Engineering Asset Business Partner

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