Description:
Reporting directly to the Operations and Supply Chain Manager, the Production Supervisor is an essential member of the pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Canada. This position is responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient production of premium quality pharmaceutical products, while upholding rigorous standards. Exceptional leadership and coaching skills will enable to empower the team, leading them to achieve optimal performance.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in developing the strategy for our new pharmaceutical site and shape the future of our operations in North America.
The Role
- Meet daily production objectives and manage each shift with respect to production efficiencies, effectively utilizing corporate resources, labor, equipment, and materials.
- Supervise a team of hourly employees involving a high level of engagement with team members.
- Meet daily and long-term safety, quality, efficiency, uptime, cost, and Quality Control objectives and ensure regulatory compliance with respect to GMP and ensure compliance with respect to companies’ SOP’s (Standard Operation Procedures).
- Assist in trouble shooting/investigations to address off-standard results.
- Maintain safety, health, and environmental procedures. Identify, investigate, correct and document potential environmental and safety problems. Utilize Risk Assessment strategies as appropriate to drive continuous improvement in safety.
- Schedule resources including manpower, machinery, and materials to meet or exceed budget requirements and resolve work problems and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality.
- Must be able to work extended hours, weekends as needed, especially when problems occur or when deadlines must be met.
- Perform other duties as required.
The Candidate
- A bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience may also be considered.
- Minimum 3+ years’ experience in leading and supervising a team in a manufacturing environment, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity. The candidate should have excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to effectively manage a diverse workforce and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, including quality control, supply chain, engineering, and other departments. The candidate should be able to communicate clearly and professionally with team members at all levels of the organization.
- Strong organizational and time management skills to prioritize tasks, allocate resources effectively, and meet production schedules. The candidate should be able to handle multiple priorities and work efficiently in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
- The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard.
- Use of manual dexterity is required.
- The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, bend, or twist, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
- There is also the potential exposure to chemicals.