- Manage and supervise the manufacturing/packing of products
- Manage production frontline staff and drive shift production performance against key metrics
- Ensure production problems are identified and solved
- Deliver planned production output and achieve plan adherence goal
- Deliver operational efficiencies and reduce unplanned downtime
- Performance management of direct reports, monitoring of performance management within section
- Support pharmaceutical responsibility, if a qualified pharmacist
Planning and Section Management
- Provide input into operational planning of section, and prioritisation of objectives
- Provide input into, interpret and execute policies and procedures
- Provide input into and manage budgets and resource requirements for section
- Plan daily and weekly activities of section
- Provide daily coaching and supervision for section
- Manage staff performance to achieve right efficiency, good quality and SHE goals through company performance management
- Implement top loss and waste management programs, to achieve targets
- Monitor the execution of production plans and take corrective measures where necessary
- Obtain support from Functional Heads to meet Production targets, where required
- Develop and implement contingency plans to manage risk
- Prepare shift and overtime schedules
- Conduct pre-shift and handover meetings
- Plan changeovers with Engineering and Maintenance to ensure operational efficiency
- Review equipment/ machines on shift to ensure optimal efficiency
- Ensure that production score boards are updated daily
- Ensure GMP and GDP compliance of Production operations
- Monitor room performance to compliance requirements
- Perform checks to ensure correct setup and operation of equipment and cleanliness of Plant as per SOP
- Provide input for improvement of risk-based compliance systems
- Monitor implementation and correct own and/or team compliance
Background/experience
- Bachelors degree in Pharmacy/Engineering/ Chemistry/ Operations with 5 years related experience
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing experience
- Project Management experience
- Supervisory experience
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of Pharmaceutical manufacturing, TPM/Operational Excellence and Lean Manufacturing
- Problem solving and solution engineering
- Pharmaceutical standards and compliance requirements
- Coaching, leadership and mentoring
- Ability to interpret and implement policies, processes and objectives
- Managing performance
- Planning and organising
- Meeting deadlines
- Finalising outputs
- Taking action
