Sr. Project Manager Custom Products

A career with MilliporeSigma is an ongoing journey of discovery: our 57,000 people are shaping how the world lives, works and plays through next generation advancements in healthcare, life science and performance materials. For more than 350 years and across the world we have passionately pursued our curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others. MilliporeSigma is a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization.  External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Your Role:

At MilliporeSigma, the Project Manager on the Biologics Midwest Process Development, Technology and Project Management team is a highly collaborative, cross functional role in an operations environment located at our Ewing facility in St. Louis. 

The position involves leading projects and initiatives as well as continued administrative tasks primarily focused on bidding and order fulfillment for Customs and Bulks business. Project stakeholders include leadership and individual contributors in R&D, Production, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Marketing, Procurement and Material Management functions. 

• Build custom product and service proposals for external and internal customers with input from all functions required to fulfill order


• Bid and order fulfillment for bulk inquiries and custom projects and ensuring proposals are compatible with the capability and capacity of the operations site fulfilling the order.


• Facilitate customer interactions with operations sites by hosting technical discussions and ensuring proper communication and intellectual property control.


• Coordinate with operations to determine costs and lead times for bulk and custom opportunities will define and plan with limited starting information and will assemble teams with specialized skillsets for specific projects 


• Maintain regular progress and milestone communication to stakeholders and will be responsible for documentation and systems setup for Custom and new product introduction


• Write, review, and obtain approval for operations documents and set up of new products in SAP and document control systems such as eDOC or Mango.


• Aid in continuous process improvements aimed at decreasing lead times and increasing the competitive quality of our products and services


• Maintain proactive safety and quality standards


• Maintain and manage project costs to budget

 Who You Are:

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering or related Science or Engineering discipline   


• 5+ years of experience in biologics manufacturing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Chemistry, Biology, Chemical Engineering or related Science or Engineering discipline with 2+ years of industry experience.


• Project management experience


• Customer interface experience


• Technical knowledge of chemical or biologics processing


• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and challenges


• Technical writing experience


• High level organization and communication skills   


• Demonstrated skill in Project Planning and execution


• Team leadership experience


• Proficient in MS Office suite


• Experience working within and/or lead multisite, cross functional project teams


• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written


• Experience pivoting priorities based on business needs


• Proven proficiency in planning and scheduling, problem solving, project management, time management, prioritization & decision-making skills.


• Proficient with MS SharePoint, MS Project, MS Access, Statistical Analysis, Process Flow software and other project management tools


• Six Sigma training


• Supply chain experience


• Experience with process development, scaleup, and technology transfer

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