Production Manager

​Job responsibilities and duties:

• Maintain a clean, safe, work environment and ensure all employees are properly trained and follow all safety procedures and rules
• Ensure all quality SOPs are followed and maintained
• Schedule production for molding and assembly based on customer expected ship dates achieving perfect quality
• Lead and maintain a “visual workplace” – production boards, equipment status boards, etc
• Ensure Hourly/Daily/Weekly/Monthly production reporting is accurate, without the need for adjustments or additional calculations
• Insure process bottlenecks are known, perform gap analysis and drive continuous improvement plans to eliminate/reduce bottlenecks
• Identifies and implements opportunities for improvement to KPIs – labor, machine rates versus target, scrap, etc
• Work with maintenance to ensure machine uptime, including coordination of Production Director schedules with production schedules
• Own implementation and daily tracking for statistical process control (SPC) is in widespread use across the molding and lining operations; ensure production takes appropriate response to out-of-control conditions
• With material handling team, develop and implement production planning & control techniques to improve responsiveness and flexibility (i.e. leveled production, small batch/mixed model production, pull production, continuous flow systems)
• Manage the operators - coaching, performance evaluations, improvement
• plans, training, accountability, payroll processes, approvals for time off, etc
• Monitor and assure area compliance to policies and procedures as well as regulatory, safety and environmental compliance
• Review and analyze process and quality data to detect and correct problems in
• deviation in conjunction with Quality and Micro
• Lead Continuous Improvement projects in areas such as cycle time reduction, efficiency, quality improvement
• Review GMP documentation such as batch records, validation protocols, logs and deviations
• Coordinate and collaborate with other functions to assure Process Technology activities occur on schedule
• Collaborate with R&D and Engineering to facilitate process transfers into Manufacturing
• Other tasks by order of the manager or director

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Sciences (BSc) degree in pharmacy, or higher- specialization in pharmaceutical technology, experience in developing and implementing quality management systems
• 3-5 years relevant experience in a pharmaceutical production
• Language: Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
• Should be knowledgeable about the requirements of at least one of the following areas, 2001/83/EC Directive, 1234/2008/EC, 726/2004/EC, ICH guidelines, cGMP requirements
• An awareness of current development and manufacturing processes, differing product complexities, risk classification and stability are also an advantage
• Sound understanding and awareness of regulations and expectations globally
• Candidate should demonstrate initiative and have the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team structure
• Demonstrated effective problem solving, strong time management skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks are also required
• Ability to comprehend technical information related to equipment, processes, and production expectations

 

We invite you if you have an interest and fit the profile for the position to send us your application with your CV, using the Fast Apply option.