MS&T Associate Director

at  Teva Pharmaceuticals

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MS&T Associate Director
Date: Jan 27, 2025
Location:Bucharest, Romania, 011171
Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals
Job Id: 60481

WHO WE ARE

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

EDUCATION

High specialized studies: engineering (chemical, pharmaceutical, mechanical), pharmaceutical, chemical or equivalent sciences.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 7-10 years of professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry, preferably including management experience
• Advanced knowledge in manufacturing and packaging processes and in pharmaceutical technologies, experience in product formulation, knowledge and experience with technologies used in the factory
• Deep knowledge of chemical/pharmaceutical production operations/ lifecycle, production equipment/ validation and relevant technologies and product types
• Experience and knowledge of Research & Development processes
• Knowledge of OPEX principles and lean manufacturing tools
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements, validation and documentation requirements for product development, commercial production and transfer
• Deep knowledge of cGMP requirements of local and major international authorities like EMA and US FDA for products and process
• Good knowledge of environmental, health and safety requirements for manufacturing
• Good knowledge of English (written, spoken)
• Experience in leading, inspiring and coaching teams
• Experience developing and implementing and continuously improve existing and new, efficient, and effective business processes
• Well organized, able to delegate and adapt as well as to lead change.

• Responsible for product introduction and transfer from R&D sites, other Teva factories or external factories for collaborative products
• Validates products to ensure commercial viability in accordance with regulatory requirements in accordance with cGMP requirements
• Conducts evaluation, remediation and optimization of products and processes using statistical tools and ensures safety, quality, delivery and cost standards. Improves productivity by exploring, analyzing and capitalizing on initiatives to increase the efficiency of the manufacturing process. Supports the continuous improvement of MS&T processes via operational excellence and relevant tools.
• Ensures that changes to an existing process or the introduction of a new process are performed and documented in accordance with controlled change procedures and in accordance with cGMP standards.
• Collaborates closely with R&D to provide data during formulation development and to coordinate the transfer of knowledge from R&D to Production for effective and efficient production
• Create bridges between R&D, Quality, EHS, Production, Supply and Technical areas to ensure a common understanding of the objectives and ensure a robust and correct manufacturing process
• Coordinates the site MS&T team, identifies, recruits, develops and hires professionals to provide technical support, implements leadership practices to ensure high performance of the MS&T team, implementing Teva values at all levels.
• Member of the site leadership team. Serves as an influential member of the site leadership team, participates in decision-making and takes an active role in promoting cross-plant initiatives, teamwork and collaboration across plant functions
• Member of the professional community and the global network in Teva. Brings global best practices to the site level and actively shares site perspective, knowledge and lessons learned to contribute to and support the best professional initiatives for global MS&T.