Production Manager

at  Bimeda

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Production Manager is responsible for the proactive management of a sterile manufacturing facility in accordance with safety regulations, cGMP, and regulatory compliance. A dynamic hands-on leader with the ability to drive performance by the development of employees through accountability, standards, continuous improvement; leads by example as a technical expert in the sterile and non-sterile production processes and facilities. Intuitive solutionist to the requirements of the business with a good understanding of supply chain, operations and/or any other factors that may result in productions delays, while maintaining quality, compliance and standards of delivery; through efficient and effective, planning, directing and co-ordination of all production and maintenance activities. This role has 5 supervisors reporting directly to the Production Manager as well as 75 indirect, unionized employees.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Essential:

• 5 – 7 years of bio-pharmaceutical experience, with 3 years of leadership experience directly within drug product manufacturing that includes aseptic and sterile filling environments.
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Life Sciences.
• Effective at working in fast-paced environments, specifically in a leadership capacity to facilitate objective decision making.
• Ability to perform departmental capacity analysis to recommend short and long-term strategies.
• Strong general understanding of parenteral drug manufacturing with expertise in Health Canada, US FDA and EU regulations.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR ROLE

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS – is the process of developing social connections. This is a fundamental business competency that is the basis for reputation, influencing, closing deals and sustaining business relationships.
FOSTERING COLLABORATION/TEAMWORK- is the ability to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor; the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team; as a team leader, the ability to demonstrate interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together. Builds partnerships for global performance. Respects others.
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION - Is the ability to convey information to another effectively and efficiently, to listen – help facilitate sharing of information between people. It is about understanding the emotional intention behind the information. The ability to express oneself clearly in conversations, confirm understanding, communicate using data and facts. Exhibit willingness to listen, and show respect for oneself and others in interactions with others. express oneself clearly in verbal and business writing.
TRUSTWORTHY – able to be relied on as honest and truthful. Someone who is reliable, responsible and can be trusted completely.
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT – involves the business practice of identifying, analyzing, and improving existing processes to optimize performance.
CHANGE AGILITY/ADAPTABILITY – The ability to demonstrate support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve the organization’s effectiveness; initiating, sponsoring, and implementing organizational change. The ability to change or be changed in order to fit or work better on some situation or purpose, and embraces change. Strives for continuous improvement.
DEALING WITH AMBIGUITY– The ability to be comfortable with change and uncertainty. The ability to deal with fuzzy problems with limited data and with no clear solutions. The ability to juggle several projects or to not bring closure to one project because of business changing needs.
ENGAGEMENT, DRIVE AND EMPOWERMENT - The ability to convey confidence in employee’s ability to be successful, especially at challenging new tasks; delegating significant responsibility and authority to engage employees; allowing employees freedom to decide how they will accomplish their goals and resolve issues.