Packaging Engineer Project Manager - I (Assistant) Packaging Engineer Project Manager - I (Assistant)

Reporting to the Associate Director of BTS in Millsboro, DE. The Associate Project Manager assumes responsibility for the complete life cycle of packaging solutions, including development, validation, and implementation, with a specific focus on the Millsboro manufacturing site. This encompasses projects involving new packaging, issue resolution, and enhancement initiatives. You steer projects to successful completion, evaluating the implications of implementing packaging solution standards. You provide oversight for ongoing implementation and standardization projects and instigate new initiatives aligned with the packaging strategy. Additionally, you play a vital role in participating as a subject matter expert in capex projects. Close collaboration is essential, involving coordination with R&D Product Development, Global Engineering Services, Global Supplier Management, site filling and packaging departments, as well as external suppliers of packaging materials and equipment.

Technical Scope:

• Has an understanding of packaging scientific/technical concepts and techniques, applies and furthers those concepts and techniques to execute in pursuit of resolving scientific/technical packaging issues.
• Pioneers the application, sharing and retention of cutting-edge techniques or processes, including those from other industries by providing leadership in Communities of Practice and other forums.
  
  

Science with a Strategic Business Focus:

• Ability to understand the bigger picture and business goals in order to ensure project success.
• Understands the criticality of securing early sponsorship and stakeholder alignment for projects and initiatives.
• Operates effectively as a leader of a project, or a key member of multiple small teams.
• Makes informed cost/ benefit decisions based on analysis of inputs, outcomes, risk and likely return, and displays ownership.
• Demonstrates the necessary collaboration skills to integrate input and perspective from various sources and demonstrates ability to explain the decision and its implications to key stakeholders, and champions initiatives.
• Continuously develops skills in and routinely applies appropriate tools to measure and enhance functional and team performance.
• Utilizes packaging expertise to develop value added solutions to customer needs.
• Uses feedback to ensure that customer/stakeholder needs are the cornerstone of his/her decisions, expectations are met on a consistent basis, and works with a long-term perspective in addressing customer problems.
  
  

Culture and interactions with others:

• Actively supports and applies the various initiatives and goals of our Company Manufacturing Division and the company.
• Acts as a catalyst for change and stimulates others to change.
• Guides the reallocation of roles and responsibilities across team members to facilitate goal achievement and personal development.
• Contributes to developing technical skills in organization and builds high performance teams.
• Speaks/presents effectively to both internal and external audiences to influence change and build consensus.
• Continually improves communication systems and practices within and across teams/units/functions.
• Proactively reviews own performance and progress and seeks feedback from manager/peers/stakeholder to close gaps.
• Shows courage to provide candid, timely and tactful communication and feedback to others.
• Ability to work in roles that require significant interaction with leadership team levels.
  
  

Quals--

Education Minimum Requirement: Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or similar technical field; Mechanical Engineering, Packaging Science, Packaging Engineering, Chemistry or similar

Required Experience and Skills:

• 3 years combined packaging and/or pharmaceutical/medical device manufacturing experience (1 years of the experience should be within packaging support/ project management)
• Interpersonal and leadership skills.
  
  

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Experience and knowledge of the pharmaceutical environment.
• Experience in packaging equipment
• Experience with primary and secondary packaging.
• Proven project leadership/ management and complex problem-solving skills.
• Ability to determine areas of potential risk to business success and generate gap analysis.
• Good interpersonal skills including flexibility and ability to work in a team environment.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
  
  

Travel

• Willing to travel domestically up to 10% of the time.