Director, Material Flow & Continuous Improvement

The Tuas API Material Flow & Continuous Improvement (MF&CI) Leader partners with the Site Leadership Team (SLT) and site functions to deliver the production plan and budget.

The role leads the budget planning, capacity analysis, and coordinates with above-site planning to ensure a feasible supply strategy.

The MF&CI team owns the rolling 12-week end-to-end schedule covering raw material release, manufacturing, testing, release, and shipment.

The team maintains planning master data and ensures site planning systems remain current, controlled, and used as the single source of truth for planning decisions.

The role develops and governs the site Continuous Improvement (CI) plan with the GSMO Netfix lead, and drives prioritization, tracking, and on-time closure of CI projects.

The team leads site Technical Learning, sustaining an audit-ready training system and building capability through Six Sigma, Lean, and project management programs.

What You Will Achieve

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate with the Site Leadership Team, site functions, Product teams and our external stakeholders and customers to support the delivery of a World Class Manufacturing Operation.
• Lead, support, coach and develop the MF&CI Team to deliver all supply commitments agreed with internal and external stakeholders. The person will be responsible for supply performance (as measured by the inter – site customer services metrics) and ensure that the team collaborates at all levels and especially with product teams to deliver this supply performance.
• Advance the PGS Transformation strategies including Integrated Manufacturing Excellence (IMEx), Manufacturing Technology, and Digital Innovation, among others.
• Ensure that the correct supply strategy is in place to fit our customer and stakeholder needs both short and long term by engaging in strategic external processes such as LRVF, Budget and inventory planning, Material Supply excellence and Capacity planning.
• Consistent with our commitment to an orchestrated network, ensure supply chain systems and processes are developed in alignment with PGS standards.
• Ensure that strategies such as data integrity, SAP integration, and visible production planning are adhered to through ongoing partnership with the Site Leadership Team and above-site stakeholders.
• Ensure implementation and success of process-centric teams following the IMEx ecosystem model.
• Deliver Safety and Quality Excellence as measured by the site BSC, and ensure the function delivers on our Safety, Quality and Excellence principles.
• Deliver Supply Excellence as measured by our customer service metric aligned with customers and above site stakeholders.
• Ensure Tuas implements an integrated, system-enabled product delivery system with above-site visibility and governance, tracked and executed to reliably deliver global plans.
• Ensure operational excellence principles are embedded to deliver supply excellence from end to end.
• Support individual development to maximize each colleague’s potential, and recognize performance through available processes (e.g., mission awards, site communications, and recognition programs).
• Lead the site Netfix program and ensure coordination of the projects across the site to deliver efficiencies, safety and quality improvements.
• Develop project management skills within the team and across the site to ensure that critical projects such as Netfix projects and complex investigations are project managed.
• Lead the Technical Learning team to achieve site Training Strategy and business results in key areas such as developing technical competency of colleagues, equipping colleagues with skills to deliver and improve the value proposition through effectively performing and improving day to day operations.
• Develop a robust, sustainable and efficient training system that is always audit-ready and providing timely and appropriate learning solutions.
• Reinforcing a performance–based learning culture throughout the organization through a variety of approaches on and off the job to support and encourage development activities.  Making Learning as one of the drivers for our business to grow.
• Accountable for:
  • All T1-T3 metrics as per IMEx standards for the following dimensions:
    • Safety
    • Quality
    • Supply (Manufacturing Attainment, Release Lead Time, ISL)
    • Financials (Budget control, Inventory level, Warehouse and Freight Spending control, monitor and report Slow Moving and Distressed inventory levels)
    • People

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Technical, Logistics or Materials Management degree preferred.
• APICS training/ Certification preferred.

Key Competencies:

·   A proven Strategic influencer and change agent, the role requires significant leadership skills and proven ability to involve several levels of an organization to successfully meet the objectives.

·   Shows fresh, insightful thinking by developing creative approaches to processes and practices, products and solutions, services, business models and strategies.

·   Demonstrated strong Business Acumen by anticipating and knowing current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affective his/ her business and organization.

·   To influence and deliver change, the successful candidate will require experience working with complex organizations and have the ability to work across functions and with all levels of the organization where the incumbent may not have direct authority.

·   Strong organizational and planning skills with energy and passion supporting strategic change with a strong focus on Culture and Behaviors.

·   Demonstrated change agility to successfully manage high degree of complexity and priorities.

·   Demonstrated excellence in developing and managing effective team

·   Make strong contributions to Site Leadership Team efforts to develop and implement strategies that will meet PGS Transformation objectives

·   Be a strategic influencer and change agent, the role requires significant leadership skills and proven ability to involve several levels of an organization to successfully meet the objectives.

·   Strong working knowledge of MRP/ ERP systems, planning software, preferably SAP.

Other personal Attributes for this key role –

·        Be ambitious for Tuas API to succeed in a constantly changing environment.

·        Swift Decision making - Demonstrate a flexibility and agility to fit any future business needs.

·        Be proud of our business treating it as our own

·        Be a critical and strategic thinker

·        Demonstrate internal and external collaboration

·        Demonstrate an entrepreneurial mind-set and taking thoughtful risk

·        Inspire and empower others to continuously improve

Show and promote a tenacity to be a completer/ finisher.

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements):

• Master's degree with relevant pharmaceutical experience
• Deep understanding of both API and Drug Products
• Experience in a global business environment
• Proficiency in project management and strategic planning
• Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity. Demonstrated curiosity for exploring how these tools can improve outcomes and understanding of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.