Description:
Responsible for the direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific Information Technology programs of projects within the Quality Assurance & Reg Affairs (QARA) and Global Supply Chain areas, ensuring consistency and alignment with company strategies, goals, processes and procedures.
Principal Responsibilities
Planning
- Lead the development of information technology strategies.
- Initiate new project requests including analysis of possible solutions, scope definition, resource, cost and schedule planning.
- Drive the alignment of IT strategy to the objectives of the QARA and Global Supply Chain teams.
- Collaborate with key business stakeholders in QARA and Global Supply Chain, system integrators and internal Teleflex teams to understand business requirements and translate them into effective solutions.
- Drive standardization and consistency of QARA and Global Supply Chain processes and solutions.
- Partner with the QARA and Global Supply Chain program management in the planning of scope, schedule, resource and cost.
- Develop requests for proposals (RFP’s) for external services.
Execution
- Lead project teams in the analysis, design, implementation and development of information systems.
- Management of the relationship with relevant external consultants, vendors and system integrators
- Liaise with business owners to ensure effective communication and translation of business needs into technical requirements.
- Champion change management activities, negotiate agreements and commitments.
Principle Responsibilities
Control
- Oversight of all IT projects within the assigned function.
- Monitors progress and evaluates program and project performance on regular basis.
- Ensures adherence to all relevant IT policies, procedures, and computer systems validation standards.
- Ensures accurate and timely project reporting to stakeholders, including progress updates, cost reports, and risk registers.
- Monitors and manages program and project risks, including the identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks and opportunities.
- Collaborate with project managers and business owners to ensure project objectives are achieved within scope, schedule, and budget constraints.
- Liaises with PMO, program sponsor and other stakeholders to manage expectations and ensure alignment with project goals.
Team Leadership
- Manage resource assignments and priorities; work with other functional managers to coordinate assignments to projects and other deliverables whilst dealing with changing priorities.
- Promote a work environment that challenges the status quo and fosters teamwork.
- Develops, motivates, and directs IT team members and fosters a team environment.
- Create a trusting, collaborative, and ethical work environment that positively contributes to employee engagement.
Education / Experience Requirements
- Proven track record of leading, designing and executing on significant programs of business process and IT systems reengineering and change within the Global Supply Chain or QARA areas.
- Extensive experience in applying structured project management and systems development methodologies to deliver business change.
- Business acumen and experience within the IT, Global Supply Chain and QARA functions.
- Ability to bring best practice experience to Teleflex.
- Experience of building relationships with executive and senior leadership, with a proven ability to influence and collaborate at all levels.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills, developing creative solutions and meeting project objectives.
- Proven facilitation skills across multiple business disciplines, organization levels and geographies.
- The ability to prioritize and manage several projects and customers simultaneously.
- Excellent communication skills.