Associate Director, Medical Affairs Operations
BlueRock Therapeutics
Facilities Operations Director
Thermo Fisher Scientific
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cambridge • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Lead
About the role
- Developing best in class global facilities operations & support.
- Lead the implementation of strategic plans for the global real estate footprint and day to day operations delivering both quality and value.
- Lead a global team, provide guidance and support to team members, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability and develop career plans to retain and attract talent.
- Manage CapEx/Opex budget: forecast, track, review and report expenses globally.
- Identify trends and opportunities for optimization and savings.
- Works with Procurement and resourcing partners to support vendor selection processes including assessing vendor capabilities, negotiating budgets and timelines, making selection recommendations, and aggressively managing vendors to support the companies’ wider objectives/goals.
- Liaises and maintains regular communication with functional business leaders across the globe developing clear support and understanding of business needs, operations and growth, thereby ensuring the delivery of best-in-class facility footprint and service team.
- Ensure compliance with global, regional and country specific EHS, sustainability and regulatory regulations and codes.
- Leads practical process improvements (PPI) and continuously strives to find productivity, quality and cost saving initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Workplace & Facilities Management, engineering or related field
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a Sr leadership role in a similar highly regulated industry, prefer Healthcare related field
- Excellent leadership/coaching skills; continuous improvement mindset; agile and flexible.
- Ability to work under pressure and coordinate numerous activities with a multi-disciplinary team who need to communicate and cooperate to achieve success.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Outstanding leadership skills with a proven record of successfully leading multi-faceted cross-functional teams.
- Experience managing complex teams/projects, both in person and virtually, across a global footprint.
- Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Highly effective organization, negotiation, coordination, and presentation skills.
- Strong leadership skills with a focus on team building.
- Strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills able to communicate effectively at every level of the organization
- Able to manage and lead change.
- Skilled in vendor management and relations.
- Must have a continuous improvement mindset.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
budget managementvendor managementprocess improvementproject managementdata analysisnegotiationcompliancesustainabilityfacilities managementstrategic planning
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingcommunicationteam buildingorganizational skillsproblem-solvingflexibilitycollaborationinterpersonal skillschange management
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Workplace & Facilities ManagementBachelor’s degree in engineeringrelated field certification