Investment Project Development Manager

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Your Role:</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Develop integrated solutions across the Process Solutions portfolio and holistically support customers for large new facility or expansion projects aligned with Merck’s strategic priorities across its manufacturing, R&D, and infrastructure footprint. The role is responsible for end-to-end planning, execution, budget control, and stakeholder coordination for capital investments across regional operations.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Key Accountabilities:</strong></span></p><ul><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Maintain technical excellence across modalities and participate in opportunities for additional upskilling.

Develop broad awareness of complementary franchises/products beyond Process Solutions portfolio to promote integrated selling approaches and maximize ongoing consumable opportunities.</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Management of complex biopharma projects (capital or multi-franchise). Lead full lifecycle of projects from feasibility to commissioning.

Define project scope, goals, KPIs, and deliverables aligned with business objectives.</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Engage in collaborative ways of working between all PS product ranges (especially Single Use and Integrated Platform Solutions - SUIPS) to bring cumulative benefits to opportunities and increase Merck step share.</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Build relationships with sales teams to drive holistic, project based interactions with customers. Provide seamless engagement with customers through collective development of intentional strategies to advance targeted opportunities to sales.</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Collaborate with internal stake holders (Operations, USP/DSP/SUIPS/PFM/MSAT/FS/TSS/Marcom and CA team members) to ensure seamless transitions of responsibilities across franchise for successful execution of projects</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Collaborate with external partners for automation and A&E companies for facility design support</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Maintain Merck brand awareness by networking with external industry partners like ISPE and PDA.</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">High level networking capability with customers to drive and execute projects beyond technical specifications</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Engage with local and global leadership for approvals and alignment.</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Align with the APeC Head of Customer Applications, Single Use and Integrated Platform Solutions on the business strategy and fulfill regional customer needs and gain maximum market share</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Collect, share and gain insights with leadership, commercial strategy and support functions, including competitive intelligence and best practice (win/loss) sharing</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Ensure compliance with local regulatory, environmental, and safety standards.

Adhere to GMP/GLP standards in life science and healthcare project environments.</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Understanding of automation to engage with customers and selection of right partners or 3^rd party in region to drive end to end projects.</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Maintain accurate documentation and provide regular progress reports to leadership.</span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Utilize CRM tools like SFDC for regular updates. Use of Microsoft powerpoint, excel, word for day to day activities.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Financial Oversight:</strong></span></p><ul><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Responsible for providing project support to drive PS business and achieve sales targets across all franchises within allocated region. </span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Coordinate with controllers, product managers and commercial teams to utilize price modeling tools to prepare quotations, conduct ROI and risk assessments for the projects </span></li><li style="line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-indent: 10px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Develop and manage CAPEX budgets with customers.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Who You Are:</strong></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><u>Essential:</u> Bachelor/ Master’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or Life Sciences with 10+ years of experience in managing complex Biopharma capital investment projects.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Knowledge about various Biopharma sectors – Like ADC / MAB /CGT</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Background in Single Use and Integrated Platform Solutions, hardware</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><u>Desirable: </u>Additional education or experience in Business, Marketing or similar.

Any certification will be beneficial</span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Strong financial acumen and knowledge of CAPEX processes. Experience in Greenfield/Brownfield pharma projects.</span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Understanding of Bioprocessing, processes and products, multi-use (stainless steel) systems, single use systems and consumables.

Automation, PAT and digital would be favourable</span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Strong leadership, negotiation, and communication skills.</span></li></ul>