Senior Director, Continuous Improvement

Senior Director, Continuous Improvement (CI)

Position Summary

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.

The Senior Director, Continuous Improvement is responsible for overall CI excellence across the BWI/Harmans site.  This includes building expertise, establishing predictable and consistent processes, focusing on business priorities, and accelerating new technologies.  This role will lead a site CI team charged with developing and embedding the skills and behaviors that will result in a sustainable continuous improvement culture within the BWI/Harmans site with focus on standardization, simplification, and rapid adoption of best practices.

The Senior Director, Continuous Improvement is a dedicated resource responsible for operational transformation through the use of lean, Six Sigma, and other advanced problem-solving and process improvement tools. By focusing on CI, this role will contribute to Catalent’s Patient First philosophy by driving the site to improve processes and continue to meet the growing needs of clients and patients with the highest quality drugs in a timely manner.

The Role

• Identify continuous improvement opportunities throughout the organization by routinely studying, prioritizing, and selecting projects that leverage lean Six Sigma tools to drive improvements in key site KPIs

• Part of the Site Leadership Team reporting to the Vice President, General Manager

• Facilitate advanced problem-solving and analysis of specific improvement opportunities leading to the implementation of effective sustainable solutions

• Responsible for delivering the annual savings target for the Site

• Promote the use of data and metrics for identifying improvement opportunities and problem-solving activities

• Coach and mentor Lean Six Sigma Project Leaders to complete projects by identifying and eliminating barriers. Engage teams as a Change Agent to help establish a Continuous Improvement culture and execute advanced problem-solving activities

• Support design, development, and delivery of lean Six Sigma training and project execution. Assist in the identification and sharing of best practices across the organization

• Manage weekly/monthly site reporting (People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost). Develop data collection systems and performance reporting

• Prepare and deliver complex presentations to ensure adequate understanding, resources and support for ongoing and future CI projects

• Coordinate with Global and Regional Deployment Leaders regarding project status, issues and accomplishments. Network and collaborate with other Catalent CI Leaders Managers/Directors to share best practices

The Candidate

• Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Life Science, Engineering or Business field required

• A minimum of seven (7) years of phase 3 and commercial stage manufacturing related work with demonstrated experience in Continuous Improvement and/or Operational Excellence preferred

• Preference of three (3) years of experience in Biologics, Cell, or Gene Therapy operations and production

• Four (4) years of experience leading team improvement efforts in production facilities required

• Experience in a GMP regulated environment required

• Certification in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or similar

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work with people at all levels of the organization, including the executive leadership team

• Ability to successfully prioritize, and manage large, complex projects, deadlines, and tasks with little supervision in both team and independent environment

Pay

The anticipated salary range for this position in Maryland is $223,760 - $307,670 plus variable incentive compensation.