AVP, Global Animal Health Manufacturing (m/f/d)

Join Animal Health IT to Shape the Future of Animal Well-being

Animal Health is shaping the future of animal well-being by leveraging industry leading science, technology and insights-driven solutions for a world with enriched pet companionship and a sustainable food supply.

Our company's Animal Health IT’s mission is to deliver solutions in support of this vision, operating as trusted business partners to propose, implement, and operate innovative digital capabilities that drive business productivity and customer satisfaction.

The Global Animal Health Manufacturing (GAHM) IT Leader is accountable for Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) enablement of Supply Chain and Manufacturing processes within the company's Animal Health business unit, which has dedicated manufacturing and supply chain sites. The successful candidate will work in partnership with Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain for human health and support function leaders to align, prioritize, and secure funding for technology enablement initiatives, ensuring technology standardization, adoption, and value pull-through to meet strategic and operational business objectives.

This position is responsible for the architecture, design, delivery, and support of IT/OT technologies in alignment with ISA-95 standards. Critical areas of accountability include shop floor network and server infrastructure, internetworking, data enablement of Level 2 systems (HMI, SCADA, Batch, PLC, and DCS), and configuration and support of Level 3 and 4 systems (MES, LIMS, WMS, CMM, ERP, Planning, and Logistics). The successful individual will balance investments in modernization of deployed hardware and software assets over their lifecycle with the delivery of new automation capabilities to maximize cost of goods improvements.

The ideal candidate will have experience supplying technology solutions within large-scale manufacturing operations, characterized by dozens of sites operating across 15 countries, producing over 100 billion doses of biological, vaccines, and pharmaceutical products annually, with multi-billion dollar capital improvement and expansion programs underway.

The selected candidate will have a bias for action, transparency, and communication, ensuring business stakeholders are well-informed of the status, risks, and remediation recommendations associated with IT/OT initiatives. They will create and maintain an accounting of key business success metrics for each initiative as part of cross-functional governance reviews of areas of accountability.

This leader will be a critically important member of the Global Animal Health IT and senior leadership manufacturing teams, and will staff, develop, and inspire a large team of senior leaders, employees, and contractors with deep expertise in Manufacturing and Supply Chain technologies, business processes, challenges, and solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop a Global Animal Health Manufacturing digital vision and strategy, fully aligned and prioritized in collaboration with business partners
• Develop technology roadmaps to advance the digital agenda in each of the key sites
• Create compelling business cases to facilitate the acquisition of capital and operating funds to support initiative execution
• Create, communicate, and execute capability delivery roadmaps aligned with quantified manufacturing business partner growth, quality, and efficiency objectives
• Develop, deliver, and support IT/OT infrastructure and solutions to modernize, automate, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Manufacturing and Supply Chain assets and processes
• Collaborate with Global and Divisional IT teams to ensure alignment with IT security and architectural standards and maximize reuse of approved technology components
• Develop and deliver site enablement tools and processes to assure rapid and effective adoption of delivered technologies
• Measure and co-own business value pull-through for delivered solutions
• Design and deliver post-installation hyper-care services to assure proper sustainment of delivered solutions
• Identify, prototype, and evaluate new innovations in the Manufacturing and Supply Chain space in conjunction with key business partners
• Continuously evaluate Digital Technology investments and plans versus changing business needs and priorities, ensuring ROI maximization
• Effectively recruit, develop, and inspire top talent

Education:

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology/Science
• Preferred: MS or MBA Degree

Required Experience and Skills:

• 15 years of IT leadership with at least 5 years of senior leadership experience in a Manufacturing and Supply Chain domain
• Track record of successful technology modernization and automation of Manufacturing and Supply Chain sites, systems, and processes
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize global demand for technology solutions
• Successful development and presentation of financial business cases for technology programs resulting in funding necessary to assure execution
• Experience leading within an Agile Scrum delivery methodology
• Successful introduction of new technologies such as cloud computing, AI, and machine learning
• Demonstrable success in driving business adoption of delivered systems, with expertise in leading change management and site enablement initiatives
• Strong program management skills, with demonstrable ability to develop and execute complex cross-functional programs against aggressive delivery timelines
• Proven ability to build highly effective collaborative working relationships with key internal stakeholders and external suppliers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Executive presence, with the ability to communicate clearly and confidently with senior executives, gaining support and endorsement of large-scale enterprise-wide IT initiatives
• Experience building, motivating, developing, and mentoring highly capable diverse teams

Required Skills: Benefits Management, Business Analysis, Business Process Improvements, Governance Management, Program Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, Workforce Planning

Preferred Skills: