Primary Function

• Lead capital projects in the Asia Region and achieve cost, scope, and schedule targets by
• leveraging regional strengths & resources to meet the business goals across Abbott Nutrition Supply Chain.
• The Project Manager draws on his/her multi-disciplinary experience – engineering, process
• design, automation, operations, and construction management etc. to achieve these goals.
• Most capital projects are between USD 1.0 Million to USD 50 Million and multiple projects
• are managed at a given point in time, requiring various implementation timeline and sites
• locations.
• The Project Manager must develop and manage capital and expense cash flow budgets as
• well as manage project teams in a Matrix structure, to achieve project results.
• This person also directs internal and external resources to accomplish the project goals to
• the satisfaction of the client and the business expectations.

Responsibilities

• Determine the client’s functional requirements and prepare the project scope in terms of
• performance, quality, reliability, and maintainability in agreement with the client and other
• functions — MIS, Quality Assurance, Product Development, Marketing and Operations.
• Develop project execution strategy, identify activities, prepare schedules, evaluate risks,
• prepare risk mitigation plans, and determine the resources necessary for successful
• implementation.
• Manage project team’s efforts to develop the project proposal, design criteria; scope
• definition, cost estimates, and execution schedules that are required for RCE preparation.
• Lead project teams to ensure full compliance with internal and external standards —
• Company standards, national and regional standards, including Safety and EHS standards.
• Communicate the status of each project to senior management and other internal and
• external parties, routinely.
• Provide expert engineering, processing, and project management guidance and oversight
• to new manufacturing projects initiated in Asia region.
• Facilitate regional perspective to manufacturing process design in agreement with local /
• national standards and manufacturing capabilities.
• Provide process engineering and project management support to regional manufacturing
• operations and act as primary liaison with the E&IT Global Engineering Groups to identify
• and provide project management support.
• Provide critical engineering support and guidance during plant/process start-up and
• commissioning.
• Provide expert engineering guidance and support to manufacturing operations across
• Asian Nutritional Sites to help resolve issues both during project execution and
• routine manufacture.
• Facilitate project technical support during Bidding, Negotiation, and Construction phases of
• the projects. Be responsible for interpretation of design intent of bidding and contract
• document packages.
• Work with sites to develop Long Range Capital Plan and Site Master Plans that
• are in alignment with the larger goals of the division and corporation.
• Lead and/or provide guidance to sites in the Front End Planning activities, including
• development of the project scope, design and cost estimates, schedule development, and
• project execution plans on process improvement projects
• Maintain clear communication lines with all sites to ensure consistent deployment of best in
• class practices and equipment
• Plan and schedule work in accordance with plant demands and available
• resources.
• Lead proposed manufacturing scenarios for new product introductions early to determine
• manufacturability, capital cost, and schedule issues. Identify capital requirements to
• manufacture these products when required
• Interface with Asia regional R&D center to align on upcoming and future product trends that
• could impact manufacturing
• Assess contract manufacturing facilities for their ability to manufacture products and
• provide recommendations for process upgrades if required

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering from reputed institute
• Masters Degree in Business Administration, desirable but not mandatory.
• Other: Basic psychology, accounting and writing courses would be helpful and registration
• as a professional engineer is desirable, but not mandatory.
• Engineering degree is essential to managing engineering projects in the Company due
• to large number of technical decisions that must be made. Often these decisions are
• very critical to product quality to the customer, Safety and security of the Company’s
• Employees and contractors working on the project, and bottom-line impact to business
• goals and bottom-line.
• MBA or equivalent business experience would provide the incumbent with the
• background needed to manage budgets, cash flows, and aid with personnel
• management.
• Professional engineering registration could be an asset when dealing with consultants
• and contractors who often have professional engineers on their staff.
• Substantial large capital project experience along with Project Management certification
• provides the necessary background to be successful in this role
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory standards and requirements for infant formula and
• nutritionals.
• At least 10 years Project Engineering, Engineering related work or applicable business
• experience is required
• At least 8 years Project structured work experience such as a project engineer, consultant, project team member, etc.
• In addition to the above the incumbent must have acquired a broad range of engineering
• and management skills, specifically in the Nutritional or FMCG industry, with good
• understanding of manufacturing operations.
• The Project Manager must have a working knowledge of engineering functions, cost control
• system and scheduling techniques and be able to deal with contractors and A&E firms.
• The Project Manager must have a working knowledge of the technical aspects of unit
• operations -- Liquid Processing, Spray Drying, Nutritional Product Manufacturing systems
• and industry and corporate standards and procedures.
• Good human relations and outstanding presentation skills are essential to successfully
• interface with Executive Management at the Company, to manage team members in a
• Matrix environment and to successfully deal with external suppliers.
• Minimum 12 years of overall working experience required