Mgr, MIP

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Procurement MIP Manager:

Lead the execution of Procurement VIP (Value Improvement Project) projects by coordinating resources from Category, Engineering, R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, RA etc. Manage the project timeline and resources to achieve business goals.

Roles & Responsibility

• End to End VIP project management of processes and improvements
• Coordinate the formal evaluation of VIP ideas from Physical, Chemical, Functional, Sterilization, Biochemical and Regulatory perspective etc.
• Coordinate resources to conduct the pre-feasibility study of VIP. Depends on the degree of complexity, include from request samples from the supplier to perform test to ensure the delivery of the pre-feasibility report.
• Navigate the projects thru the prioritization phase and secure resources from different functional teams to determine a formal project
• Act as Project manager to coordinate suppliers, manufacturing, Engineering, PDO, R&D, QA and RA etc to ensure the projects can be delivered on time and on target. Accountabilities include but not limited to
  • Prepare project charter, activities and timeline, resource plan, risk and opportunity identification etc
  • Secure budget, coordinate project leaders, Change Control Owner, in multiple departments to support VIP project
  • Collaborate with internal or external SME of material, technology, quality, registration etc to solve ad hoc problems
  • Regular project review and report out.
• Follow up in ramp up phase after-project implementation
• Deploy best practices and transfer knowledge across the VIP execution team

Skills and qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or above
• Strong project management, planning and organizational skills with proactive and self-driven personality
• Must have hands on experience implementing Lean Thinking, Lean Tools and Kaizen events to drive Lean improvements in Execution phase
• Must have experience in effective root cause problem solving
• Demonstrate experience in the pharmaceutical and/or Medical device manufacturing
• Able to quickly gain credibility and gain traction with both stakeholders and suppliers. 
• Influencing, consultative and initiative capability 
• Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, Presentation Skills, Facilitation, Leadership, Effective communication skills
• Strong personal accountability for results and integrity, eagerness to learn and continuously improve.  Uncompromising dedication to quality, relentless focus on rapid and disciplined action, and respect for the diverse contributions of all.

API category manager:

Support global API category management team to manage China based API suppliers.

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