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\xe2\x80\x99s 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 support Pfizer as part of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Operations area. As a Team leader, you will be involved in leading work teams within a division. You will lead the people, technical and financial resources of the team. Thanks to your technical skills, you will coach your direct reports on day-to-day activities.

The successful candidate will supervise colleagues and temporary contract workers who are engaged in the production of APIs for pharmaceutical or biotechnology products in compliance with good manufacturing practice (GMP) guidelines, and federal, state, and local Environmental and Safety Regulations.

You will provide appropriate technical support to process teams to sustain and improve the processes. Responsible for some operational quality, environmental, and safety incident investigations. You will ensure flawless execution throughout each assigned campaign, focusing on the fundamentals of safety, quality, supply and cost.

Your responsibility within the unit will include assuring that the unit manufactures the forecasted volume with the appropriate resources. You will review batch records, support release of production lots, and will assist in the execution of Pre/Post Campaign Reviews. You will also actively engage in colleague development, including timely performance feedback and appraisal.

You will be relied on to solve complex problems within your area of expertise. You will also champion various aspects of our IMEx journey including leading/co-leading efforts related to standard work and, in conjunction with other shifts.

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

How You Will Achieve It

Monitor and manage the efforts of subordinate colleagues to achieve delivery of short-term goals.

Engage in colleague development, including timely performance feedback and appraisal.

Schedule staffing to meet customer needs and schedule attainment, within budget guidelines.

Operate within established HR policies and guidelines.

Have responsibility for the co-ordination, planning and execution the production schedule and all process changeovers in your assigned multi-product manufacturing facility with the highest safety and quality standards.

Facilitate regulatory and customer audit tours and complete operational quality, environmental, and safety incident investigations.

Responsible for providing audit responses and implementing corrective actions in accordance with due dates.

Manage multiple projects and ongoing work activities within a team.

Sponsors unit meetings and helps champion unit initiatives that impact Quality, Environment, Health & Safety Supply and cost.

Represent the organization in providing solutions to difficult issues associated with specific problems.

Use functional knowledge and Pfizer-specific principles, theories, concepts and practices to improve operations.

Qualifications

Must-Have

Applicant must have HS Diploma with 8 years of relevant experience OR

An Associate\'s degree with 6 years of experience OR

A Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree with at least 3 years of experience OR

A Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree with more than 1 year of experience.

Education and prior manufacturing experience required for this role.

Prior experience includes strong knowledge, support and capability related to manufacturing operations, methods, and practices.

Prior experience to include providing Qualifying Military experience may also be considered in lieu of industrial experience.

Demonstrated ability to manage and plan budgets.

Demonstrated ability to deliver improvements to site performance with the use of Lean and Six Sigma tools.

Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Demonstrated problem solving and business decision making.

Contact with outside organizations and customers. Strong people management experience.

Excellent people and communication skills to provide guidance and support to their teams which enables their teams to grow and develop.

Computer Skills, such as Microsoft Applications, willingness to learn and utilize SAP, QTS, and other computer systems.

Nice-to-Have

Relevant pharmaceutical industry experience

Previous experience in a Good Manufacturing Practices {also cGMP} manufacturing environment

Experiencing a GMP and PSM covered environment.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

Physical Demands:

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.

Requires lifting, sitting, standing, walking, stair climbing and roof access.

Must be available to support 24/7 \xe2\x80\x93 365 operations.

Work Environment:

Office environment, with frequent time in the manufacturing areas.

Possible exposure to high noise environments, solvents, and pharmaceutical ingredients.

Use of hearing and eye protection is required.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Role supports a 24-hour production environment.

This position is primarily night shift (7pm - 7am). However, to accommodate unit and site meeting schedules, some flexibility is expected.

Weekend and holiday coverage may be required.

Work Location Assignment: On Premise

Other Job Details:

Last Date to Apply for Job: June 8, 2023

Eligible for Employee Referral Bonus

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\xe2\x80\x99s 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.

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