Associate Director, Manufacturing Leadership Development Program (MLDP) Global Program Manager

Job Description

Our Company’s Manufacturing Leadership Development Program Manager is responsible for operationalizing core business processes with the intent of identifying and developing future leaders of the manufacturing division who deliver business results. This includes the sustainment and improvement of the Leadership Development Program to ensure alignment with the strategy, continuous process improvement, networking and best practices across the enterprise. The role will collaborate closely with the Manufacturing Leadership Development Program Director Lead to ensure that program design and rotational assignments align to meet strategic and business critical needs. The program objective is to prepare members for roles of increased responsibilities.  

 
The responsibilities include: 

• Recruiting, hiring, and on-boarding entry level North America, EU, and Asia Pacific based employees.  

• People management of Year 1 and Year 2 Manufacturing Leadership Development Program members including relocation administration and all Workday system transactions.  

• Coaching, teaching, and developing program member proficiency within the core competencies to fortify professional and leadership skills, through a partnership with a coaching team that includes mentors and a rotational assignment manager. 

• Coaching program class members to complete objectives and deliver high impact business results.  

• Planning and executing multi-day in-person program meetings that advance the program members’ learning and development plans. 

• Process stewardship including definition, execution, and continuous improvement of core business processes associated with the program. 

• Maintaining program alignment with Enterprise Strategic Framework, learning and development resources and manufacturing strategy. 

• Mentoring program member career development plans. 

• Budget management. 

Qualifications 

Education Minimum Requirement:     

• BA/BS Degree or equivalent.   

Required Experience and Skills:     

• Bachelors degree preferably in engineering, science, or business and a minimum 5 years experience in manufacturing/operations/technical operations and/or commercial/business  in roles of increasing responsibilitiy.  

• Solid and demonstrated commitment to personal and/or direct report development.  

• Must possess excellent interpersonal, communication, collaboration, negotiation, and project management skills.  

• Has demonstrated strong leadership, managerial, problem solving, and team building abilities and sensitivity to diverse cultures and backgrounds.  

• Proven interest and experience in employee coaching and development.  

• Must possess the ability to work independently with minimal coaching.  

• Demonstrated ability to execute and improve processes and to drive change. 

Preferred Experience and Skills:    

• Experience in multiple areas across pharmaceutical manufacturing is preferred – operations, supply chain, quality, technology, etc.  

• Ability to motivate others towards continuous improvement. Functional knowledge of the compnay's Manufactring Division Integrated Toolkit including but not limited to the company's Production System.   

• Working knowledge of recruiting at th