Production Supervisor - Mon- Thurs 3:00 pm to 1:30 am

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

This position is responsible for providing direct supervision to operators, performing operational administrative in support of the manufacturing or packaging of drug products and supporting department management by providing direction to staff and in meeting production schedules in compliance with all regulatory requirements, company policies and procedures. 

How you’ll spend your day

All areas of responsibility listed below are essential to the satisfactory performance of this position by any incumbents with reasonable accommodation if necessary. Any non-essential functions are assumed to be included in other related duties or assignments. 
•    Responsible for the daily performance management, providing feedback and identifying and guiding development of direct reports. 
•    Responsible for managing and executing on staffing needs.
•    Maintain a strong shop floor presence – adhere to 70-80% time on the shop floor
•    Responsible for completing assigned CAPA’s (Corrective Action/Preventative Action) and performing training of others associated with the assigned CAPA.
•    Responsible for ensuring that training documentation is maintained and current to verify that Operators are trained and certified to perform their assigned work activities through Performance Based Training (PBT) and operations are only performed by those with appropriate training.
•    Responsible for evaluating work in progress and resolving production, quality, equipment and other issues by working with appropriate departments and making real time decisions in response to unexpected events.
•    Responsible for executing assigned continuous improvement initiatives (Operational Excellence).
•    Responsible for creating and updating Master Batch Records and SKU Forms.
•    Responsible for performing reviews/approvals of completed batch records, test data and inspection forms.
•    Responsible for maintaining process equipment system user access.
•    Responsible for creating and revising Standard Operating Procedures for supervisor/manager approval.
•    Responsible for the resolution of ERP system issues related to packaging. 
•    Responsible for completing all training requirements and maintain compliance with all assignments.   
•    Responsible to maintain work areas and perform job functions in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with company policies and procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and Batch Record instructions.
•    Responsible for enforcing safe work practices and company standards
•    Perform additional related duties as assigned.
 

Your experience and qualifications

Any equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience that fulfills the requirements of the position will be considered. 

Education/Certification/Experience:
•    Bachelor’s Degree required, ideally in a scientific discipline or equivalent education and minimum 3yrs experience.
•    Prefer experience in a related industry such as pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, medical device or food processing.  
•    Prefer experience with cGMP and other applicable industry regulatory requirements as they relate to the production of pharmaceutical products and associated quality systems.
•    Strongly prefer previous supervisory or other leadership experience

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:
•    Computer proficiency with comprehensive working knowledge of MS Office products, Learning Management Systems (LMS), ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle and manufacturing/quality systems such as Trackwise, Studium and Qdocs.
•    Ability to motivate, influence and lead others with and/or without direct supervisory authority.
•    Ability to positively manage conflict, provide difficult feedback and negotiate resolution.
•    Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships between teams, departments and business units.
•    Ability to demonstrate sound judgment and decision making.
•    Communicate effectively with excellent written and oral communication skills.
•    Self-directed with ability to o