Project Leader

**About the role**:
The project leader (Material Change Management) position requires to manage projects, programs, portfolio and change control for material changes (raw material, auxiliaries, excipients, packaging, ) for Vienna and other impacted manufacturing sites ensuring supply continuity and business growth.

**How you will contribute**:

- Manage overall portfolio and projects for raw material changes for all products/plants considering lowest possible impact on market supply and manufacturing operations while still maintaining highest possible efficiency in change implementation.
- Lead cross-divisional and/or cross-functional multi-sites projects with a broad scope: Develop a project and implementation plan and if required mitigation strategy based on supply/demand forecast. Communicate project status to the stakeholders.
- Align different Supply Chain views and needs (Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management) in the context of material change to one Supply Chain implementation strategy.
- Lead local and global teams (internal/external) in defining program strategies, developing goals, assigning project tasks ensuring the team meets all goals for up to 25 projects in parallel.
- Define and control transparent process for business case development of requested material changes as base for definition of project priority and required implementation target date.
- Initiate escalation process and facilitate problem solving for issues endangering supply continuity or fulfillment of business-critical goal.
- Continuous process alignment and improvement.

**What you bring to Takeda**:

- Education in natural sciences, biotechnology or engineering: minimum bachelor’s degree (or at least 5 years proven practical experience as described below)
- if bachelor or higher: min. 5 years of professional experience in manufacturing and/or quality in (bio)pharmaceutical production (GMP environment)
- Project Management, Change Control, Supply Chain, Materials Management knowledge
- IT: ERP systems (C3ME/SAP or others), EQM systems (e.g. TrackWise), project management tools, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
- German & English (fluent) & French (preferred)
- Outstanding communication skills and experience in working with colleagues in various global locations
- Team player & Ability to work independently

**What Takeda can offer you**:
A competitive remuneration package with a minimum salary of € 3557,47 gross per month (full-time, collective wage agreement for the chemical industry) - the actual salary depends on your professional experience and qualifications.
- Family-friendly company environment; Support with parental leave, dad month, Bilingual company kindergarten
- Comprehensive training programs
- In-house job rotation program
- In-house Canteen with discounts or meal vouchers
- Works council (events, festivals, shopping vouchers, etc.)
- Employee Referral Program
- Employee Recognition Program
- Takeda Resource Groups
- Medical checkups
- Free vaccination program
- Fitness Center

**More about us**:
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best-in-class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

**Empowering our people to shine**:
Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

**Locations**:
AUT - Wien - Benatzkygasse 2-6

**Worker Type**:
Employee

**Worker Sub-Type**:
Regular

**Time Type**:
Full time