Operations Manager
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Associate Director – Parenteral Operations Expansion
Eli Lilly and Company
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Pleasant Prairie • Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $118,500 - $173,800 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Responsible for the staffing, training, and leadership of the operations group supporting asset delivery, process development, operational readiness, start up, and validation of the Kenosha parenteral expansion
- Lead all aspects of the day-to-day activities of their operational area as well as planning for the 3 - 6-month horizon
- Provide coaching to others in the areas of safety, quality, operational execution, sterility assurance, and continuous improvement
- Support Site Leadership to build a diverse and capable site organization by delivering area operational procedures, quality processes and controls for the Parenteral manufacturing area
- Responsible for a work force of approximately 25 - 50 individuals on various shifts, with multiple shift supervisors reporting directly to them
- Ensure consistency of operations across shifts through active engagement on the shop floor and through Gemba walks and Practice vs. Procedure evaluations
- Provide leadership and develop objectives to deliver Business Plan Goals as it relates to production volumes, financial, safety, quality, stewardship, and people
- Maintain metrics to measure performance against business objectives and make needed changes to improve performance
- Participate in the development and implementation of strategies associated with the area sponsoring or supporting initiatives: Continuous Improvement, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Failure Modes Effect Analysis (FMEA), Operational Standards for Supply Chain Excellence (OSSCE)
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a science, engineering, or pharmaceutical related field of study
- 5+ years experience working in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
- 2+ years management or leadership experience including leading or working effectively with a cross functional group
- Solid understanding of basic requirements of regulatory agencies such as the FDA, EMEA, DEKRA, and OSHA
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills (preferred)
- Strong technical aptitude and ability to train and mentor others (preferred)
- Previous experience in operations (preferred)
- Previous experience in automated, semi-automated inspection, and manual inspection (preferred)
- Previous experience with highly automated equipment (preferred)
- Previous experience with creation of Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions etc. (preferred)
- Previous experience with equipment design documentation reviews (preferred)
- Previous facility or area start up experience (preferred)
- Previous equipment qualification and process validation experience (preferred)
- Previous experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems and electronic batch release (preferred)
- Previous experience with Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) Warehouses or AGVs (preferred)
- Previous experience in statistical process control and Six Sigma concepts (preferred)
- Previous experience with documentation, deviation and change management systems (e.g., Trackwise, Veeva QualityDocs) (preferred)
Benefits
- eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k)
- pension
- vacation benefits
- eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
- flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts)
- life insurance and death benefits
- certain time off and leave of absence benefits
- well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
pharmaceutical manufacturingregulatory complianceprocess validationequipment qualificationStandard Operating Proceduresstatistical process controlSix Sigmaautomated inspectionmanual inspectioncontinuous improvement
Soft skills
leadershipcoachinginterpersonal communicationwritten communicationoral communicationmentoringorganizational skillsteam managementcross-functional collaborationperformance measurement