Senior NPD manager

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

Responsibilities:

Establish Suzhou site new product/business strategy:

• Lead the new product/business strategy development, establishment, review and update in accordance with site master plan.

New business exploration:

• Fully responsible for Suzhou site new business identification, assessment, plan and deliver. Be sensitive to the trends of customer preference, new technology application and marketing strategy from PCH and competitors, and take quick response to keep site supply privilege among PCH network and 3rd party manufacture.
• Implement globally recommended methodology to make best use of limited resource for the optimized outputs.

New product development:

• Lead cross-functional team to manage and deliver all activities along with new product development process. Keep close attention and awareness on needs of markets, work closely with R&D colleagues, engage related resources to establish and improve realistic and executable NPD strategy and execution plan, ensure the punctual delivery of NPD projects, and continuously optimize according to market and regulatory change.
• Apply the basic principles of DOE flexibly to design related experiments for new product development, qualification and validation. Correctly apply data analysis tools to statistically analyze the acquired data in experiments to provide convincible evidence for application.

New market expansion:

• Lead cross-functional team to manage and deliver all activities along with new market development process. Keep vigilance on potential demands of new markets, target at different market positioning to provide overall high quality product solution and competitive cost by flexible and innovative thinking.
• Initiate, plan, implement, control and monitor the overall launch process post-approval, including demand confirmation on first supply, package development, export filing, preparation on raw/packaging material, documents and system before manufacturing, manufacturing, analytical tests, dispatch, and etc.

Product lifecycle management:

• Manage post-approval change of product and process. According to the continuously changing requirements from markets and regulation, make adjustment on existing products, including but not limited to renewal, specification upgrade, quality and efficacy consistency evaluation, raw material supplier change, new SKU and so on.
• Responsible for communication with related departments internal and external, ensure the accuracy, punctuality and effectiveness of delivered information.

Product safety monitor:

• Fully Responsible for establishing, updating, and implementing annual plan of raw material safety risk investigation questionnaire, timely communicate the progress of raw material safety risk evaluation, and get endorsement from SLT.
• Responsible for providing evidence to the safety label claim and investigate any safety complaints and concerns.

Compliance:

• Strictly adhere company policy and requirements on GMP、SOP、EHS、finance and registration, ensure new product development and material evaluation in compliance with relevant requirements. Timely escalate undesired events to SLT and follow up related actions.
• As per the requirements of procedure, proceeds regulatory impact evaluation on material to be developed, fully implement follow up actions to effectively avoid the risk of compliance.

Team Management and Development: Provide coaching to subordinators and make career development plans for them to build a high performing team.

Decision making and autonomy: Significant or long term decisions are proposed with rationale to SLT for final endorsement.

Leadership: Prepare for and manage changes that impact site business.

Requirements:

• Bachelor or above education in pharmaceutics, chemistry or related background.
• At least 10 years’ experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. Good process understanding and analytical skills, especially on solids and liquids. Good knowledge and understanding of cGMP and regulatory requirements.
• Skills on coordination, communication, organization, comprehensive judgement and problem solving; Familiar with office software and ERP application. Good oral and verbal English.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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