Local Change Management
We are looking for a Local Change Management to work in a multinational company. Its products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life.
Key Responsibilities
Product Change Management
- Lead the implementation of product changes: launches, label updates, discontinuations, etc.
- Ensure changes meet regulatory, quality, and supply requirements.
- Define the implementation strategy, workflow, and timelines.
- Monitor deviations, prioritize tasks, and escalate when necessary.
Cross-functional Coordination
- Manage key stakeholders: Regulatory, QA, Packaging Technology, Master Data, Country Customer Teams.
- Coordinate information flow and ensure alignment among all involved parties.
- Facilitate communication between global, regional, and local teams.
Data & Systems Management
- Initiate and validate the creation/maintenance of master data.
- Ensure consistency of planning parameters for replenishment process.
- Execute workpackage accurately in BASICS-
Ensuring Regulatory & Quality Compliance
- Validate that all QA and regulatory requirements are met.
- Ensure timely implementation without risking supply disruption.
Minimizing Supply Risk
- Identify potential supply impacts due to product changes.
- Plan bridging stock or alternative scenarios.
- Align with Supply Managers and Production Sites to safeguard supply continuity.
Role impact
- Product Availability: Ensures that changes do not lead to stockouts or delays.
- Regulatory Compliance: Prevents legal risks and penalties due to non-compliance.
- Execution Efficiency: Reduces rework and accelerates launches and product changes.
- Risk Management: Anticipates and mitigates potential impacts on the supply chain, customers and patients.
- Cross-Functional Experience: Keeps global, regional, and local teams aligned and coordinated.
Capabilities required
- Solid understanding of product lifecycle processes, including launches, labelling and deletions.
- Familiarity with local regulatory requirements and QA processes.
- Experience in planning scenario management, bridging stock strategies and financial impact analysis.
- Ability to prioritize effective, make quick decisions, and resolve cross-functional conflicts.
- Strong influencing, negotiation, and collaboration skills across global, regional, and local teams.
- Capable of translating technical and regulatory information for diverse stakeholder audiences.