Date: Aug 26, 2025
Location: Athlone, L, IE
Company: Teleflex
About Teleflex Incorporated
As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare.
Teleflex is the home of Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, QuikClot™, LMA™, Pilling™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ and Weck™ – trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose.
At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare. For more information, please visit teleflex.com.
Teleflex is the home of Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, QuikClot™, LMA™, Pilling™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ and Weck™ – trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose.
At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare. For more information, please visit teleflex.com.
Position Summary
Project Darwin is a global strategic initiative within Teleflex. With the successful deployment of a global TMS (Transport Management System) and data warehousing solution, the focus of this role has evolved toward driving ongoing optimisation, enhancement, and integration of these tools. The objective is to maximise efficiency, strengthen visibility, and ensure effective control across Teleflex’s Global Transport network, while also supporting a range of parallel strategic initiatives within Global Operations. The TMS now serves as a critical platform for the financial and operational management of the network, enabling real-time visibility, cost audit functionality, and advanced reporting capabilities. This role will act as Project Lead, responsible not only for system optimisation and continuous improvement, but also for managing vendor relationships, shaping solution design, and overseeing project management activities that support both the evolution of the TMS and broader operational excellence initiatives across the business.
Principal Responsibilities
- Drive key goals and objectives of L&D to include; 100% of all Teleflex Freight to be integrated into the TMS.
- Design and implement innovative solutions to drive, 99% accrual accuracy, 98% zero touch in job creation and invoice audit
- Using automation and innovation increse efficiency in the Control Tower to allow for expansion and focus on value add activity
- Project lead and responsible person for all parallel projects that imapct Global Transport, including SAP upgrates, new tool implemetation across Global Operations and improvement requests from outside the function.
- Lead all site/multisite implementation activities associated with the rollout to remaing sites.
- Lead TMS Global implementation at TFX sites, 3PLs, Sterilisers, 3PFGs, Raw material Suppliers and Transport Suppliers.
- Responsible for ensuring the system and data warehousing solutions meet the needs and requirements of the business.
- Develops and manages project schedules to ensure all milestones are met, including leading and managing a team to transition site/s from current processes and systems ensuring all local procedures are updated and reflect the new global process.
- Develop and manage the transition/implementation plans for the site/s with the understanding of the requirements for all functions impacted by change.
- Responsible for all project management activities, including but not limited to: Change Control, Communications, Risk Management, Budgetary Management and Scheduling.
- Actively identify risks to any element of the project and pro-actively work to find solutions.
- Ensures there is effective engagement and alignment with site and global leadership.
- Interfaces directly with business and process partners to understand their needs and objectives first-hand.
- Work with SMEs, site champions and functions to integrate the global TMS solution into the site while minimizing impact to the business as part of cutover.
- Conduct workshops with business SMEs and technical teams as required
- Lead data migration activities to migrate data as part of the rollout of the new TMS solution.
- Provide updates, reports, monitor KPIs and identify risks for site data migration in line with overall project plan.
- Ensure quality of documentation produced
- Present updates via PowerPoint & Teleflex internal Planview system on status, risks, budget, timeline..
- Ensure proper communication of project at site level in partnership with operations to ensure project success.
- Responsible for ensuring all deliverables have been met and finalize the project
Education / Experience Requirements
- The ideal candidate will have prior experience in leading a similar initiative in a fast-paced work environment with strong analytical ability
- Strong project management and organizational change management skills
- Understanding of Design Control, Change Control, Product Life Cycle Management, Sustaining Changes, including experience of cost savings and product / process improvement
- SAP knowledge is an advantage, but not essential
- TMS knowledge is a distinct advantage
- Project management experience with IT system roll outs
- Ability to accurately scope projects and consider the full impact of decisions and actions taken.
- Ability to work well under deadlines and pressure.
- Effective communicator of issues, facts and ideas/solutions to senior members of the organization.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills, developing creative solutions and meeting project objectives.
- Proven facilitation skills across multiple business disciplines, organization levels and geographies.
- Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
- Manage personnel directly or indirectly to achieve the objectives of the project.
- Must be fluent in English both written and oral.
- Excellent written, presentation, communication, and investigation skills.
- Outstanding computer skills including MRP, Microsoft Excel and MS Suite.
- Proficient in Microsoft Power Bi.
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills
- PMP Certification required
- MS Project knowledge required
- Bachelor (or equivalent) degree required
- 5+ years experience in an Project or Programme Role required
- Experience with deployment of Global TMS or equivalent system roll out
- Six Sigma or other Business Process Mapping certification a plus.
- Agile, Lean, or Prince2 advantage
Specialized Skills / Other Requirements
- Strong people management skills
- Approachable and enthusiastic.
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Innovative
- Good organizational skills with cultural awareness and sensitivity
- Good judgment and problem solving ability & is capable of understanding the impact of decision making on both Teleflex and their customers.
TRAVEL REQUIRED: This role will require international Travel (20%)
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Teleflex is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to age, gender, race, nationality, ethnicity, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion and/or membership of the traveller community.
If you require accommodation and support to apply for a position, please contact us at [email protected].
Diversity fosters innovative thinking and entrepreneurship and that’s what we are about at Teleflex. We trust and value our people and their diversity and we make it fun to work here. We are on a journey to ensure our workplaces mirror the patients we serve and the communities we operate in. Our approach is simple, we embrace everyone and want them to feel they belong here. We are building a culture where all employees can bring their best and unique selves to work. If that appeals to you, we would love to hear from you. Come join a company where diversity is sought out and inclusivity is how we progress.
At Teleflex, we follow a comprehensive hiring process. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from agency recruiters or 3rd party firms. We do not make unsolicited job offers. We do not ask for money or require equipment purchase up-front.
Teleflex, the Teleflex logo, Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, QuikClot™, LMA™, Pilling™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ and Weck™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Teleflex Incorporated or its affiliates, in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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