GMS Capital Governance Senior Manager

The successful candidate should be based in Cherrywood or Parsippany.

 To support our continued business growth, strategic objectives and ongoing business operations, the GMS operation oversees a significant volume of complex, strategic and operational capital projects. A capital governance process drives oversight of our GMS capital portfolio, ensuring ongoing financial performance reporting versus plan, approving business case submissions for capital spend and budget planning.

The Capital Expenditure and Project Manager will oversee core aspects of the capital governance process, updating senior executives on spend versus plan, identifying trends and opportunities to manage our capital portfolio within budget on a multi-annual basis. This global role will ensure the correct controls are in place (from a process, system, reporting and policy perspective) to ensure we accurately track, manage and plan spend on our strategic capital projects in line with agreed budgets and our overarching GMS strategy. From time to time, this role may also run projects within GMS.

The role provides the opportunity to collaborate across most Zoetis GMS functions including Manufacturing Leadership, Finance, Engineering, Global Network Strategy (GNS), Global Manufacturing & Technology (GMT) and Procurement.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Generate accurate monthly GMS Capital Governance reports including capital portfolio spend versus annual budget/revised targets for presentation to GMS Leadership Team and Chief Financial Officer – chair meetings as appropriate.

Maintain and improve reports on key capital KPIs, Capital Database project maintenance activities and monitor and identify trends that may result in over/under spend by project and/or platform ensuring timely escalation to project, site, engineering, and platform leads.

Ensure we have robust processes, systems and reporting in place to monitor our capital portfolio spend versus annual target. For all projects >$250k provide capital governance oversight via Ariba review and approval. Lead continuous improvement initiatives on capital management process, systems & reporting.

Complete all daily, monthly, and yearly maintenance actions on the Capital Database including daily refresh of data, exchange rate updates, manual load of spend for all sites not on SAP, forecast locks to compare to actual spend, etc.

Provide guidance, support and training to all GMS personnel involved with Capital projects on capital governance process and manage GMS access to the Capital Database and the Capital endorser list for ARIBA approvals.

Engage as needed to support special projects including delivery of projects within the GMS project portfolio, business development and other GMS activities.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Global Manufacturing & Supply (GMS): Global Network Strategy (GNS), Global Manufacturing & Technology (GMT), Procurement, GMS Finance, Quality.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Education

• Bachelor’s degree is required. Preferred disciplines include science, manufacturing, engineering, or finance/accounting
• PMP or related project management qualification is preferable.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt is a plus.

Experience

• Minimum of five years’ experience in capital management/financial analysis/managing projects and global, multi-disciplinary, cross functional teams
• Proven experience collaborating with business leaders and presenting to executive management.
• Experience in manufacturing (shop floor, quality, supply chain, project leadership, product launch, etc.) and working with global manufacturing and supply chain functions and systems (e.g. SAP) in the pharmaceutical industry is a plus.
• Experience working in diverse and international environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills with proven leadership in driving results within cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products, expert in Excel.
• Independent thinker with strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders across the organization.
• Skilled in identifying and communicating risks and aligning on assumptions.
• Experience with global accounting systems, including SAP and Ariba is desirable.
• Effective in both team environments and as an individual contributor.
• Demonstrated capability to apply knowledge, lead multiple activities, and balance competing priorities.

PHYSICAL POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Hybrid position requiring attendance at the Zoetis Cherrywood/Parsippany office in alignment with remote working policy.

Limited travel (5-10%) as needed to fulfil needs of special projects; must be able to travel internationally.

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