Founded in 1908, Merz is a successful, family-owned specialty healthcare company with a rich history. As a leading global aesthetics business, our award-winning portfolio of injectables, devices, and skincare products empowers healthcare professionals to enhance confidence through aesthetic medicine. Our purpose is to fuel confidence by helping people look better, feel better, and live better. We believe you do not have to choose between living life and making a living. Live your best life with Merz Aesthetics.
A Brief Overview:
The primary goal of the Sustainability Project Manager is to provide leadership over the project portfolio and ensure specific projects related to environmental / sustainability, social and governance best practices within Merz are implemented efficiently, successfully and within the agreed terms of the program. This requires solid project management skills and a knowledge of PM fundamentals, ensuring that timelines are established, and deliverables are met, collecting data to analyze performance, and reporting on progress. If the program is not being implemented to satisfaction, the project manager must be able to identify issues in a timely manner and work with leadership to correct or elevate as appropriate.
What you will do:
Project Planning and Administration - Develops and maintains documentation, related to operational excellence, inclusive of, but not limited to, agendas, decisions/actions, design control documents, design history files, plans, presentations to governing committees, project charters, status reports, and timelines for assigned projects
Project Budget Management - Manages operational project budgets, including quarterly forecasting and monthly accruals for invoicing, payments and budget tracking.
Collaboration and Teamwork - Collaborates with multiple departments and leads cross-functional teams to pinpoint root cause issues, and then implements solutions to resolve systemic problems
Vendor Relationship Management - For selected projects, negotiates effectively, manages vendors and works diligently to ensure all project deliverables are met in accordance with MNA quality standards, timelines, resources and budget requirements.
Project Lifecycle Management - Effectively supports the planning and tracking of multiple projects, resource planning and allocation, and task delegation to accomplish project goals and objectives, ensuring timely resolution of issues, using escalation as necessary, and communicating effectively.
Process Improvements - Identifies opportunities for improvement and develops impactful business plans/strategies for implementation, along with measures of success for each proposed improvement
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Life Sciences, Information Technology, or related concentration
2-4 years ESG or sustainability related experience
5+ years Of project or program management experience
Technical & Functional Skills:
Proficiency in Microsoft Project and other PM tools
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, etc.) and Excel
Change Management Experience
Strong presentation Skills
Systems integrations experience
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
