Specialist Manufacturing

Cencora•Juncos, PR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today! Summary of Role: With minimal supervision, support the execution of manufacturing/quality systems such as non-conformances, process validation, procedures, training, and new product introductions. Apply process, operational, scientific expertise, basic compliance knowledge, and analytical and troubleshooting skills to support manufacturing operations. May serve as primary production process owner for process support systems and assist with process ownership responsibilities on more complex process systems.

Requirements

Doctorate degree OR Master's degree and 3 years of Manufacturing Operations experience OR Bachelor's degree and 5 years of Manufacturing Operations experience or Associate’s degree and 10 years of Manufacturing Operations experience or High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Manufacturing Operations experience.
Detailed technical understanding of bioprocessing unit operations.
Skilled in performance of GMP production operations.
Regulatory knowledge and interactions.
Participate and help lead cross-functional teams.
Ability to communicate and collaborate with technical and management staff within manufacturing, process development, and quality.
Organizational, technical writing and presentation skills.
Basic project management skills.
Basic knowledge of control charting.

Nice To Haves

Educational background in Life Sciences and/or Engineering.
In-depth experience of bio-processing unit operations
Knowledge in Root Cause Analysis methodologies (Fishbone, Six Boxes, Fishbone, 5 Why’s, Kepner Tregoe)
Familiar with Lean Manufacturing Practices
Ability to communicate and collaborate with technical and management staff within manufacturing, process development, and quality.
Proficiency in GDP (Good Documentation Practices) on a regulated environment
Knowledge in systems: Trackwise, Spotfire, CDOCS, and process monitoring platforms
Strong Technical Writing/presentation abilities, and excellent written/verbal communication skills in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

Own change controls for manufacturing process changes
Support major/trend deviation investigations throughout the whole lifecycle including Root Cause Analysis investigation, determination of Corrective/Preventive Actions, authoring process investigation reports, and presenting within regulatory inspections.
Support Risk Assessments exercises and Microbial assessment evaluations.
Led commercial campaign readiness and effectively communicate and collaborate with cross function areas.
Assist in the generation of training materials and assist in providing training on scientific or technical aspects of the process.
Provide commercial support when needed and assist on the floor troubleshooting.
Design, coordinate, and support execution of functional tests, water tests, and other runs to challenge process and operations during major changes, or campaign readiness.
Generate technical protocols as needed.
Assist and provide guidance during MBR (Master Batch Record) creation/revisions.
Perform assessment to support process, automation, or equipment modification or implementation of special projects
Initiate, revise, and approve standard manufacturing procedures.
Ensure all procedures reflect current operations.
Serve as a document owner.
Assess process performance and review of performance data.
Evaluate, plan, and implement solutions for process improvement opportunities.
Complete assessments for CAPA applicability requests from other plants/sites
Complete assessment for new or changes in BOM's (Bill of Materials)
Serves as a peer-recognized specialist in at least one area, with overall responsibility for determining methodologies in that area.