Experienced Project Manager

Körber; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Körber Pharma is seeking a skilled Project Manager to drive complex machinery projects from initiation to completion in a regulated environment. You will manage schedules, budgets, and customer interfaces while coordinating multi-discipline teams across the organization.

The role requires leadership, clear communication, and a solid understanding of PM processes, engineering and manufacturing workflows within pharma settings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or technical discipline.
• Experience delivering high technology machinery.
• Experience in pharma or regulated industries preferred.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Understanding of project management processes and tools.
• Understanding engineering and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary customer interface for project execution.
• Create and maintain all schedule milestones.
• Monitor and manage project budget.
• Provide project status updates to management.
• Ensure FAT readiness and coordinate with customer.
• Manage change requests deviating from scope.
• Coordinate staffing with team members and managers.
• Support selling process with technical and program management input.
• Oversee coordination with third party machine suppliers.
• Ensure ISO 9001 compliance in project execution.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

PM tools

Engineering processes

Manufacturing processes

Leadership

High tech machinery

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Körber is the home for passionate people who innovate, collaborate and love what they do. Entrepreneurial spirit is our joint DNA. We develop future technologies and support talents to deploy their skills and reach their full potential. We combine our strong heritage with our understanding for local specifics and a global mindset to bring people together and create valuable solutions for our customers. We aim for being the first to do the right thing at the right time.

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Your role in our team

• You will be the primary customer interface for all essential project execution functions.
• You will create and maintain all schedule milestones.
• You will monitor and maintain the project budget.
• You will prepare and provide project status updates to management.
• You will ensure FAT readiness of project and coordinate activity with customer.
• You will manage all change requests deviating from original scope.
• You will work directly with team members and department managers to ensure proper staffing needs are being achieved.
• You will provide technical and program management support to the selling process and Regional Sales Managers.
• You will coordinate new machinery sales projects, in alignment with headquarters project managers as required.
• You will manage the coordination with third party machine suppliers.
• You will oversee the Program Management for projects and customers that encompass multiple Körber Pharma Business Areas as required.
• You will manage the transition phase from machine shipment until completion of commissioning (SAT).
• You will maintain project folders with appropriate documentation to be used by other team members for future activities.
• You will monitor quotes, invoices, requisitions with ERP system to support project activities.
• You will work with CRM and ERP tools to maintain project data.
• You will assist with maintaining and improving project management processes.
• You will ensure execution is compliant to ISO9001 requirements.

Your profile

• Your bachelor's degree in engineering or technical discipline is preferred.
• You have experience with delivering high technology machinery.
• Your experience working in pharma, biotech or other regulated industry is preferred.
• You display management and leadership skills.
• You exhibit clear verbal and written communication skills.
• You understand project management processes and tools.
• You understand engineering processes and tools.
• You understand manufacturing processes.

Can you find yourself in this profile? Then you are right at Körber. We look forward to talking with you! Körber Xperience (koerber.com)!

Your working environment at Körber

Join Körber Pharma and you will work in an innovative, friendly and digital environment providing the opportunity to advance your career. Irrespective of whether it is engineering, production or supporting exciting projects - you have the chance to contribute your expertise and make a difference. As part of the team, you contribute to the solution throughout the entire pharma value chain.

Your Benefits

• You will work in a modern work environment with open culture towards improvements and new ideas.
• You are part of a global operating company with a wide customer basis and a growing business.
• You profit from international cooperation within group-expert network to implement corporate wide concepts.
• You will work in a team who is focusing on customer requirements.
• You will get an attractive compensation package including health, dental, vision insurance and retirement plan.

Equal employer opportunity

Körber Pharma is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

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