Associate, Strategy & Transformation PMO

At Argenta, we’re more than a company — we’re a global team, dedicated to healthier animals. We believe that when their lives are made better, we're all the better for it. 

Founded in 2006, we support companies big and small to develop and manufacture health products for pets and livestock. Our trusted, innovative solutions and services cover every stage of the process, from molecule to market. 

We’re in a unique position. We are the world’s only combined contract research and contract development and manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO) dedicated to animal health. 

Our uniqueness means: 

• We are ambitious, growing and building a ‘one team’ culture, guided by our values.  

• We are team players; 

• We are doers; 

• We are customer-centric; 

• We are innovators. 

We value diversity, as a global company, we get the richness of working with different people in different places whether it be location, stages of their career, their development, their role. We believe that when everyone works together and puts their best “paw” forward we will make the lives of the animals we care for, better. 

With bases in New Zealand, the US, the UK and Europe, our 900 colleagues are driven by our partnership approach and purpose: Healthy Animals. Let’s Make It Happen, Together. 

TEAM PLAYERS who want to DO great work and find INNOVATIVE ways to make animals lives better through our CUSTOMER CENTRIC efforts should apply.  

Argenta is currently looking to fill the role of Associate, Strategy & Transformation PMO at our Shawnee, KS location.

The Associate, Strategy & Transformation PMO supports the execution, structure, and governance of Shawnee’s site-level transformation agenda.

This role provides process discipline, tracking, coordination, and performance visibility across transformation focus areas (Planning, Inventory, Capacity, Data). The Associate is embedded within functional work while also supporting PMO and governance forums to ensure decisions translate into execution and measurable outcomes. Support change management and adoption for transformation initiatives, including development of job aids, coordination of SOP rollouts, support for training activities, and execution of readiness and compliance checks to ensure changes are embedded into day‑to‑day operations.

This is a site-based, execution-focused role designed for early‑career professionals. Expect to spend time in functional areas and operational settings to understand issues at the source and accelerate execution.

Key Accountabilities

• Support execution of transformation initiatives aligned to defined focus areas.
• Drive closure rate on committed actions; escalate stalled owners within defined timeframes.
• Maintain plans, action trackers, risk and issue logs, and support transformation cadences.
• Increase closure rate on actions; improve on-time completion of key milestones; visible KPI reporting tied to transformation focus areas.
• Enable cross-functional coordination and dependency management.
• Proactively identify and resolve cross-functional dependencies
• reduce cycle time of decisions-to-execution.
• Support development and maintenance of KPIs, scorecards, and dashboards.
• Embed within functional teams while maintaining alignment to transformation governance and priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Engineering, Analytics, Supply Chain, or related discipline.
• 1–5 years of experience in management consulting, operations, PMO, process improvement, supply chain, or analytical roles.
• Experience in CDMO and/or animal health, pharmaceuticals, or life sciences preferred

• Strong process orientation and structured problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel skills; comfort working with operational and performance data required.
• Experience with KPIs, scorecards, or performance tracking preferred.
• Exposure to supply chain or manufacturing environments preferred.
• Exposure to Continuous Improvement / Operational Excellence methodologies preferred. Lean / Six Sigma Yellow or Green Belt certification preferred.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., PowerBI) preferred.
• Strong follow‑through, communication, and collaboration skills.

Behavioral Attributes:

• Brings discipline and follow‑through — ensures decisions turn into actions, actions turn into outcomes, and progress is visible.
• Confident matrix operator — comfortable working across functions, challenging gently but firmly, and escalating issues when progress stalls.
• Process‑driven and improvement‑oriented — sees structure, cadence, and clarity as enablers of performance, not bureaucracy.
• Constructive challenger — willing to go against the grain when data or logic indicates a better path, while staying pragmatic and respectful.
• Future leader profile — ambitious, self‑motivated, and eager to build leadership capability through hands‑on transformation experience.

Argenta has strongly embedded company values which is key to who we are and how we deliver. We offer an opportunity to work for a successful and rapidly expanding global business where your input will be valued.  At Argenta we are a hard-working group who really enjoy the people we work with each day. That is why we support our people through strong culture, great benefits, and opportunity for growth. 

Argenta is an equal opportunity employer 

To find out more about Argenta, click here: www.argentaglobal.com