Material & Artwork Change Coordinator

Ferring Pharmaceuticals; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 35 000 - 50 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A global healthcare organization is seeking a Material & Artwork Change Coordinator in Lisbon. This role is crucial for ensuring the efficient launch and management of pharmaceutical products, particularly in gastroenterology. You will analyze change requests, collaborate across functions, and manage artwork processes. Ideal candidates have 1-2 years of related experience, strong communication and problem-solving skills, and familiarity with management systems. Join us in making a difference in patients' lives.

Serviços

Parental leave for all parents

Support for family building journeys

Inclusive workplace policies

Qualificações

• 1-2 years of experience in supply chain, planning, or regulatory affairs.
• Prior experience managing artwork changes is a strong asset.
• Ability to learn fast with a curious mindset.

Responsabilidades

• Analyse Finished Product Bill of Material updates.
• Develop and monitor component change planning.
• Collect and analyse launch information for timely new product launches.

Conhecimentos

Analytical skills

Communication skills in English

Problem-solving skills

Team-oriented mindset

Familiarity with Artwork Management Systems

Ferramentas

Microsoft Office 365

BLUE (artwork management system)

PLEX (SKU lifecycle system)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Description

At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lives. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women’s health, gastroenterology and urology. Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients around the world.

Ferring+You

Within Global Supply Network Operations (part of TechOps), the Material & Artwork Change Coordinator acts as a key coordinator between different functions—regulatory, supply chain, manufacturing sites, and affiliates—to ensure that pharmaceutical products are efficiently launched, modified, or discontinued while maintaining compliance and continuous supply.

The Material & Artwork Change Coordinator plays a critical role in overseeing these activities for a specific product portfolio (primarily gastroenterology) ensuring medicines are delivered to patients safely and on time. Additionally, the role involves driving the artwork management process from prerequisite validation to market implementation, ensuring compliance with quality, regulatory, and technical standards.

Your day at Ferring

Component change planning

• Analyse Finished Product Bill of Material (BoM) update requests from regulatory teams.
• Ensure compliant and timely implementation of component change requests.
• Develop and monitor component change planning, aligning regulatory requirements, global supply planning, and packaging site constraints.
• Track progress and ensure timely completion of workflows, escalating risks of supply delay.

Product Launch & Discontinuation

• Collect and analyse launch information from various functions to assess business case viability to ensure timely readiness of New Product Launch.
• Analyse product portfolio to identify optimization opportunities and initiate discontinuation processes where applicable.

Artworks file production

• Coordinate the artwork process with affiliates, production sites, global functions, and the graphic agency, ensuring a lean and right-first-time approach.
• Monitor delays in artwork approval and take necessary actions to maintain timelines.
• Collaborate with global packaging engineers to support technical integration and alignment across Ferring's packaging sites, considering aspects such as packaging technology, serialization/aggregation capabilities, and printing feasibility.
• Serve as a key user of BLUE (Ferring's artwork management system) and PLEX (Ferring's SKU lifecycle system), contributing to system enhancements and process improvement.

Behind our innovation…There’s you

• 1-2 years of experience in a similar role and/or one of the following areas: supply chain, planning, master data, regulatory affairs, quality or packaging site operations.
• Prior experience managing artwork changes; familiarity with an Artwork Management System is a strong asset.
• Ability to learn fast, curious mindset, interest in cross functional collaboration.
• Comfortable working with workflow management systems and Microsoft Office 365, able to coordinate the execution of workflows in a timely manner.
• Independent decision-making ability with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Team-oriented mindset with a proactive attitude and willingness to support colleagues and internal stakeholders as needed.
• Strong communication skills in English (French or additional languages are a plus).

This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic, collaborative environment where you will play a key role in ensuring the timely availability of life-changing medicines to patients worldwide.

People come first at Ferring

• Get inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone's right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you love.
• Our inclusive support package – "Building Families at Ferring" provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role. Subject to a minimum period of employment at Ferring.
• Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents.
• Extended support on family building journey.

Making a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member’s contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it’s Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose… There’s you

If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!

We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

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Location: Ferring Service Center Portugal