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SalaryWhy 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. It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
Sanford North is recently a new Pfizer facility that serves as a Clinical, Commercial, and Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) site. It is designed to cater to the diverse needs of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and life sciences industries, offering comprehensive services across various staged of drug development and manufacturing.
What You Will Achieve
The Operations Supervisor will be responsible for all aspects of Operations Support processes utilizing current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). The Operations Support team produces and supplies medias, buffers, and equipment kits to all manufacturing areas in accordance with the production schedule and performs all aspects of GMP cleaning within the manufacturing areas.
How You Will Achieve It
- Supervise the day-to-day production, scheduling, staffing, material management, compliance, training, and auditing activities related to Operations Support department.
- Develop and manage the Operations Support schedules, ensuring production goals are met.
- Oversee and coordinate the Operations Support process, ensuring that products are manufactured to the highest quality standards.
- Enforce Regulatory compliance.
- Resolve technical, material, and cGMP issues.
- Revise initiate and review Deviation, Batch Production Records (BPRs), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Troubleshoots operational and equipment problems and makes recommendations. Also coordinates emergency repairs, changeovers, and preventative maintenance activities with the facilities group.
- Ensure that all Operations Support equipment’s are properly maintained and serviced.
- Manage inventory levels for buffer and media components are finished products.
- Participate in Internal or External audits as SME for department.
- Monitor Operations Support metrics and report on progress to Manager.
- Endure that all safety protocols and regulations are followed.
- Exemplifies a growth mindset to others and passionate about learning and open to feedback.
- Operates to the highest ethical and moral standards.
- Thrives in a dynamic, diverse, inclusive, team-centric work environment.
- Believes in shared accountability across functions and levels.
- Exhibits organized, resourceful, and thoughtful characteristics.
- Displays and exemplifies an ownership mindset of their responsible area.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Applicant must have a High School Diploma (or Equivalent) and 8 years of relevant experience OR an Associate's degree with 6 years of experience OR a Bachelor's with at least 3 years of experience OR Masters with more than 1 year of experience.
- Demonstrated experience in a GMP pharmaceutical or biotech environment.
- Knowledge and skill with biologics manufacturing processes and equipment.
- Leadership experience: leading groups, mentoring, motivate and effectively communicate instructions.
- Ability to safely operate production equipment in accordance with established practices.
- Working knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office Applications.
Nice-to-Have
- Degree in a life sciences background (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering)
- Skill using single-use technologies, including disposable systems.
- Experience interacting with regulatory agencies.
- Experience using ERP, QMS, or CMMS systems.
Physical/Mental Requirements
- Frequently lift and or move objects at least 30 pounds.
- Stand/walk for extended periods of time and ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Ability to follow detailed instructions and to maintain accurate records.
- Communicate and delegate skills to effectively coordinate floor operations with staff.
- Organization skills to prepare team for operating multiple projects.
- Ability to successfully multitask, when required.
Non-Standard Work Schedule, Travel, or Environment Requirements
- Schedule is Weekend Coverage (Fri,Sat,Sun,Mon), 10 hrs, (12:00 pm to 10:30 pm) but may require off-shift work on occasions.
- Ability to work a 12-hour rotating schedule with nights and weekends.
- Ability to travel up to 10%.
Other Job Details:
- Last day to Apply: March 13th, 2024
- Eligible for Relocation Assistance: NO
- Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
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. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
