Production Manager

Description

Join the Teknova Team and Help Shape the Future of Health

When you join the Teknova team, you’re helping to create the future of health. Our customers are working to discover novel therapies that will help people everywhere live longer, healthier lives. We make sure they have a reliable supply of the essential ingredients they need to succeed, and every member of our team plays an important role. 

JOB OVERVIEW 

The Manager, Production is responsible for managing the personnel and day-to-day manufacturing which may include Buffers, Rich Media, Dry Media, Washroom, RUO Cleanroom, GMP Cleanroom, Agar Production and/or Count GMP Facility. 

Our Culture:

At Teknova, our culture is all about creative problem solving, and our default answer is “Yes.” We’re customer-obsessed and go all in for them and each other. We aren’t interested in the status quo—we want to discover what’s possible. We’re bold and built to change. We go above and beyond to develop novel products that help our customers get reliable results, engineer formats that fit their systems, and find ways to ship out their orders one day sooner. Every time we help our customers work more efficiently; we bring them a step closer to that big breakthrough. 

Our Values:

We value the unique personality and background of everyone on our team—we want you to be you. By working together and sharing our skills, we find new and better solutions for our customers. The people on our team are at the heart of everything we do, and we’re here to support them.  

Requirements

  JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensures that standard operating procedures are accurate and followed to maintain compliance in line with ISO13485:2016.  
• Collaborates with cross functional teams and facilitates cross functional meetings to meet daily product deadlines. 
• Ensures that any issues in the manufacturing process of products are resolved adequately and in a timely fashion and works with Engineering and Facilities to minimize future errors. 
• Strive for continuous improvements in all areas of production; Recommend more effective manufacturing procedures (if available); Implement approved changes in manufacturing procedures. 
• Cultivates and promotes a strong continuous improvement culture with a focus on safety. 
• Works with Engineering to determine new capabilities for specific manufacturing processes. 
• Ensure health and safety regulations are met. 
• Establishes and tracks metrics for the team and provides feedback at team meetings. 
• Oversee and delegate work to Supervisors / Leads; Prioritize and organize production flow in the production areas. 
• Reviews and verifies work completed by others and documents verifications on controlled documents. 
• Promptly acts upon all communications about Operations which are made by MS Teams, email, intercom and/or radio
• Ensures that employee reviews are completed in a timely manner as required by the Performance Management program. 
• Works with Quality, Engineering, Facilities, and / or Manufacturing Science and Technology personnel to troubleshoot any production deviations. 
• Provides Technical support to manufacturing teams as needed. 
• Supports effective communication in the manufacturing teams so that action plans are created and carried out as effectively as possible.
• Addresses any complaints, Nonconformances (NCRs), Corrective Action and Preventative Action (CAPA) related to their department.
• Work with Production Supervisors to ensure appropriate training schedule is maintained for all associates. 
• Manages resources and inventory to reduce downtime and meet production targets. 
• Maintains a clean and organized workstation by following standard 6S practices and adheres to facility cleaning practices and cleaning schedule.
• Creates and maintains minimum and maximum stock level parameters for all production related materials and coordinates the purchase of materials and equipment as needed.
• Provide motivation, support, and guidance to all associates while maintaining appropriate accountability within the team. 
• Completes all documentation by following the ALCOA+ principle (Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, Accurate, Available, Enduring, Complete and Consistent) and GDP (Good Documentation Practices) principles. 
• Enters transactions in ERP system accurately and in a timely manner. Reports inventory discrepancies in a timely manner while following corporate guidelines. This may include material issuing, bin to bin transfers and work completion transactions.
• Follows all gowning and aseptic practices as appropriate for their assigned work are which may in