The Asset Business Partner is an integral member of the Asset Leadership team and a regular participant in asset and functional strategy setting. The BP is responsible for creating and maintaining a comprehensive resource plan and schedule for their assigned area of functional expertise.
Key Responsibilities:
- Accountable for the delivery of designated functional services to the Asset and ensure that defined performance levels are met
- Collaborate with other BPs to provide SME and additional capacity resources to support the asset on an as needed basis
- Drive continuous improvement activities, strategy development and delivery, as well as supporting organizational development and provide cultural leadership
- Attract and retain skilled talent; training and encouraging a team-centric environment that improves business performance
- Clearly assigning objectives, setting, measuring and monitoring progress, marshaling resources and handling competing priorities
- Provide functional expertise to the Asset Operations Head in order to achieve production plan achievement
- Lead the functional department, managing safety, quality, compliance and efficient, product delivery, batch release, and cost efficiency
- Ensure that the manufacturing facility is in a continuous state of readiness for production and GMP audits.
- Supervise, train and mentor the functional team, create a high-performance team that emphasizes strengths-based execution, accountability, open communication, people development and continuous improvement. Focus on people development, identification and development of successors and High Potentials.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years' experience in Engineering, manufacturing environment. Biotech experience preferred.
- High level of business systems technical skills required.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and direct tasks in a fast-paced environment is critical
- Occasional travel will be required. Must be able to travel internationally.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills
- BS/MS in Engineering discipline strongly preferred.
- Experience leading or managing direct reports is preferred. Demonstrates effective leadership
- Ability to work inter-departmentally and with customers
- Demonstrates role model safety behaviors
- Demonstrated ability for effective Planning, Organizing and Controlling competency
- Demonstrate sound decision making, considering broad scope of factors
- Able to manage multiple cross-functional teams simultaneously
- Exceptional leadership, interpersonal communication, negotiations, collaboration and management skills