Summary of Role:

Oversees, manages and coordinates all operational aspects of ongoing department level projects having significant impact on multiple organizations. Serves as liaison between project team and organization.

Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of project(s): planning, implementation, monitoring, completion, and follow-up.
• Manage competing timelines and prioritize critical tasks.
• Establish and achieves project standards for work quality and quantity.
• Assess project issues and develop solutions to meet scientific, productivity, quality and client satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Assist in technical, financial, and organizational issues by researching issues, providing recommendations and maintaining document archives.
• Manage and track project budget(s).
• Negotiate and reconcile the use of resources for the projects.
• Identify and anticipate schedule slips or changes and analyzes the costs and resource impact.
• Develop and implement tools, techniques and processes to provide or create information to enable informed decision making within the teams.
• Actively participate in directing the evolution and defining the role of the project.
• Ensure the project goals and objects are well understood by the various functional areas.
• Liaison with Management, Department Heads, Leaders, sub or satellite team leaders and members to obtain their continued input and feedback on the benefits, needs, and issues associated with the project.
• Maintain the master project plan and schedule for assigned projects.
• Recommend and develop operational or process improvements for the performance and successful functioning of the project team.
• Provide senior management and department heads with project management support on an as needed basis as well as for special projects.
• May manage and direct the activities of project support staff.
• Conduct annual performance reviews, and provides career counseling and general guidance.
• Identify or leads focus area projects within the overall function of project management or related projects.
• Generate periodic updates and prepare formal presentations for required forums.
• Generate individual and more complex reports utilizing various resources.
• Ensure project work complies with domestic (may also involve international) regulatory requirements and approved guidelines relevant to area of responsibility.
• Ensure project work complies with practices, policies and standard operating procedures.
• Participate in required meetings, activities, and related projects and relevant interdepartmental activities.
• Anticipate resource needs and communicate to management sponsors.

Shift: Administrative

Location: Juncos, PR

Education: BS in sciences (Chemistry or Biology preferred) or Engineering (preferred: Chemical/ Industrial/ BioTech)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Change Control experience
• Skills in handling multiple responsibilities, priorities, tasks, and projects simultaneously.
• Skills in working under time pressure.
• Practical project management software and spreadsheet skills, proficient computer operation skills.
• Effective interactions in a team or matrixes environment
• Good organizational skills, detail-oriented & accurate, analytical skills.
• Must be a team player, self-starter, strategic thinker, persistent, tactful, and persuasive.
• Fluent business English and Spanish, written and oral
• Effective verbal and written communication skills (writing and presentations).
• Must be capable of growth and increased responsibility.
• Understanding and experience with Ariba Sourcing and Contracting Modules. Experience with SAP, Trackwise and Project management tools preferred.
• Highly proficient with MS Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Skills:

• Skills in handling multiple responsibilities, priorities, tasks, and projects simultaneously.
• Skills in working under time pressure.
• Practical project management software and spreadsheet skills, proficient computer operation skills.
• Effective interactions in a team or matrixes environment.
• Good organizational skills, detail-oriented & accurate, analytical skills.
• Team player, self-starter, strategic thinker, persistent, tactful, and persuasive.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills (writing and presentations).

This position is for a fixed term contract supporting one of ECHO Consulting Group (a Cencora company) partners on site at their facility.

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Full time

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

Affiliated Companies

Affiliated Companies: Echo Consulting Group Inc