Manufacturing Science & Technology (MS&T) Technical Transfer Project Manager (Sr Specialist)

Join Orifarm and take charge of building strong business relationships with a key portfolio of our suppliers!

We are looking for an experienced Pharma industry professional, who is capable of effectively leading through transformations across teams and functions, provide technical support to various internal and external stakeholders, and someone who can lead and facilitate the development of technological capabilities across Orifarm. The position will be a part of newly created function (SRM – Supplier Relationship Management).

About the job

As a MS&T Technical Transfer Project Manager, you will be responsible for securing technical support to Supplier Relationship Management functions, and manufacturing sites comprising support, technological transfers between CMOs and own manufacturing sites, analytical method development and validation, external product development at CDMOs and driving continuous technological improvement and innovation.

Among your key responsibilities in the role, you will be:

• Leading and supporting technological projects, transfers and changes (e.g. concerns raw materials, manufacturing process, packaging process, CMC, analytical methodology, specifications) for Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) or own sites.
• Supporting CMOs in external development of a product, changes, improvement of a manufacturing process, development or improvement of an analytical method, or support during process validation.
• Ensuring that changes to existing processes or the introduction of new processes are carried out according to approved change control procedures and in compliance with cGMP requirements
• Evaluating existing processes to identify/implement strategic initiatives, and new technologies that improve productivity and quality.
• Communicating on project or transfer status, decisions, prioritizations, and delivering presentations to internal stakeholders and external partners.

Who are you? 

We imagine that you to have a degree in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering or related fields combined with at least 6 years of relevant experience in the Pharmaceutical industry, especially in generics and OTC, preferably also in CHC.

In the MS&T Technical Transfer Project Manager role, you will interact with all various internal stakeholders and external service providers or product suppliers. Therefore, we expect a high level of proficiency in influencing across various functions and fostering collaboration across different cultures.

Among the key characteristics of a successful candidate we expect:

• Experience with both Pharmaceutical Development and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing as well as experience with both solid and liquid dosage forms, semi-solid dosage forms and sterile liquids processes at small, intermediate, and full scale of cGMP production
• Technology transfer experience within and between organizations
• Experience with CMOs and CDMOs, process scaling, manufacturing support and troubleshooting
• Advanced Program management and Project management skills including method transfers, and risk assessment

Who are we?

You will be part of the Product Supply organization, where we foster an ambitious and open atmosphere. We are driven to achieve our objectives and celebrate success together. Our work environment can be best described by an employee who says; “It feels exciting to work in an environment of entrepreneurial spirit surrounded by experienced leaders and colleagues, while the founders of the company are taking good care of their business and their employees”.

You will be closely involved with functional and cross-functional teams:

• Working in cross-functional team with Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Strategic Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance (QA) and Orifarm manufacturing sites to effectively, transfer and maintain processes and products from a technological point of view.
• Driving process and productivity improvements in manufacturing processes in line with regulatory requirements and business objectives.

About Orifarm

Everyone should have access to modern medicine. High costs or lack of access to pharmaceuticals should never impact our possibility to receive treatment or relief and live a healthy life. In Orifarm, we aim to bring healthy days by making modern healthcare a better deal for the people and the societies we serve. Working towards our vision, we create access to affordable high-quality pharmaceuticals and healthcare products by challenging markets and always seeking new opportunities. With our core values paving the way, we always act responsibly and constantly with our customers in the center of our attention. And everything we do is driven by our sole purpose:

For as many as possible, as healthy a day as possible.

Our history goes back to 1994 where Orifarm was founded in Denmark by Hans and Birgitte Bøgh-Sørensen. Since then, Orifarm has grown from a small nine-person company into an international company operating globally in 13 countries. Today, Orifarm is Europe's largest parallel importer of pharmaceuticals and Denmark's largest supplier of pharmaceuticals with more than 2,200 employees.

We operate within seven different business areas: Over the Counter (OTC), Consumer Healthcare, Generics, Promotional Rx, Unlicensed Medicines, Parallel Import and Clinical Trials Supplies (CTS). Further, we focus heavily on new business opportunities and synergistic M&A to expand our offerings

We offer

At Orifarm, we know our growth comes from the growth of our employees. We are an ambitious organization with an entrepreneurial culture, and we celebrate can-do attitudes, smarts and hearts. Our secret to success? Valuing how different skillsets join forces to make our journey happen. Whether you play a direct or an indirect part of fulfilling our purpose, you get to contribute and use your skills, personal as well as professional. Indeed, at Orifarm your personal growth journey is shaped only by your contribution towards making healthy days for as many as possible.

We regard our feedback culture as a fundamental element in the individual employee’s opportunities for learning and development. And when we have good results, every employee, including student workers, are a part of our bonus scheme.

Job Location

The job is located at our headquarters in Odense.

Need further information?

If you need further information about the job, please contact Frank M. Hoffmann, VP Product Supply, at  frhof@orifarm.com or Katarzyna Piechowicz-Paulinek, Director, HRBP at kapie@orifarm.com

We are often looking for new employees to help us grow and therefore, we may have other interesting opportunities for you. Follow us on LinkedIn to receive updates on our business activities and job opportunities: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/

Application deadline 

As soon as possible.