Description
**Use Your Power for Purpose**
Our breakthroughs would not reach the hands of patients without our dedicated pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on agile members who understand the critical impact of their role in Pfizer’s mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and continuously strive to improve outcomes. Your efforts ensure that patients and physicians have timely access to the medicines they need.
**What You Will Achieve**
Responsible for 24/7 operational performance (across all shifts) of the production unit.
Production leader for the parenteral product manufacturing operation. Daily supervision of shift operations carried out by multiple direct and indirect subordinates (>10), with shared responsibilities among other supervisors, ensuring all operations are conducted in accordance with approved procedures, cGMP, and safety and environmental requirements.
Work 8-hour shifts, including mornings, afternoons, nights, weekends, and holidays.
Responsible for effective leadership of the work team, maintaining a high level of presence on the plant floor, including:
* Managing shift operations by enforcing applicable safety and environmental guidelines and policies; observing compliance with cGMP; verifying accurate adherence to production SOPs; overseeing batch record entries and documentation throughout the manufacturing process; and ensuring adherence to production schedules.
* Prioritizing and coordinating workflow. Confirming line adjustments, changeovers, inter-shift communication, timely line start-up and shutdown times, and operator assignment to various tasks.
* The supervisor will actively participate in Operational Excellence initiatives: guiding, supervising, and developing the team to foster continuous improvement of processes and product quality through application of OpEx principles. Encourages operators and other stakeholders in the area to propose ideas for achieving safer, more efficient operations. Sets realistic goals and clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions.
* The supervisor will collaborate on updating departmental SOPs when necessary and to address continuous improvement opportunities. The supervisor will be familiar with quality system requirements for implementing operational changes.
* The supervisor will update production metrics and parameters to ensure process robustness. Must be able to identify, using appropriate techniques, special-cause events or trends requiring additional action/escalation.
* The supervisor will immediately investigate all discrepancies and initiate event communication within process tasks. Participates in investigations (related to quality or safety) in collaboration with various stakeholders to determine root causes, provide solutions, and prevent recurrence.
* Identifies operator training needs and collaborates with Training to ensure those needs are met. Supports operator training on all departmental procedures and safety best practices.
* The supervisor is also responsible for contributing to timely feedback and performance evaluation of all team members.
* Maintains adequate inventory of materials and sterile materials used in the area to meet production needs. Responsible for ensuring maintenance of Parenteral production areas.
* Actively participates in validation/qualification activities.
* Comply with company-defined Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) requirements.
Required Profile:
* Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences, or high school diploma with more than 7 years of related experience in aseptic operations.
* Prior supervisory experience in production or related functions, ideally in aseptic environments.
* In-depth and detailed knowledge of processes and equipment, or ability to rapidly acquire such knowledge.
* Thorough understanding of cGMP (EU Annex 1 + FDA) and good documentation practices.
* Language skills: Fluency in Spanish (spoken and written) and good command of English required.
* Computer literacy, with proficiency in Excel and Minitab spreadsheets, as well as other corporate systems (SAP, PLS, QTS, etc.).
* Strong personal motivation and aptitude for training, leading, and managing individuals and teams.
* Demonstrated leadership ability, decision-making capability, and excellent oral and written communication skills.
**Worker Type:**
Indefinite-term contract
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Purpose
**Breakthroughs that change patients' lives**... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Flexibility
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
Disability Inclusion
Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!
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Manufacturing