Use Your Power for Purpose

Whether you are involved in the design and development of logistics processes for products or supporting maintenance and reliability, our supply chain is vital to making sure customers and patients have the medicines they need, when they need them. Working with our innovative Logistics project team, you'll help bring medicines to the world even faster by imagining what’s possible and taking action.

What You Will Achieve

Working with Pfizer’s dynamic Kalamazoo Logistics team, you will play a critical part in providing technical and business support to the Logistics team on a variety of tasks. Your documentation, organization, and project management skills will come in handy to prepare reports, training documentation, proposals, and drawings.

As a specialist, your focus on the job will contribute to achieving project tasks and goals. Through your domain knowledge and commitment, you will create a collaborative team environment for your colleagues.

It is your dedication and hard work that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve it.

The position is respnsible for providing project, continuous improvement, financial, safety, inventory, training, asset management, and organizational support to the Logistics team. The Logistics Project Specialist must work well in supporting the entire team and ensure they understand team roles and responsibilities, project deliverables, and related dependencies. Primary accountabilities are to provide project support, deliverable administration and execution, PO management, training development administration, as well as supporting and improving Logistics processes. The support accountabilities include timely and accurate responses to a wide variety of requests. Interact with Logistics team members, management, and other peer enabling groups to establish and maintain requirements for assigned project support.

Logistics Project Life Cycle Management

Manage full life cycle of all projects big and small – expense or capital

Capture and document projects and vet through standard processes to identify best path forward

Assist with the development and routing of project requests

Shepherd approvals through all systems, escalating issues as they arise for support by leadership

Initiate purchase orders, change orders, and closures

Initiate work orders for assigned projects and ensure timely completion per project goals

Work closely with all suppliers, vendors, and Procurement on all purchases

Expedite POs and purchases as needed

Initiate and maintain vendor qualification documentation

Work with our team and vendors to ensure timely deliveries and address any possible delays that may impact project schedule

Project Reports

Provide Logistics managers with an accurate assessment of a project’s status and spending forecasts, project fund dates, project closure dates, and other critical project information

Support and manage cost controls for the broader team including area, driver, project manager, and other key site forecasts

Support, develop, and create spreadsheets and presentations to support internal reporting

Ensure complete, accurate and timely reporting of project status

Develop meeting agendas and presentations to support Logistics leadership

Logistics Business Process Systems

Administer Logistics’ project SharePoint sites

Maintain all forms and files for Logistics projects

Active participation on various departmental improvement, safety, training, and efficiency initiatives

Identify suggested areas of improvement and support execution of improvements

Communications

Communicate in a timely fashion on all issues with a potential impact on projects relative to budget available, commitments, forecasted spend, risks, and known and unknown scope changes

Ensure frequent and effective communication between all stakeholders

Facilitate meetings as needed

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with 0+ years of experience; OR an associate's degree with 4 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 6 years of relevant experience

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)

Experience preferred with project management, logistics operations, pharmaceutical manufacturing systems or other manufacturing and logistics supporting roles.

Experience in the Pharmaceutical or Biotechnology industry

 
Relocation support not available*

Work Location Assignment: On Premise

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $66,500.00 to $110,900.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 7.5% of the base salary. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Sunshine Act

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EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.  Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.  This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.

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Logistics & Supply Chain Mgmt