You will coordinate inspection and packaging operations for sterile pharmaceutical products and provide appropriate technical support to inspection and packaging teams to sustain and improve these processes. You will ensure flawless execution throughout each assigned packaging campaign, focusing on the fundamentals of safety, quality, supply, and cost. This includes maintaining line clearance, inspection and packaging procedures, defect detection, and AQL sampling in compliance with cGMP and FDA requirements. Cost Improvement Projects (CIP) development will also be a key part of your role.
As a Team Leader, you will lead the inspection and packaging work teams within your division, including the people, technical, and financial resources of the team. Thanks to your technical skills, you will coach your reports on day-to-day inspection and packaging activities, such as visual inspection, defect classification, inspector qualification, and documentation practices. You will be relied on to solve complex problems within your area of expertise and support deviations, investigations, and process improvements on the packaging line.
It is your hard work and focus on inspection and packaging excellence that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help deliver safe, high-quality products to patients across the globe.
How You Will Achieve It
Manage multiple projects and ongoing work activities within a team.
Monitor and manage the efforts of subordinate colleagues to achieve delivery of
short-term goals.
Schedule staffing to meet customer needs and schedule attainment, within budget guidelines.
Facilitate regulatory and customer audit tours and complete operational quality, environmental, and safety incident investigations.
Responsible for providing audit responses and implementing corrective actions in accordance with due dates.
Sponsors monthly unit meetings and helps champion unit Zero Defects initiatives including Quality, Environment, Health & Safety Supply and cost.
Represent the organization in providing solutions to difficult issues associated with specific problems.
Have responsibility for the co-ordination, planning and execution of all Process Changeovers in your assigned multi-product manufacturing facility with the highest safety and quality standards.
Operate within established HR policies and guidelines.
Engage in colleague development, including timely performance feedback and appraisal.
Use functional knowledge and Pfizer-specific principles, theories, concepts and practices to improve operations.
Here's What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR a master's degree with 0+ years of experience;
OR an associate's degree with 6 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 8 years of relevant experience
Demonstrated ability to manage and plan budgets
Demonstrated ability to deliver improvements to site performance with the use of Lean and Six Sigma tools
Strong technical, analytical and problem solving skills
Demonstrated problem solving and business decision making
Contact with outside organizations and customers. Strong people management experience
Excellent people and communication skills to provide guidance and support to their teams which enables their teams to grow and develop
Computer Skills, such as Microsoft Applications, willingness to learn and utilize System Application and Products Quality Tracking Systems
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
Relevant pharmaceutical industry experience
Previous experience in a Good Manufacturing Practices {also cGMP} manufacturing environment
Familiarity and experience with mammalian cell culture, protein purification and/or solution formulation
Physical and Mental Requirements
This role is based on a controlled manufacturing environment and combines hands-on floor presence with detailed, compliance-driven work. The requirements below are typical for a…