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Do you have an unyielding desire to improve things? Are you passionate about the art of negotiation and Supply Chain? Do you want to share your enthusiasm with like-minded professionals in a company that helps make the world a better, safer place to live?
If so, we want to talk with you too!
Who is Meissner?
The goal at Meissner is to be more than simply good; it is to be extraordinary. Extraordinary performance comes from extraordinary people.
Meissner as a group is passionate about helping our clients manufacture lifesaving and life enhancing drugs, therapies, and vaccines. We develop, manufacture, supply and service advanced microfiltration products and single-use systems worldwide.
We know that when you are passionate about what you do, it’s more than just a job.
Meissner is focused on the development of the whole individual, and we have programs and tools in place to help us stay at our best mentally and physically. In alignment with our commitment to support the growth and development of the whole individual, Meissner has inaugurated a Learning and Development department to solely focus on cultivating our team. When you grow, we grow.
How you will make an impact:
Meissner is a critical supplier to the pharmaceutical industry, assisting our clients in their production of life saving medicines and therapies. As the Associate Director of Supply Chain Operations, you will be a key individual to supporting this meaningful work by overseeing teams and ensuring raw material availability is secure and pricing remains stable. If a delay does occur, managing the communication of the delay to the appropriate stakeholders both internal and external to the organization. This role will also manage sourcing and procurement of critical and non-critical materials working in conjunction with the Purchasing Manager and Director of Operations.
- Leads by example and provides direction, inspiring supervisors, managers and other team members to achieve objectives.
- Negotiates with suppliers the most favorable pricing and availability for all purchased materials inclusive of strategic contracts.
- Evaluates and improves the logistics strategy for all shipments outbound and inbound, domestic and international.
- Approves purchase requisitions above high dollar value thresholds.
- Communicate with Manufacturing, Quality, and Accounting departments to ensure materials and supplies are ordered and delivered on time with sufficient quality to be released to production.
- Assists in addressing priority enterprise-wide issues with strategies that can be executed with speed and at scale.
The skills and experience you’ll need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or other related degree from an accredited university.
- 6-8 years’ experience in negotiations and people management.
- Strong and effective collaboration, influencing and negotiation skills to work successfully with internal cross-functional group and external suppliers.
- Demonstrated team and cross-functional stakeholder leadership skills with the ability to attract, develop, and retain high-performing teams.
- Strong computer skills are critical to this role. Must be comfortable with MS Office Suite, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Must be comfortable building spreadsheets and organizing and presenting data, using pivot tables, building formulas, etc.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Apply anyway.
What we can offer you:
- Full Medical, Dental and Vision coverage with HSA Employer Contributions for eligible plans
- Additional Perks- HQ Onsite Full Gym, Ultramodern Coffee Bars, Free EV Charging Stations, Employee Discounts
- 401k, Profit Sharing, 401k Advisory Services
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, Anniversary Holiday
Ready to make an impact? Let’s talk.
Meissner is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
US BASE PAY SCALE $135,000 - $183,000
The base pay scale for this role is what Meissner reasonably expects to pay for the position although actual pay may vary from this scale depending on an applicant's experience.
