Exton Site Leader - Exton, PA

dsm-firmenich • Exton, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Site Leader Location: Exton, PA We're looking to build our enthusiastic, passionate and committed team in Health, Nutrition & Care Biomedical! We're searching for Site Leader in our Exton, PA location. Here's an opportunity to bring your passion for manufacturing excellence and patient outcomes to help us bring progress to life. You'll be responsible for the overall leadership and daily oversight of the Exton Site, made up of three facilities located at Pennsylvania Drive (PD), Devon Park Drive (DPD) and Sierra Drive (SD), ensuring full compliance with Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) as well as quality and regulatory standards. You set and execute the Site's vision, goals, and objectives in alignment with the Vice President, Global Operations and the strategic direction of the Biomedical product lines. You have both direct and indirect leadership over the Site and across all site-related functions, whether through formal reporting lines or matrixed organizational structures, ensuring operational alignment and readiness to meet production and innovation goals. You'll establish and lead a cross-functional Site Leadership Team to drive cohesive governance and execution across key focus areas. You own accountability for Site-level cost management, performance metrics, contribute to overall Profit and Loss (P&L) and lead the development and execution of a Site asset strategy. Sound intriguing? Read on.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of experience in relevant manufacturing (medical device, pharmaceutical and/or specialty chemical) required
• Minimum 8 years of progressive leadership experience required
• Knowledge of quality requirements for a Class III medical device facility. (21CFR 820, ISO 9001, 13485, 14001, 45000).
• Transformational change agent and ability to break down silos and unify
• Influencing, mentoring and strong communication skills across all levels of the organization
• Bachelor's degree required

Nice To Haves

• Experience with clean room theory and operation is a plus

Responsibilities

• Develop and/or monitor Key Performance Indicators and ensure adequate management reporting on the performance of the area.
• Coordinate inter-departmental activities between the manufacturing or materials areas and other departments (for example, receiving new products from R&D groups, resolving inspection/quality issues with Quality Assurance; working closely with Supply Chain Management for materials/supply chain planning; identifying and communicating information related to variances, budgets and expense information with Finance). Ensure appropriate follow up is given.
• Continuously monitor skill sets and implement training & succession plans for managers and other personnel within the department. Ensure succession planning is executed.
• Manage key departmental financial requirements including budget expenses and variances.
• Identify needs, develop and implement plans for production capacity expansion as required.
• Monitor the execution of site manufacturing plan and take corrective actions, when necessary, to achieve agreed objectives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees