Sr. Project Manager
Aspire...to save others' lives, while shaping your own.
What We Are Made Of
Hospira, Inc. is a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company dedicated to Advancing Wellness™. As the world leader in specialty generic injectable pharmaceuticals, Hospira offers one of the broadest portfolios of generic acute-care and oncology injectables, as well as integrated infusion therapy and medication management solutions. Through its products, Hospira helps improve the safety, cost and productivity of patient care. The company is headquartered in Lake Forest, Ill., and has approximately 14,000 employees. Learn more at www.hospira.com.
The Rocky Mount operations has over 2500 employees and is one of the largest manufacturers of generic specialty injectables, including small and large volume parenterals, in the world. Rocky Mount offers a wide range of very rewarding and fulfilling careers. If you're a highly motivated individual with strong career aspirations and you believe your professional goals are in alignment with Hospira; then you're ready to advance wellness at the Rocky Mount operations.
What We Are Proud Of
We at Hospira, Inc. feel rewarded by our hard work and take pride in knowing we're on our individual career paths with a shared goal:
Advancing wellness™, through the right people and the right products
- People of integrity who are motivated by challenges, embrace diversity, embody our values and exude entrepreneurial spirit
- Products that are top quality, error reducing, technologically advanced, and most importantly, life saving
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, Hospira, Inc. embraces diversity of thought and cultural perspective and fosters an environment of empowerment, fairness, and respect.
Why It's a Great Place
Employees are offered an agile yet balanced work atmosphere, incentive compensation and the benefits that you'd expect from an industry leader.
Health and welfare benefits
- Consumer-directed medical plan options - Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options that allow you the maximum flexibility in managing your health and health care spending
- Extensive preventive care benefits covered at 100%
- Dental plan
- Vision plan
- Flexible spending accounts - health care and dependent care
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Life insurance, short/long-term disability, ADD
- Optional long-term care insurance
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Assistance Program and work/life benefits
Generously matched 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Immediate vesting
- Numerous investment alternatives
- Loan provisions
Who You Can Become
At Hospira, Inc. you can have the opportunity to help continue our tradition of excellence, build upon it and contribute to its success. Empower yourself to use all of your skills to reach your goals - so that you can allow patients worldwide to reach theirs.
The Sr. Project Manager - Systems is responsible for assisting in developing data processing procedures and plans, managing program development for the automated warehouse and scheduling operational activities for DEC VAX, IBM AS400 and Server computer systems. Each of these systems is an independent, distributed processing function for which the plant has total responsibility regarding operation, hardware maintenance and program development.
Responsibilities include:
- Manages the planning and progress of this total area of responsibility is vital to assure that strategic decisions are in concert with long range goals.
- Manages the installation and maintenance of the associated system hardware as well as end user PC software and hardware support.
- Oversees the operations of several other plants AS400 computers located in Rocky Mount.
- Manages the data and voice communications systems, including the ethernet network, remote site communications, telephone system and voice mail system.
• BS/BA degree in Business or related degree with emphasis in computer science. Masters degree preferred.
• 3 years demonstrated ability to supervise employees and to effectively interface with various levels of management.
• 3 years experience in systems analysis and design.
• 3 years experience in a programming function.
• 4 years experience with IBM AS/400, DEC VAX and Server hardware.
