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As the Business Performance Associate Director (GMST), you will play a key role in enabling network-wide manufacturing performance by integrating strategic financial leadership, execution excellence, enterprise performance visibility, and digitally enabled measurement systems. This role supports the evolution of Amgen’s global manufacturing network by translating operational execution into clear, actionable financial insights.
Job Responsibility:
Serve as the Scrap and Manufacturing Process Waste Reduction Network Program Lead, including definition of measurement systems, visibility, and reporting for material, process, and performance-related waste
Act as Operations Productivity Lead, managing business productivity process implementation and ongoing evolution across the network
Partner with Site FP&A teams to align definitions, standardize financial measures, and ensure consistent application of productivity, scrap, labor, and cost-of-sales metrics across global manufacturing sites
Define and drive labor efficiency and workforce utilization optimization metrics, including financial impact assessment and prioritization insights to support workforce strategy decisions
Lead alignment of financial and operational performance metrics across SAP S/4, MES, and emerging AI-driven analytics solutions, in partnership with Operations Finance and AI & Data teams
Drive automation of next-generation manufacturing performance metrics to enable scalable, timely, and decision-ready insights
Ensure consistency and integrity of financial inputs supporting manufacturing execution, productivity, and cost-of-sales initiatives across the global manufacturing network
Enable end-to-end operational and financial insight to support achievement excellence and network-level prioritization
Establish performance measurement systems that translate business performance into financial insights, enabling fact-based decision-making
Drive capacity optimization analyses and develop cost attribution models that translate manufacturing execution and capacity decisions into clear financial impact to support network-level decision-making
Forecast financials, interpret trends, and guide prioritization of operational initiatives through strategic financial insights and trade-off analysis
Own ongoing tracking and reporting of outcomes and value realization
Lead the Bend the Cost Curve initiative for Manufacturing, defining initiatives and tracking value realization across the network
Provide enterprise-level financial governance and visibility for Bend the Cost Curve initiatives, ensuring consistent value measurement, execution tracking, and prioritization
Focus initiative design and execution across key levers including technology deployment, scrap/yield, labor, materials, capacity, process robustness, and other agreed cost-of-sales drivers
Build and maintain a clear view of initiative value, execution progress, and risks/issues
Deliver financial value by fostering a culture of continuous improvement, with emphasis on scrap and waste reduction, productivity optimization, and cost-of-sales improvement
Requirements:
Doctorate degree and 3 years of manufacturing or operations experience
Master’s degree and 5 years of manufacturing or operations experience
Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of manufacturing or operations experience
Associate’s degree and 12 years of manufacturing or operations experience
High school diploma / GED and 14 years of manufacturing or operations experience
Nice to have:
Proven ability to partner cross-functionally to identify and enable technology-driven cost-of-sales improvement opportunities in manufacturing
Experience with capital finance rules and policy
Experience translating business performance into clear financial insights, tracking, and forecasts
Demonstrated ability to lead network-wide, cross-functional initiatives that are both strategic and technical (e.g., program leadership, value tracking)
Experience integrating financial and operational data across ERP (SAP S/4), MES, and advanced analytics platforms
Experience driving automation and standardization of performance metrics in a manufacturing or operations environment
What we offer:
A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan