Merck KGaA Posted September 2, 2026

Process Engineering Project Manager

Incheon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (the Republic of) FULL_TIME
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About this opportunity

Your Role

Process Improvement and Re-engineering

Map and re-engineer inbound, importation, exportation interface, goods receiving, and distribution master data processes.

Identify bottlenecks, waste, handover gaps, recurring errors, and risks to service, quality, compliance, and inventory availability.

Define standard work, process ownership, decision rights, controls, and handover requirements.

Align physical, transactional, documentation, and data processes across the value chain.

Distribution Master Data Governance

Establish governance for the creation, maintenance, review, and retirement of distribution master data.

Coordinate data quality standards for materials, batches, shelf life, units of measure, storage and transport conditions, packaging, labeling, regulatory attributes, and distribution requirements.

Define data ownership, approval workflows, change control, auditability, and escalation rules.

Monitor data quality issues and ensure root causes are eliminated rather than repeatedly corrected operationally.

Partner with business process owners, quality, regulatory or trade compliance, supply chain, IT, and relevant data owners.

Inbound, Trade Flow, and Receiving Governance

Establish governance routines for shipment readiness, importation status, customs holds, documentation completeness, receiving readiness, and discrepancies.

Monitor inbound delays, receiving lead time, documentation errors, customs disruptions, data defects, and operational impact.

Who You Are

You hold a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Information Management, or a comparable field, or bring equivalent professional experience.

You have 5 or more years of experience in supply chain, logistics, or distribution operations, with direct ownership of at least two areas: inbound transportation, import/export operations, goods receiving/warehouse transactions, or master data management.

You bring hands-on experience in master data governance (ownership models, change control, approval workflows, data quality monitoring) and have led cross-functional process improvement initiatives.

You have collaborated with external logistics partners such as freight forwarders, carriers, customs brokers, or third-party logistics providers, and managed operational escalations.

You have strong working knowledge of ERP logistics modules, SAP ECC/S4HANA (MM, WM/EWM, SD, GTS) or equivalent, including GxP-relevant distribution requirements such as batch traceability, cold chain, and handling of regulated goods.

You are experienced in KPI design, dashboard development, and data-based performance reviews, with advanced Excel skills and familiarity with tools such as Tableau or Power BI.

You apply structured problem-solving methodologies such as 5 Why, Ishikawa, or A3 within a lean operating environment.

Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt, APICS CPIM/CSCP/CLTD, or formal data governance training (DAMA/CDMP) is a plus, as is prior experience in ERP transformation programs or control tower setups.

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Job details

Seniority
Manager
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Incheon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (the Republic of)
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 485 comparable Manager Manufacturing & CMC roles across 74 biopharma companies.

485Comparable roles tracked
429Currently active
74Companies hiring similar roles
38Countries represented

Salary context

135 of 485 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Associate Operator - 2nd Shift · Mylan Technologies, Inc. $30,000/yr – $49,000/yr
Highest disclosed · Regional Manager - Megasys · Merck KGaA $220,000/yr – $250,000/yr
Peer group range $39,500 – $235,000 (median $159,100)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 485 comparable roles

United States270
India59
United Kingdom17
Netherlands16
Switzerland14
Singapore12

+ 32 more countries

Seniority mix

485 of 485 peers have a known seniority level

Manager266
Associate129
Associate Director90

Therapeutic area mix

2 of 485 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Rare Disease2

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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.