Senior Specialist, Supplier Management

**Sr Specialist, Supplier Management**

**THE OPPORTUNITY**
- **Be part of the team that ensures sustainable products meets standard quality and committed to deliver to customers worldwide**
- **Based in Singapore, the regional hub for** **Asia Pacific (AP) **and **top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on the Straits Times **and **Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for two consecutive years (2020, 2021).**
- **Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.**

Our Quality Assurance group ensures every single material inside our products is manufactured, processed, tested, packaged, stored and distributed aligned with our incredibly high standards of quality and meets all regulatory requirements. Partnering across our internal manufacturing facilities, external contract manufacturers and suppliers we create an interdependent global manufacturing network committed to deliver a compliant, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time, across

**WHAT YOU WILL DO**:
This is an individual contributor role, reporting to quality support manager. In this role, you will be responsible for supplier performance management to ensure the compliance with cGMP and Quality Management System (QMS) requirement.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Manage supplier qualification and certification
- Lead and coordinate supplier performance related issues and investigation in collaboration with cross functional teams
- Engaged in and support internal / external regulatory audits including post audit actions
- Support change control and management of issues including risks and issues management
- Actively seek opportunities to collaborate with other cross functional teams for continuous improvement
- Coach, develop and support training/ upskilling needs for our quality associates
- Lead and drive site quality culture

**WHAT YOU MUST HAVE**

To be successful in this role, you will have:
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Science/ Life Science, Pharmaceutical Science or Engineering or proven relevant experience.
- Min. 4 years of applied professional work experience in the following pharmaceutical work areas: quality operations, quality support and compliance
- Demonstrated experience in change and project management with ability to collaborate with cross functional team for the common goal.
- Experience in quality operations and basic knowledge of regulatory standards, compliance procedures and quality systems especially for Singapore, EU, or US markets

**Personal Qualities**
- Demonstrated ability to influence/collaborate with stakeholders and cross functional teams
- Customer focus with strong continuous improvement mindset
- Strategic and critical thinking mindset with a collaborative and problem-solving attitude
- Coaching and mentoring with a focus on creating an inclusive quality culture

**WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT**
- Limitless opportunities across various areas in Manufacturing; well-structured career path
- A state-of-the-art facility that delivers solution to its customers world-wide

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is committed to be the most trusted supplier of bio-pharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create an interdependent global manufacturing network that’s committed to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

**Who we are**

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

**What we look for**

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Contrac