Associate Director

**Job Description**:
Organon is a Women’s Health Company that believes in a better and healthier every day for every woman We are a passionate, global community of thousands dedicated to redefining the future of women’s health. Our mission is to deliver impactful medicines and solutions for a healthier every day. But what really makes it work at Organon is our people.

We’re looking for real, passionate team players, curious innovators, forward thinkers, empowered by the idea of shaping their career, and ready to bring their fire to embrace change and the opportunities it brings for progress.

At Organon, you’ll get to enjoy the best of both worlds: the open, agile, collaborative culture of a start-up, and operating at the scale of a Fortune 500 company with an international footprint that serves people in more than 140 markets.

It’s going to be an exciting future—come be a part of it

Do you enjoy working in an international environment with lots of room for personal development? Did you always want to work in a company where your work can have a real impact on people’s life? We have an exciting opportunity for an **Associate Director, External Manufacturing Operations.**

The External Manufacturing Operations Manager is a “Virtual Plant Manager” within External Manufacturing (ExM). They oversee our manufacturing organization’s relationship with the contract manufacturer. The External Manufacturing Operation Manager serves as the air traffic controller of all information/interactions between our manufacturing organization and the contract manufacturer and establishes boundaries and ground rules of engagement.

In this role, you are the leader of our manufacturing organization cross functional team (Supply Chain Quality, Technical Operations, Procurement, who are responsible for delivering daily/weekly/monthly/annual requirements at their external partner(s).

**Primary Responsibilities**:

- Interacts and at time visits external partners site on the production floor, builds a strong interdependent relationship with the sites leadership team and is able to (“read a site”) assess & diagnose with appropriate tools and resource the true current condition & risks at a partners site and formulate in partnership with the external partner and our Company's cross-functional team action orientated and time bound improvement plans
- Partners with ExM Procurement, ExM Quality, and ExM Technology on commercial aspects of relationship, including Identify, Select, Negotiate and Re-negotiate/terminate, as required. The ExM Operations Manager may not be involved in all transactional interactions if they can be managed/delegated to a functional area but will be kept apprised of status/resolutions, etc.
- Participates and represents ExM on the cross-functional teams with SCM/Product Source Management/Procurement/Integrated Development Supply Team (IDST) for due diligence ahead of siting approval & post siting approval to support Source of Supply (SOS)/New Production Introduction (NPI) changes at an external party and assume primary ownership of the new relationship. The ExM Operations Manager will ensure there is a plan with clear actions and timelines in place to delivery this SOS or NPI.
- The ExM Ops Manager works with the external partner to understand External Partner (EP) capacity (e.g., stated capacity, firm capacity, future capacity plans, time horizon/lead times required, comments/concerns, etc.) and future capacity based on agreed improvements
- Accountable for maintaining the integrity of the Master Supply Agreement (MSA) ensuring alignment with the Supply and Quality agreements and appropriate document revision and distribution control and for ensuring contract terms agreed upon by our manufacturing organization Managing Director (MD) and the External Party are executed including purchase orders, forecasts, deliveries, and approving invoice payments.
- Accountable for inventory control. Depending on the location of goods (at External Party or at our Company), ExM Operations Manager ensures adequate documentation of material disposition. In some markets, ExM Operations may need to witness the destruction of goods (to prevent counterfeiting) or have the External Party certify the destruction, per destruction procedures.
- Acts as our Company's Production System and Launch Supply Strategy (LSS) leader & coach for own team and works with external partner and MPS resources, as needed, to identify External Party/continuous improvement opportunities and supports implementation once approved. The ExM Operations Manager may commit resources provided Our company and the EP (external partner )would share in the costs and benefits of such operational improvements.
- Leads with the external partner periodic Business and Operations Review Meetings. Based on our Company's ExM strategy the ExM Operations Manager develops with their cross functional team and their external partner the annual World Class