Job Description

The Asia Pacific DMO (Digital Manufacturing Operations) regional leader is the senior leader for DMO in the Asia Pacific region, having accountability and responsibility for the DMO organizations at Singapore, Menuma, Japan and HEDA, China locations. The Asia Pacific DMO Regional Leader directly manages the DMO Site Leaders in the region, accountable for supporting those organizations and leaders in performance of their DMO responsibilities.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include:

Drive a high-performance organizational culture that accommodates rapid growth and highly dynamic expectations ensuring attainment of site operational and development goals in the region.

Provide a single point accountability to the Plant Managers in the AP region for issue escalation and strategic thought leadership.

Drive design and execution of the transition of the Singapore DMO organization into the DMO standard site structure in collaboration with the Singapore DMO Lead.

Liaise with Value Teams and broader IT to ensure business requirements are clearly understood and implemented, and sponsor technology adoption across the region to ensure value pull through on agreed business outcomes.

Ensure appropriate support to AP DMO site leads in manage their DMO site budgets to meet annual profit plan targets. Take a lead role in identifying and achieving cost savings on both capital and expense spend.

Work collaboratively to drive a safe, compliant and inclusive culture in the region.

Manage teams across geographies, ensuring effective communications and collaboration, including alignment back to the DMO and value team organizations in other regions.

Leadership Competencies

The following competencies outline the core leadership traits that this role should demonstrate and are seen as key to being successful in fulfilling the role.

Collaboration: Strong collaboration and cross-functional leadership skills to drive continuous improvement and promote knowledge sharing and implementation of best practices.

Strategic Thinker: Enterprise mindset, Innovative thinker, with excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills.

Communicates Effectively: Strong importance on recognizing the audience and crafting the message accordingly. All aspects are important from technical or tactical discussions to strategic communications at an organization level.

Demonstrated ability to influence areas not under direct control to achieve objectives and effectively communicate challenging goals and objectives.

Ensures accountability: Ability to take responsibility to ensure success on any initiative and instill confidence in the team to drive to a positive outcome.

WHAT YOU MUST HAVE

Education Requirement:

Bachelors Degree (Prefer Bachelor of Science) in Engineering, Science, Information Technology or Computer Science

Qualifications:

Knowledge of IT & Automation systems that support pharmaceutical manufacture (MES, LIMS etc), management and data capture systems and other analytics-based systems. Preferred experience and knowledge of DeltaV, Werum and Systek/Antares packaging technologies.

Knowledge of global health regulatory requirements and requirements that drive digital delivery, including 21-CFR-Part-11, Annex 11, Good Laboratory and Manufacturing practices, Computer Systems Validation, and other global regulatory requirements that impact computerized systems.

12+ years prior experience in Process Automation, Enterprise, Business, Information, Systems & Application and Solution Architectures.

Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (example: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt).

10+ years\' experience managing people, 5+ years\' experience managing managers.

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is committed to be the most trusted supplier of biopharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create an interdependent global manufacturing network that\xe2\x80\x99s committed to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

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\xe2\x80\x94and start making your impact today.

Current Employees apply

Current Contingent Workers apply

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status: Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Shift:

Valid Driving License:

Hazardous Material(s):

MSD