Job Description

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

Your strong communication skills will come in play when you convey supervisors' instructions and production schedules in accomplishing a variety of tasks, such as meeting quality, accountability, security, productivity and safety requirements. You will ensure that all activities are completed based on Standard

Operating Procedures, batch records, Current Good Manufacturing Practices and plant procedures. You will serve as the first line manager within the Gelfoam Organization, directing first shift work activities of hourly colleague in an assigned operational area of the site to including both graded spaced and environmentally controlled areas.

As a Team leader, you will be involved in overseeing work teams within a division. You will lead the technical resources of the team. Thanks to your technical skills, you will coach your direct reports on day to day activities. You will be relied on to solve complex problems within your area of expertise.

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

How You Will Achieve It

• Supervise colleague work activities in the Gelfoam Organization in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) as well as all federal, state, and local environmental and safety regulations.

• Actively engage in colleague development, including timely performance feedback/appraisals as well as through other aspects of the performance management process.

• Ensure colleague training is maintained and in compliance with appropriate procedures, specifications and standards.

• Assist in ensuring units are manufactured to forecasted volume with the appropriate resources. 

• Schedules staffing, optimizing labor available to meet required product demands of customers within budgeted guidelines, communicating with and recommending actions to leadership as needed.

• Collaborates cross-functionally with Quality, Maintenance, Warehouse and other production personnel to ensure information is properly shared and production remains on schedule.

• Completes operational quality, environmental, and safety incident investigations as required.

• Actively partners with others, sharing knowledge, problem solving, and implementing solutions to issues on the manufacturing floor.

• Identifies process improvements and supports continuous improvement initiatives related to compliance, safety and production to minimize risk, ensure product quality and reduce waste through the application of OpEx and IMEx principles.

• Anticipates and reacts to shortages of material, equipment, personnel, and space to meet schedule and maintain inventory.

• Reviews batch records, supports release of production lots and ensures product meets quality and quantity standards.

• Maintains and improves labor standards as it relates to having the proper number of colleagues assigned to each line per the line standards to meet staffing and financial guidelines.

• Champions a safety culture by aiding in the establishment of safety rules and instruction. Adheres to safety requirements.  Reports events to EH&S. Ensures events are contained and appropriate steps are taken to mitigate risk to product and the manufacturing environment.

• Provides continuous GMP coaching to ensure procedures and policies are followed and ensure the quality of the product.

• Assists manager with special projects and other duties as assigned or needed.

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 bachelors with at least 3 years of experience OR Masters with more than 1 year of experience.

• Education and prior pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing experience required for this role. Prior experience includes strong knowledge, support and capability related to manufacturing operations, methods and practices. Qualifying military experience may also be considered in lieu of industrial experience.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to stand upright for several consecutive hours absent of any medical restrictions which could restrict completion of required duties.  

• Able to stand and frequently walk between production centers/areas to supervise operations.

• Frequent time in both manufacturing and office environments.  

• The manufacturing environment includes equipment with moving parts. 

• Must be able to perform gowning requirements for entry in the manufacturing areas.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Occasional travel may be required for specific projects or training.

Relocation support available

Work Location Assignment: On Premise

Other Job Details:

• Last Date to Apply for Job: April 3, 2023

• Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.