Description:
The Project Coordinator plays a crucial role in ensuring the smooth execution of projects. Their primary purpose is to facilitate communication, coordinate tasks, and track project progress. They work closely with cross-functional teams, monitor timelines, and assist in resolving issues to ensure the successful development and delivery of medical devices. Their scope involves managing project documentation, organizing meetings, and fostering collaboration among team members to meet quality standards and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Project Planning, scheduling and tracking progress.
- Communication among team members.
- Ensuring compliance with regulations.
- Project issue resolution/problem solving.
- Analysis and implementation of plant/operational restructuring.
- Support new process introductions.
- Lead and support process transfers.
- Collaborative leadership in support of strategic sourcing initiatives
- Responsible for managing the overall coordination, status reporting, and schedule adherence of project efforts, ensuring that project goals and objectives are met within agreed upon time, scope, and resource requirements.
- Develops and executes with project management teams, plans that incorporate the following components: time, cost, scope, quality, communications, risk, human resources, procurement, and integration.
- Utilizes coaching and facilitating skills with program shareholders to ensure proper project management protocols are employed and best practices utilized.
Key Requirements
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with project management tools.
- Experience in and ability to simplify complex asks into clear strategies and asks.
- Great attention to detail and time management skills.
- Ability to adapt to dynamic project environments.
- Ability to work independently and self-manage.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements in the healthcare industry.
- Understanding of manufacturing processes.
- Collaborative team player, someone that is able to work and communicate well with suppliers and stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of projects.
- Ability to communicate effectively with others, in particular explaining requests and their rationale clearly.
Education/ Qualifications
- BA/BS in science or technical field, preferably in engineering, advanced degree desirable.
- Previous manufacturing experience/exposure required.
- Previous experience managing direct reports desirable.
- Relevant experience managing in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with GMP and FDA regulations in medical devices desirable.
- Experience with Lean and Six Sigma desirable.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead and influence without direct authority.
- Must have strong computer skills in MS Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, etc.)