Job Description: Senior Manufactoring Manager
Position Overview:
This role is responsible for managing and executing total quality management systems within the External Supply organization, focusing on Raw Materials Categories, Devices, and Contract Manufacturing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Execute activities related to nonconformance, CAPA, SICAR, Change Control, and metrics oversight.
- Act as the category owner for quality records and procedures.
- Process and investigate deviations as first responders, ensuring timely resolution under the company's quality management system procedures and compliance with regulatory agencies.
- Monitor deviations, investigate root causes, and determine corrective and preventive actions to address trends or modify existing manufacturing or packaging processes.
- Maintain unified product defect investigation operating procedures and provide technical expertise to optimize deviation management and prevent recurrence.
- Ensure systems are in place for thorough investigation and timely conclusion of all deviations per company quality standards.
- Communicate across all organizational levels, facilitate solutions for critical business issues, and define objectives to enable effective metric generation and reporting.
- Serve as the primary point of contact between Site Plant Quality and the corporate Supplier Quality Management team to ensure the quality of raw materials.
- Assist in developing workforce model criteria to support department needs and business initiatives.
Basic Qualifications:
- Master's degree and 6 years of Quality and/or Manufacturing experience
- Bachelor's degree and 8 years of Quality and/or Manufacturing experience
- Associate's degree and 10 years of Quality and/or Manufacturing experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- 6+ years of related work experience in manufacturing, process development, or quality assurance in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
- Demonstrated experience with compliance, problem-solving, advanced root cause analysis, critical thinking, project management, and quality systems.
- Understanding of quality management systems and quality control processes related to raw materials in clinical and commercial operations.
- In-depth knowledge of EU and US cGMP regulations.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, present data effectively, and communicate clearly.
- Proven ability to coordinate and lead cross-functional project teams, delivering results on schedule.
- Strong problem-solving skills to navigate ambiguity and provide structured solutions.
- Familiarity with operational excellence techniques, emphasizing root cause analysis.
- Proficiency in tools such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, MS Project, and Trackwise.
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