Director of Manufacturing

Would you like to join an international team working to improve the future of healthcare? Do you want to enhance the lives of millions of people? Grifols is a global healthcare company that since 1909 has been working to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. We are leaders in plasma-derived medicines and transfusion medicine and develop, produce and market innovative medicines, solutions and services in more than 110 countries and regions.

The Director, Manufacturing is responsible for the Manufacturing process areas: Processed Plasma for Diagnostics, Cell Culture Clean Room and Whole Blood processes. Defibrination, Delipidization, Dialysis, Filtration, Protein Concentration, Reactive material manipulation, Packaging or Filling, which involves the development and design operations of engineering and manufacturing.

 

• Directs the continuous shift/multiple process manufacturing operations for the respective areas.
• Assures adequate resources are available for safe, cGMP compliant production through appropriate planning and allocation of technical and human resources.
• Assures and maintains harmonious relations with all employees and other departments to maintain high employee morale.
• Improves manufacturing cost effectiveness by employing technologies and monitoring and controlling of yield, spending, write-offs, and other variances.
• Assures a high level of safety awareness and performance by providing training and leadership in the prevention of accidents.
• Coordinates with support groups such as QA, process Validation, RA and Engineering to resolve issues affecting production and/or successful product release.
• Manages the establishment of manufacturing policies, systems, and procedures for production.
• Improves product quality and maintains compliance with respective federal and international regulations for cGMP's, governmental compliance and corporate standards.
• Meets all production and release requirements, maximizing yields and efficiency and minimizing quality problems. 
• Assures the appropriate methodologies, practices, and technologies are brought to the manufacturing process.
• Interacts routinely with senior leaders across the Grifols organization, leading technical experts, and division heads of major functional areas in directing the operation. Demonstrates high levels of value and integrity. Instills company visions, values and beliefs in others by example.  Actively pursues and manages process optimization, project management. Proactively develops positive employee and community relations. Provides leadership and strategy for compliance programs and issues.

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• B.S. degree in Science, Engineering or related area
• Minimum of 12 years of pharmaceutical management experience with increasing responsibilities or MS Degree with 10+ years or Ph.D. with 8 years and at least 7 years managing a significant size manufacturing operation.

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

Thorough knowledge of FDA and international regulatory, quality and cGMP regulations.  Project Management experience.  Must have strong technical writing skills.  Strong interpersonal skills with ability to interact with all levels of personnel in a professional manner.  Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.  Ability to analyze detail and perform structured decision-making on a daily basis.

 

The pay scale for a Director of Manufacturing based in Vista, CA is $188,605 - $282,907/yr. This position is eligible to participate in up to 30% of the company bonus pool. We offer benefits including medical, PTO, up to 5% 401K match, and tuition reimbursement. We are committed to offering our employees opportunities for professional growth and career progression. Even though we are a global healthcare company with employees in 30 countries, Grifols prides itself on its family-like culture. Our company has more than tripled its workforce in the last 10 years — we’re growing, and you can grow with us!

 

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