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Job Description

We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded Senior Specialist that can help drive our Operational Excellence Strategy within an Operations Environment.

Summary, Focus and Purpose

The West Point, PA site is our Company’s largest vaccine manufacturing facility that manufactures bulk and final dosage forms for our vaccine products and is growing to meet future demand. Our Company’s production system (MPS), is an integrated production system for how we design, manage, and continuously improve our operations and supporting business processes, enabled through the development of our people.

This role is responsible for driving the production system throughout the IPT to enable change in the operating systems, management systems, and mindsets, behaviors, and capabilities of our people to manufacture product of the highest quality, for the lowest cost, and in the shortest lead time.

Reporting to the IPT Lead and under the direction of the West Point MPS E2E lead, the successful candidate will work with all levels of the IPT through teaching, 1:1 and team coaching and direct on-the-floor support/on the job development.

Key Functions

• Work Independently and as a Team member with Integrity | Precision | Accomplishment | Motivational Ambition | Respect | Inclusion

• Effectively coach and partner with functional leaders, and their leadership teams to execute performance improvement activities.

• Support the installation and sustainment of the Daily Management System, Problem Solving, Leader Standardized Work and Standards Implementation (Closed Loop System)

• Actively work to achieve required capability development expectations for this role

• Provide guidance to frame appropriate business challenges, identifying key business opportunities using data and industry knowledge and trends

• Provide teaching and coaching to effectively transfer Lean skills into the organization for the development of Leaders who promote a culture of continuous improvement and challenge the status quo

• Utilize various MPS standards in conjunction with our standardized deployment roadmap to diagnose, analyze and improve business processes

• Define a future state and create a master plan to achieve it

• Respond with urgency to effectively break down complex problems, lead root cause analysis, and develop effective countermeasures

• Build and Develop Key competencies in Leader Standardized Work and Problem Solving and continuously build those competencies withing the IPT

• Engage and Support Development of Standardized Work, Heijunka (Level Loading) and Non-Value-Added Waste Elimination with the Shop Floor (Operations and Lab) as needed within the IPT or Department

Education

• Bachelor degree in related field (i.e. Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field)

Or

• High school diploma (or equivalent) and 7 years of relevant academic and/or practical work experience related to manufacturing, operations, supply chain, military, or related field

Experience | Skills | Knowledge

Required

• Basic understanding of MPS

• Effective and Efficient Communication skills at all levels of the organization (Shop Floor to IPT Lead)

• Passion for driving Change

• Basic understanding of what is needed to drive change within an organization (i.e Change Execution Management (CEM) or Strategic Realization Framework (SRF)

• Ability to interact with and coach all levels of the business (IPT Lead to shop floor working teams)

• Experience with facilitating and leading teams

• Ability to leverage diverse perspectives and talents to achieve business outcomes and influence decision making

• Project Management | Team Building | Listening | Results Oriented skills

• Solid business acumen

• Excellent analytical skills, with proficiency in using IT applications to organize, analyze, & present information (e.g. Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Minitab and Teams)

Preferred

• Experience in the IPT

• Experience in applying MPS tools or concepts

• Experience in a Vaccines or Sterile pharmaceutical environment

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here (https://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/aCdfqL) if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:

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U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

04/7/2025

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Requisition ID: R341898