Sr. Manager/TL, Vaccine Inspection Operations

Why Patients Need You

Our breakthroughs would not make it to the hands of patients without our pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on a team of dedicated and agile members, who understand the importance and impact of their role in Pfizer’s mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and always look to improve outcomes. You will help to ensure that patients and physicians have the medicines they need, when they need them.

What You Will Achieve

You will be responsible for managing the compliance program and executing process improvement projects with a team of experts. You will be entrusted with taking the lead for regulatory and customer audits. As a Senior Manager, you will be setting the objectives for multiple projects in your division and managing their financial budgets. Your managerial and technical skills will help in guiding the people in your division.

Your understanding of the external marketplace and customer requirements will facilitate in instituting knowledge sharing practices in your team and outside.

You shall be relied on to manage operational activities and a team of colleagues to support the goals of the division and sets direction for its success.

It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

This position is a leader of leaders, responsible for a sizable multi-shift team whose primary focus is the inspection of vaccine products. Key accountabilities include production operation management, technical problem solving, financial oversight, safety and compliance leadership, and customer service to assure that production output meets the demands from the business.

How You Will Achieve It

• Set objectives for and manage multiple projects and ongoing work activities within division.
• Ensure that the teams are staffed to meet production requirements.
• Ensure that colleague training programs are suitable and effective to support Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) requirements.
• Define and implements strategy to achieve results as measured by established metrics, and to continuously improve operational performance.
• Interact frequently with regulatory auditors as a strategist to represent operations and as the lead tour strategist for areas of responsibility.
• Work across multiple departments in Operations and manage competing priorities and requirements, including performing functional responsibilities.
• Support regulatory audits.
• Create, monitor and is responsible for achieving department's budget.
• Interact with department's assigned representatives of all divisions to ensure the operation's manufacturing needs, regulatory standards, and company policies are met.
• Monitor, report, and react accordingly to production variance reports.
• Work collaboratively with others to gain agreement on a course of action.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

This position is responsible for the leadership of a sizable multi-shift team whose primary focus is the inspection of vaccine products. This leader is also accountable for technical assessment of processes (including product transfers), maintaining a culture of compliance, and innovation within the assigned asset base. The Leader will need to guide the team through appropriate application of technical knowledge to troubleshoot activities, provide investigation support, analyze process data, and identify and implement process improvements. This position provides oversight of master scheduling, production planning, and daily scheduling functions. The position has a significant accountability for budget preparation, attainment, and product costing. The leader will guide a strong safety culture, continuous improvement activities, provide support for regulatory filings and qualifications. This position often interacts with regulatory audits as an SME and tour guide. The leader will drive appropriate capital investment strategies. Critical to success will be leading a successful IMEx process centric culture and providing ongoing coaching and development to sustain qualified Process Centric Teams. This leader must deliver change management guidance and coaching to support area colleagues. Reinforce cultural changes necessary to ensure successful implementation. This leader is directly responsible for driving team performance to meet and exceed production and financial targets while maintaining strong quality and safety compliance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Engineering, Pharmacy, or related science
• 7+ years of experience
• Previous experience as a manager of colleagues is required (minimum of 5 years) and experience leading first line supervisors andmanagers is preferred.
• Knowledge and/or experience in process excellence and performance improvement tools.
• Ability to assess data and make recommendations based on data.
• Ability to collaborate and influence others.
• Strong people management experience
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Knowledge and experience with applying and implementing Lean Principles.

Nice-to-Have

• Master's degree
• Relevant pharmaceutical industry experience

 
Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

Job will include standing, walking, and sitting. Occasional lifting may be required. Job will also entail occasional off-shift and weekend work. Because the position does hold ad hoc memberships on several corporate teams, travel to other Pfizer sites may be required infrequently.

This position will operate Primarily on First Shift, but will have direct reports supporting a 24/7 operation.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Occasional travel may be required for specific projects or training.

Aseptic gowning training may be required. 

Job will also require occasional weekend/evening work supporting a 24-hour/7 day operation.

Other Job Details:

• Last Date to Apply for Job: December 17, 2021
• Eligible for Relocation Package
• Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus

Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment.  As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.

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EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.  Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

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