Product Lead - External Manufacturing (m/f/d)

Your responsibilities:

• Accountable for assigned Product- /Production-issues and risks
• Owner of product specification and production process specification
• Accountable for product changes, complaints and deviations
• Accountable for spare part management
• Accountable for production assets and equipment
• Accountable for the overall Squad performance with regards to quality, supply, compliance, cost
• Develops and implements the product wide production capacity plan and output report in collaboration with the relevant functions in accordance with the Product Strategy and provides information to Network Lead
• Manages all key stakeholders at Squad level (internal and external)
• Represents Global External Manufacturing in Business Teams on PCQT level, represents Global External Manufacturing in system development projects
• Interacts with business (e.g. IPM) to understand demand forecast, its development and fluctuations and triggers follow up actions
• Compiles Annual Product Review Report in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders, including triggering actions, risks and mitigations
• Chairs Product Meeting with supplier and sub-suppliers at an operative level, the Squad and provides necessary leadership to the team members
• Executes Operative Risk Management
• Plans replacements and new investments and calculates business cases
• Understands contracts with suppliers with regards of content
• Monitors the supplier safety stock and the Roche hub stock versus targets
• Owns and maintains product documentation during Product Life Cycle
  
  

Your background:

• University degree in Engineering, Natural Science or related disciplines
• 3 years of work experience in IVD product management and production engineering
• Ability to think strategically and systemically, willingness to try new ideas and participate in changes
• Leadership experience and skills, including the ability to get things done with a proven track record of consensus building and conflict management in challenging situations
• Self-motivated, autonomous, structured and goal-oriented mindset with a solution oriented balance of short term mitigation and long term solution
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization by establishing credibility and building rapport
• Executive presence where you perform well under pressure and with decisiveness
• Excellent communication skills in German and English
• Travel required 10(-20)%