Senior Manager, Operations
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Plant Operations is a critical leadership role for our manufacturing site, responsible for delivering against all safety, quality, productivity, and financial expectations in the two or three strategic operations departments aligned with Pharmavite’s strategy, priorities, and values. This role has responsibility for establishing short and mid-term plans for the departments to enable delivery of the capabilities required to deliver business growth. He/she cultivates a high-performing, inclusive organization, so our diverse employees are engaged, energized, and empowered to deliver results together. He/she will work closely with the Director, Plant Operations, and could lead a team of 2 direct reports as well as partner with other department managers and cross-functional colleagues across the Supply Chain, Quality, and R&D, to manage ~350 employees and drive real benefit to Pharmavite.
Requirements
- Four-year college or university degree or its equivalent in Business, Engineering, or Science.
- Requires 10 years of progressive manufacturing leadership roles in a top-tier company.
- Experience working in other functions across the Supply Chain, such as Planning, Engineering, Technical Operations, Operational Excellence, or Sourcing.
- Comprehensive knowledge of SOPs and cGMPs in a related manufacturing environment.
- Hands-on experience with bringing new technologies and capital investments into existing manufacturing operations.
- Demonstrated ability to implement process improvement methodologies (e.g. LEAN, Six Sigma)
- Ability to think strategically, set a vision, implement at a tactical level, and deliver intended results.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, inspire, and develop people.
- Strong collaborative mindset and desire to work towards common goals.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- An MBA is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Role model the Pharmavite Purpose and Operating Values.
- Drive world-class health, safety, environmental, and quality performance every day.
- Lead and manage a positive team-oriented culture to motivate employees and maximize productivity; develop and coach leaders across a multi-shift, 24x7 operation.
- Establish clear priorities and implement management systems that deliver sustainable results in key performance metrics; leverage continuous improvement tools and work processes to deliver these results year on year.
- Exercises good judgment in decisions, controls the use of resources and costs.
- Develops and manages budgets well, meeting or exceeding labor and material standards.
- Partners with planning and scheduling resources to develop optimum production sequences to support reliable, predictable performance
- Implement industry best practices for manufacturing processes; build a ‘benchmark and reapply’ mindset, leveraging successes and lessons learned from and shared with other manufacturing sites.
- Responsible for full implementation of Tableting Supply Chain via Project Daybreak.
- Owns the development of a capacity plan for the packaging operation, to include reliability improvements along with capital investments
- Develop the execution plan and implement Career Path Progression (CPP) across the Opelika Site to establish a clear roadmap for employee career paths in operations.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401(k) match
- other wellness benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
