Senior IT Project Manager – Supply Chain ERP

For our client, a leading Life Sciences company with headquarters in the Basel area, Swisslinx are searching for a highly motivated Senior Project Manager for their IT Supply Chain Team on a 6 month contract that is likely to be extended.

Senior IT Project Manager – Supply Chain ERP

Tasks and Responsibilities include:

• Responsible to build up and manage the IT schedule / detailed project plan for both projects in alignment with business leads and project coordinators.
• Ensure resource request, assigned in time and budget forecasted
• Attend sounding boards and project governance boards as deemed appropriate
• Ensure delivery of all project management deliverables
• Coordinate the work of the different delivery teams; Roche ERP SAP team, external hires, Master data team, Roche IT delivery services
• Interface and collaborate closely with the Business teams globally and locally.
• Can take the role as scrum master in case required during some work package executions.
• Ensure system deliverables and documentation as required are delivered in time
• Align with CSV resource
• Provide project status reports, status meetings, action-, risks- and issues logs
• Manage risk log closely
• Coordinate and support team activities, involving subject matter experts (SMEs), the global and the local IT teams as appropriate
• Coordinate potential escalation of challenges and questions

What to bring:

• 7+ years of experience in delivering projects within complex system environment and with system integrations to external parties
• 7+ years of relevant experience in a multinational Pharma company
• Experience in serialization within Pharma Industry with proven track record of delivered projects
• IT background as solution architect/IT business analyst who has developed into IT project management
• Experience in IT project management within Pharma Industry and multi-cultural environment
• Experience of CSV/ GxP relevant project scope
• Great customer focus skills and attention to details (proactive, communicative and a “thinker”)
• Great communication skills (excellent English language skills)
• Strong team player with leadership skills and proven track record of decision taking and escalations handling

-Experience in GS1 GDSN related projects

-Agile Scrum master certification

-SAP ATTP/ICH/ERP experience

-Supply Chain process expertise

This position offers a fantastic opportunity for a candidate to gain experience with one of the world’s leading life sciences companies.