Director, Digital Plant Strategy

MSD

Rahway (NJ)

On-site

USD 173,000 - 273,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

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401(k)

Job summary

Merck & Co. in Rahway, NJ, seeks a Director, Digital Plant Lead to drive digital manufacturing initiatives across Research Laboratories. You will define requirements for MES and ERP implementations, and lead cross-site efforts to harmonize systems and data flow.

Responsibilities include designing virtual plant models, enabling enterprise systems, and tracking KPIs for adoption and value realization. Collaboration with Change Management and DSCS SMEs is essential.

Qualifications

Experience translating complex business needs into system requirements for MES/ERP implementations.
Pharmaceutical manufacturing or related domain experience preferred.
Ability to lead cross-site digital transformation initiatives and drive adoption.

Responsibilities

Translate business process needs into system requirements for MES/ERP implementations.
Design virtual plant models and scalable enterprise architectures across sites.
Harmonize system implementations to maximize interoperability and data flow.
Define KPIs to monitor system adoption and value realization within DSCS.
Collaborate with Change Management and DSCS SMEs to shape business processes.