Project Manager, Alliance & Vendor Qualification Focus

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : Role Summary

Role Summary

The Project Manager will support our Alliance Management and New Vendor Qualification efforts. This role will be

pivotal in ensuring smooth collaboration with our Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) Alliance and overseeing vendor

assessments critical to maintaining high product standards.

This is an 18-month contract role*

What you'll do

Alliance Management :

• Main point of contact between BI and Bimeda teams, managing order fulfillment, coordinating project timelines
• and supporting quality investigations.
• Work closely with QA / QC to uphold Bimeda and BI quality standards and regulatory expectations.

Oversee product fulfillment by coordinating with Customer Service and Planning teams to ensure order accuracy and on-time deliveries.

• Ensure production readiness by reviewing material availability and coordinating requirements with Production
• Planning.
• Manage the BI order tracker, proactively identifying and escalating issues as needed to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Builds strong working relationships and gains a comprehensive understanding of Bimeda’s production, supply chain, quality and regulatory departments.
• Identify areas to streamline workflows and enhance efficiency within the alliance, collaborating with internal stakeholders to implement enhancements.

New Vendor Qualification :

• Lead communication efforts with vendors and manufacturers to gather necessary documentation and data to support the qualification process.
• Collect and organize all required information from vendors to ensure they meet internal standards and regulatory guidelines.
• Track the progress of each qualification, adjusting schedules as necessary to accommodate any delays or additional compliance checks.
• Work closely with the Supply Chain team and QA / QC to address any compliance gaps and ensure new vendors meet the quality requirements.
• Suggest process improvements in the vendor qualification process to enhance efficiency and alignment with company standards, working across teams to implement any required adjustments.
• Any other duties as assigned.

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post.

Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and / or priorities and requirements evolve.

What you bring to the role

• BA / BS degree in a relevant discipline, such as but not limited to Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Life Sciences, Chemical Engineering or related field.
• 3-5 years’ experience in project management, and / or subject matter expert position within a supply chain management function.
• Experience within a regulated manufacturing environment such as animal health, pharmaceutical or manufacturing.
• Strong project management skills with a proven ability to manage alliance coordination and vendor qualification processes.

Proficiency in project management tools and BI systems.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for managing cross-functional and vendor interactions.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on regulatory compliance and documentation.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification is preferred.

This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and may involve occasional travel to production sites or

vendor locations.

Competencies Required for the Role

ANALYTICAL THINKING / PROBLEM SOLVING - is the ability to identify the information needed to clarify a

situation, seek that information from various sources and then tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic,

sequential approach. Ability to identify and separate the key components of problems and situations. Ability

to interpret information from a range of sources to spot patterns and trends in information and to deduce

cause and effect from this.

NEGOTIATION Is the ability to know how to get what you want; understands the win-win relationships;

understands each party’s interest in the situation.

FOSTERING COLLABORATION / TEAMWORK - is the ability to work jointly with others or together especially in

an intellectual endeavor; the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team; as a team leader,

the ability to demonstrate interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together. Builds

partnerships for global performance. Respects others.

COSTUMER ORIENTATION The ability to demonstrate concern for satisfying one’s external or internal

customers. Identifies and prioritizes customer needs and recognizes constraints. Seeks to find out more about

customers and provide better service. Is professional, reliable and delivers on promises. Brings a competitive

focus to customer.

COORDINATION manages cross-team projects successfully; adapts to the people around them; meets

deadlines.

About Bimeda

Bimeda is a leading global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of veterinary pharmaceuticals and animal health products and has over half a century’s experience in providing science-driven solutions to optimize the health, wellbeing and productivity of the world’s animals.

Bimeda’s global innovation program sees six state-of-the art R&D centers across four continents collaborate on an enviable product development pipeline which anticipates the ever-evolving needs of the animal health industry.

Bimeda’s nine manufacturing facilities across seven countries allow the company to manufacture a broad range of preventative, curative and nutritional products including sterile injectables, vaccinations, nutritional boluses, feed additives, tablets, water-soluble powders, pastes and non-sterile liquids.

Globally, the company focuses on the development, manufacture and commercialization of quality Bimeda-branded products while also being the partner of choice for contract manufacturing and R&D services for prominent companies within the animal health industry.

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