Manager / TL Packaging & Warehouse - 2nd Shift

Use Your Power for Purpose
At Pfizer, we believe that every role contributes to our mission of improving patients' lives.  Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting the upkeep of systems, engineering is crucial to ensuring customers and patients receive the medicines they need.

What You Will Achieve

Your expertise in the Inspection, Packaging & Warehouse domain will help in providing operations to ensure the final product is carried out in an efficient, effective, safe and compliant manner. As a manager, your breadth of knowledge on internal or external business challenges will help us improve our products, processes and services. Your will guide us to lead projects by meeting objectives and preparing forecasts for resource requirements. Your risk-taking ability will help us advance new concepts and methodologies. You will provide technical guidance and oversight to team members and help in problem solving.

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

Role Summary:

Successful candidate will lead a team of operations colleagues in the Packaging, Inspection & Warehouse of Sterile Injectable products.  Candidate will demonstrate personal leadership, initiative, judgement, and accountability in day-to-day work activities in addition to exhibiting strong planning/organizational skills.  Must possess strong communication skills and demonstrate integrity and cooperation in working with diverse colleagues/groups. 

Role Responsibilities:

• Responsible for effective leadership of assigned operations team which includes ensuring:  the safety of team members and the operation, cGMP’s are followed, production SOP’s are upheld, and production schedules are met. 
• The Manager/TL will work with the team to define metrics and strategy to achieve results.  Manager/TL will act as coach and mentor to transform team into a cohesive, harmonized team.  Responsible for counseling colleagues to assure proper development for their success, supporting all colleagues to ensure they each reach their full potential, and to provide corrective action when necessary.  Provide an environment that encourages creativity, innovative ideas, and engagement.  Manager/TL is also responsible to ensure timely performance feedback and appraisals for all team members. 
• Position is responsible for the Packaging, Inspection & Warehouse of Sterile Injectable products within the Rochester site.  Will work within a team of Managers, and technical staff supporting the site. 
• Strong teamwork and technical skills required.  Will troubleshoot and solve production process problems with processes or equipment already in operation.
• Requires understanding of compliance, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, biological, biochemical, medical and microbiological factors. 
• Responsible for leading team in identifying and implementing efficiency, safety, quality and cost improvements on equipment and processes.   Possesses the ability to critically analyze manufacturing and filling processes for reproducibility, ruggedness, and root cause failure investigations of day-to-day operations.  Requires developing strategies and systems to improve process performance.  Ability to work in cross-functional teams with focus on deliverables, timelines, and meeting customer expectations and requirements. 
• Candidate will lead Operational Excellence initiatives (i.e. Kanban, M1 investigations, GB certification, etc.), develop operational excellence skills of colleagues, and drive a culture of continuous improvement with their team. 
• Understanding and application of industry, functional and Pfizer-specific principles, theories, concepts and practices.  General knowledge of other related disciplines.  Knowledge of basic leadership principles. Focus is on leading/overseeing defined processes and production colleagues, which may require deep, detailed knowledge.
• Provide solutions to a wide range of difficult/complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity, innovation, and creativity. May refer to precedents and policies.
• Able to gather, analyze and interpret information and identify cause and effect relationships.  Solutions are imaginative, practical, thorough, and in line with organization objectives.  Able to adapt and respond positively to situations and people in order to meet changing work unit priorities.  Operates within established HR policies and basic colleague relations guidelines.

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of
  experience; OR a master's degree with at least 2 years o