R&D Project Manager

R&D Project Manager

Position Summary

• Typical working hours are Monday-Friday 8 AM-5 PM.

• This position is 100% on-site in Winchester, Kentucky.

Catalent’s Winchester location is the flagship US manufacturing location for large scale oral dose forms, with integrated analytical and development services. With 28 years of expertise in product development, technology transfers and commercial manufacturing, and roots in industry-leading Glatt technology. 

The R&D Project Manager is responsible for coordinating all project related activities for the technical transfer of products to the Winchester, KY manufacturing site. The R&D Project Manager communicates and interacts with customers, planner/buyers, project team members, key Winchester stakeholders and other Catalent sites to ensure
each project achieves the established goals

The Role

• Manage all activities related to the technical transfer of projects including: development of project timeline, facilitating the transfer of project information, ensuring that project quotes are within scope and up to date, pending customers requirements and needs coordinate technical service offerings with other Catalent sites, coordinating and leading customer meetings/teleconferences (agenda, meeting minutes, documentation...), and timely billing of customer through JDE system for work completed.

• Manage NPIx process for assigned projects

• Accurately manage revenue forecasting for assigned projects

• Provide professional customer service (including monitoring of customers in the plant to ensure personal safety and confidentiality)

• Communicate and coordinate clearly/extensively with customer and other departments to achieve project goals

• Collaborate as necessary with other Catalent sites to assure the established project timelines and deliverables are progressing per agreement

• Other duties as required in support of Catalent Pharma Solutions high performance

The Candidate

• High School Diploma with 8+ years project coordination experience; OR Associate's Degree with 4+ years of project coordination experience; OR Bachelor's Degree with 2+ years of project coordination experience.

• Proficient skills in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Strong project management skills supporting technical customers.

• Project budgeting and financial impact experience.

• Knowledge of pharmaceutical solid dosage form manufacturing processes, quality testing and analytics, experience with fluid beds, high shear granulation, compression, pan coating and encapsulation processes is preferred

• Individual may be required to sit for an extended period of time. Specific vision requirements include reading of written documents and frequent use of computer monitor.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I 

• Tuition Reimbursement – Let us help you finish your degree or earn a new one! 

• Generous 401K match 

• 152 hours accrued PTO + 8 paid holidays 

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

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