Packaging Team Leader

Life changing therapies. Global impact. Bridge to thousands of biopharma companies and their patients.

We are PCI. 

Our investment is in People who make an impact, drive progress and create a better tomorrow. Our strategy includes building teams across our global network to pioneer and shape the future of PCI.

The role

To ensure that targets are consistently met, and the plan is delivered in a timely manner. This is achieved through the management and leadership of your team, utilising a KPI and GMP metric system that focuses on Health and Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost whilst developing and installing a culture where Continuous Improvement is promoted. Be operationally responsible & accountable for your team and the manufacture of all products.  

Main responsibilities

• Ensure KPI targets are linked to and reported against the daily/weekly schedule. 

• Ensure any negative performance variances to target have been reviewed, actioned or escalated if necessary. 

• Ensure hourly/daily Gemba-walks/room support visits take place and are target-focussed.  

• Drive team to successful batch close & clean up. Ensuring batch documented completed RFT and in a timely manner. 

• Develop local ‘Room Action Plans’ to address shortfalls, or recovery plan to address why not achieving.  

• Develop & communicate area, team and individual objectives, goals & milestones. 

• Set target-driven room/team expectations at shift start. 

• Review Target v Actual with team at regular intervals throughout the shifts. 

• Develop and drive completion of short-term CI action plans for all activities in your department. 

• Ensure downtime is captured and reported. On identifying any trends, work with engineering to address. 

• Chair and effectively manage the shift/daily handover and mid-shift review meetings. 

• Define and drive completion of short, medium and long-term action plans to maintain the equipment and rooms to acceptable levels of GMP. 

• Ensure we are inspection ready at all times and maintain excellent level of housekeeping. 

• Use KPI performance data to coach/explain issues and formulate plans with room teams. 

• Ensure protocols are understood and followed if variance to manufacturing GMP procedure occurs. 

• Plan and drive execution update and maintenance of SOPs for the area. 

• Ensure Area CI Action Log updated & maintained for short/med/long term. 

• Develop Process Leads to ensure ‘ownership’ of role and individual development. 

• People Management including absence management, investigations, disciplinaries etc…  

• Proactively escalate any issue needing disciplinary action to the Production Manager. 

• Ensure a safe working environment at all times and escalate issue to management where appropriate. 

• Work closely with the internal customers to raise and complete any Quality or GMP documents in a timely manner.

• Develop and maintain training and skill levels to ensure a fully flexible workforce ensuring training files are up to date. 

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