• Job Description

  Req#: R257937

  Job Description

  An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Digital Manufacturing Operations Director. This is a crucial role that is a trusted partner who fosters enablement of purposeful innovation and sustained value from our digital assets, while enabling a safe, compliant, reliable, and cost effective supply to our patients. This role provides support to our manufacturing division to as they aspire to simultaneously run the business, grow the business, and transform the business. A focus on creating and fostering an engaged and inclusive culture is essential to deliver sustained performance excellence.

  Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

  • Direct the technical activities of automation, IT, and digitally competent team members to achieve business objectives through execution of standard work and processes

  • Adapt and implement functional strategic plans and priorities based on division scorecard and overall digital strategic plans to address local business, service and operational challenges

  • Provide leadership for the team across technical, compliance, security, and business acumen knowledge domains

  • Develop and manage department budget

  • Direct support of regulatory inspections and audits and other validation activities

  • Provide leadership of digital process improvements, productivity, and system support projects

  • Lead individual and team development through approved HR guidance and practices

  • Provide guidance on digital activities to key stakeholders

  • Provide guidance and ensure that the team follow established standards, principles and governance

  • Support problem solving practices to identify and resolve technical and operational problems; able to collaborate with peers to resolve problems that cross into inter-related units

  • Provide governance over Portfolio, Project Execution and Asset Life Cycle Management (LCM) for all automation and IT assets

  • Guide proactive strategic management of shop floor assets and their risk profiles

  • Build relationships/partnerships with digital leaders across the business network and product value teams

  • Manage vendor relationships

  Qualifications

  Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering or Computer Science

  Required Experience and Skills:

  • Minimum ten (10) years of experience in a production regulated industry (part or all of the ten years providing manufacturing automation services) – OR – Master’s or MBA degree with eight (8) years’ experience – OR – PhD with five (5) years’ experience

  • Minimum of five (5) years of direct people management experience

  • Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a GMP manufacturing automation role

  • Experience with DeltaV (or equivalent), PLCs, MES, and PI (or equivalent)

  • Demonstrated ability to build relationships with direct reports, team, peers and site/business leaders

  • Demonstrated leadership in achieving shared objectives in a matrix organization

  • Strong understanding of manufacturing principles/ processes and ability to translate manufacturing requirements into Automation/IT solutions

  • Ability to develop, articulate and build support around a long-term vision and implement incremental milestones in support of that vision

  • Proven track record of analytical skills, problem solving and attention to detail

  • Able to demonstrate the company's Leadership Principles (Ways of Working) and Enterprise Leadership

  • High personal integrity, credibility, and energy

  • Excellent communication and influencing skills

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

  Preferred Experience and Skills:

  • Experience across multiple functional groups (Manufacturing Operations, Technical Operations, Quality, or Supply Chain)

  • Lean Six Sigma experience preferred.

  • Strong Problem solving, Project management, Communication and Collaboration skills required

  NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

  In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.

  If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

  Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

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  Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, generally Tuesday, Wednesday and either Monday or Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence. This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

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  Employee Status:

  Regular

  Relocation:

  Domestic

  VISA Sponsorship:

  No

  Travel Requirements:

  10%

  Flexible Work Arrangements:

  On-Site

  Shift:

  1st - Day

  Valid Driving License:

  No

  Hazardous Material(s):

  na

• About the company

  Merck & Co., Inc.

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