Sr. Program & Relationship Manager - Global Supply Chain & QARA
Date: Aug 11, 2024
Location: Athlone, L, IE
Company: Teleflex
About Teleflex Incorporated
As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare.
Teleflex is the home of Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, QuikClot™, LMA™, Pilling™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ and Weck™ – trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose.
At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare. For more information, please visit teleflex.com.
Position Summary
Responsible for the direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific Information Technology programs of projects within the Quality Assurance & Reg Affairs (QARA) and Global Supply Chain areas, ensuring consistency and alignment with company strategies, goals, processes and procedures.
Principal Responsibilities
Planning
• Lead the development of information technology strategies.
• Initiate new project requests including analysis of possible solutions, scope definition, resource, cost and schedule planning.
• Drive the alignment of IT strategy to the objectives of the QARA and Global Supply Chain teams.
• Collaborate with key business stakeholders in QARA and Global Supply Chain, system integrators and internal Teleflex teams to understand business requirements and translate them into effective solutions.
• Drive standardization and consistency of QARA and Global Supply Chain processes and solutions.
• Partner with the QARA and Global Supply Chain program management in the planning of scope, schedule, resource and cost.
• Develop requests for proposals (RFP’s) for external services.
Execution
• Lead project teams in the analysis, design, implementation and development of information systems.
• Management of the relationship with relevant external consultants, vendors and system integrators
• Liaise with business owners to ensure effective communication and translation of business needs into technical requirements.
• Champion change management activities, negotiate agreements and commitments.
Principle Responsibilities
Control
• Oversight of all IT projects within the assigned function.
• Monitors progress and evaluates program and project performance on regular basis.
• Ensures adherence to all relevant IT policies, procedures, and computer systems validation standards.
• Ensures accurate and timely project reporting to stakeholders, including progress updates, cost reports, and risk registers.
• Monitors and manages program and project risks, including the identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with project managers and business owners to ensure project objectives are achieved within scope, schedule, and budget constraints.
• Liaises with PMO, program sponsor and other stakeholders to manage expectations and ensure alignment with project goals.
Team Leadership
• Manage resource assignments and priorities; work with other functional managers to coordinate assignments to projects and other deliverables whilst dealing with changing priorities.
• Promote a work environment that challenges the status quo and fosters teamwork.
• Develops, motivates, and directs IT team members and fosters a team environment.
• Create a trusting, collaborative, and ethical work environment that positively contributes to employee engagement.
Education / Experience Requirements
• Proven track record of leading, designing and executing on significant programs of business process and IT systems reengineering and change within the Global Supply Chain or QARA areas.
• Extensive experience in applying structured project management and systems development methodologies to deliver business change.
• Business acumen and experience within the IT, Global Supply Chain and QARA functions.
• Ability to bring best practice experience to Teleflex.
• Experience of building relationships with executive and senior leadership, with a proven ability to influence and collaborate at all levels.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills, developing creative solutions and meeting project objectives.
• Proven facilitation skills across multiple business disciplines, organization levels and geographies.
• The ability to prioritize and manage several projects and customers simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills.
Specialized Skills / Other Requirements
• Six Sigma or other Business Process Mapping certification.
• Professional Project Management certification.
• PLM, eQMS, or SAP implementation experience, preferably from a business analyst or IT support discipline.
• Knowledge of Computer Systems Validation.
• Medical Device or Pharmaceutical Industry experience including implementation of Corrective Action Preventive Action initiatives.
Teleflex is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to age, gender, race, nationality, ethnicity, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion and/or membership of the traveller community.
If you require accommodation and support to apply for a position, please contact us at talent.emea@teleflex.com.
Diversity fosters innovative thinking and entrepreneurship and that’s what we are about at Teleflex. We trust and value our people and their diversity and we make it fun to work here. We are on a journey to ensure our workplaces mirror the patients we serve and the communities we operate in. Our approach is simple, we embrace everyone and want them to feel they belong here. We are building a culture where all employees can bring their best and unique selves to work. If that appeals to you, we would love to hear from you. Come join a company where diversity is sought out and inclusivity is how we progress.
At Teleflex, we follow a comprehensive hiring process. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from agency recruiters or 3rd party firms. We do not make unsolicited job offers. We do not ask for money or require equipment purchase up-front.
Teleflex, the Teleflex logo, Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, QuikClot™, LMA™, Pilling™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ and Weck™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Teleflex Incorporated or its affiliates, in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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