Team Lead (Supervisor) - Logistics

The Team Lead, Logistics is responsible for overseeing designated warehouse areas. This role ensures that production schedules are supported, operating within approved budgets and labor/material standards at the lowest possible cost, while meeting all necessary cGMP, Quality, and Safety requirements. It will be key for this leader to demonstrate a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

As a leader you will cultivate and reinforce appropriate Pfizer values and behaviors and will provide oversight to individuals and teams on professional development, performance, and quality related issues. This position will report to the Sr. Manager, Logistics.  

It is your dedication and hard work that will make it possible for Pfizer’s customers and patients to receive the medicines they need, when they need them. 

What You Will Achieve

• Ensures that production schedules are supported, operating within approved budgets and within labor and material standards at the lowest possible cost, meeting all necessary cGMP, Quality and Safety requirements.

• Assist the business unit manager with projects, reports, and other assigned duties.

• Provides management direction of Logistics colleagues within the associated areas of general warehouse areas

• Ensures adequate training is complete and evaluates performance to maximize the efficiency of area personnel.

• Actively engage in colleague development, including timely performance feedback/appraisals as well as through other aspects of the performance management process (i.e. 1:1s, IDPs).

• Evaluate the logistics/warehouse processes for efficiencies and make improvement recommendations to area management.

• Schedules staffing, optimizing labor available to meet required demands of customers for general warehouse areas, communicating with and recommending actions to leadership as needed.

• Ensure staffing completes cycle counts and warehouse transactions in a timely manner.

• Support production goals as needed.

• Collaborates cross-functionally with other areas of the site to ensure information is properly shared and production remains supported.

• Identifies process improvements and supports continuous improvement initiatives related to compliance, safety and production to minimize risk, ensure product quality and reduce waste through the application of OpEx and IMEx principles.

• Reviews documentation and supports as needed to ensure product meets quality standards.

• Evaluate any potential delays or disruptions in the support of the production schedule and make recommendations to area management to resolve the issues.

• Complete all documentation associated with the process.

• Anticipates and reacts to shortages of material, equipment, personnel, and space to schedule and maintain inventory.

• Assure adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices and company regulations.

• Determines material flows, processes, and procedures related to general warehouses storage/areas.

• Expedites workflow and coordinates changes in support of production schedules.

• Changes the characteristics of material by chemical means or performs the following functions working with material: heating/cooling, bonding, laminating, plating, etching, engraving, production painting, silk screening, molding plastics, glass working, and chemical processing.

• Level of Technical Scope include SAP, PDOCS, EAMS, PLOGS, CLAN, EQMS, IPL, RDOCS.

• Maintain consistent cross training of colleagues increasing Technical Skills to meet the level of Job Scope.

• Responsible for continuous improvement including operational systems, processes, and policies.  

• Implement and maintain integrated manufacturing excellence (IMEx) lean manufacturing system 

• Incorporate Operational Excellence elements into the organization through visual management, production performance and metrics, six sigma and lean principles 

• Ensures that all procedures and practices are consistent with industry and Pfizer standards.  

• Manages warehouse initiatives both on-site and off-site. 

• Supports investigations, audits, CAPA, and change management as needed.

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of experienc