are welcome. 5 years’ experience in research and leadership of R&D projects in the relevant area of expertise (for Senior Scientist).

• Programming/coding skills in developing optimization and machine learning algorithms
• Good track record of scientific publications in top journals or conferences
• Excellent technical presentation and writing skills
• Can-do attitude and able to work with different needs of various stakeholders
• Proactive team player and technically motivated to solve problems innovatively

Job Description:

The CPPS group is seeking a highly motivated scientist or senior scientist to lead and conduct research in machine learning and AI-driven search and optimization algorithms for manufacturing applications. Cutting-edge algorithms will be deployed to support manufacturing decisions in (but not limited to),

• Multi-site/multi-enterprise inventory planning and control,
• Multi-resource production planning and scheduling,
• Value chain manufacturing decision support and decision-making

The key roles & responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Research into novel learning-centric optimization algorithms for efficient multi-resource planning and related value chain problems
• Working with a team of scientists and engineers to enhance the planning capabilities of existing or new enterprise decision-support systems
• Formulate scientific research directions and innovative proposals to secure competitive funding
• Understand the autonomous manufacturing domain and provide innovative solutions to industry problems in this area
• Familiarity with Industry 4.0 standards and concepts is an advantage

Job Requirement:

PhD degree in AI, Computer Science, Operations Research, or other relevant disciplines with emphasis on optimization, machine learning and data-science

Candidates with strong fundamentals in computing and AI are welcome. 5 years’ experience in research and leadership of R&D projects in the relevant area of expertise (for Senior Scientist).

• Programming/coding skills in developing optimization and machine learning algorithms
• Good track record of scientific publications in top journals or conferences
• Excellent technical presentation and writing skills
• Can-do attitude and able to work with different needs of various stakeholders
• Proactive team player and technically motivated to solve problems innovatively

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.

Job Description:

The CPPS group is seeking a highly motivated scientist or senior scientist to lead and conduct research in machine learning and AI-driven search and optimization algorithms for manufacturing applications. Cutting-edge algorithms will be deployed to support manufacturing decisions in (but not limited to),

• Multi-site/multi-enterprise inventory planning and control,
• Multi-resource production planning and scheduling,
• Value chain manufacturing decision support and decision-making

The key roles & responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Research into novel learning-centric optimization algorithms for efficient multi-resource planning and related value chain problems
• Working with a team of scientists and engineers to enhance the planning capabilities of existing or new enterprise decision-support systems
• Formulate scientific research directions and innovative proposals to secure competitive funding
• Understand the autonomous manufacturing domain and provide innovative solutions to industry problems in this area
• Familiarity with Industry 4.0 standards and concepts is an advantage

Job Requirement:

PhD in Computer Science, Data Science or Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical Engineering

7 years’ experience in developing and deploying machine learning and data analytics (for Senior Scientist).

• Strong leadership skills
• Programming/coding skills in developing AI and data analytics
• Skills in data modelling, machine learning, signal processing
• Good track record of publications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Quality focused and customer-centric
• Can-do attitude and able to work with different needs of various stakeholders
• Proactive team player and technically motivated to solve problems innovatively

Job Description:

The CPPS group is seeking a highly motivated scientist or senior scientist to lead and conduct research in machine learning and AI-driven search and optimization algorithms for manufacturing applications. Cutting-edge algorithms will be deployed to support manufacturing decisions in (but not limited to),

• Multi-site/multi-enterprise inventory planning and control,
• Multi-resource production planning and scheduling,
• Value chain manufacturing decision support and decision-making

The key roles & responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Research into novel learning-centric optimization algorithms for efficient multi-resource planning and related value chain problems
• Working with a team of scientists and engineers to enhance the planning capabilities of existing or new enterprise decision-support systems
• Formulate scientific research directions and innovative proposals to secure competitive funding
• Understand the autonomous manufacturing domain and provide innovative solutions to industry problems in this area
• Familiarity with Industry 4.0 standards and concepts is an advantage

Job Requirement:

PhD degree in AI, Computer Science, Operations Research, or other relevant disciplines with emphasis on optimization, machine learning and data-science

Candidates with strong fundamentals in computing and AI are welcome. 5 years’ experience in research and leadership of R&D projects in the relevant area of expertise (for Senior Scientist).

• Programming/coding skills in developing optimization and machine learning algorithms
• Good track record of scientific publications in top journals or conferences
• Excellent technical presentation and writing skills
• Can-do attitude and able to work with different needs of various stakeholders
• Proactive team player and technically motivated to solve problems innovatively