Supervisor, Production Management

Cardinal Health•Aurora, CO

49d

About The Position

Responsible for Production Operations, Maintenance, Plant Engineering, Safety, Quality Control, Scheduling, Accounting, and Employees. Supervises plant personnel directly and through subordinate managers and/or supervisors. Prepares and maintains long- and short-range plans. Promotes good relations with community, government agencies, customers, and union representatives. Conduct or participates in conduct of labor negotiations and administers wage, salary, and bonus programs in accordance with corporate policies. Reviews, evaluates, and approves promotion and transfer of exempt personnel

Requirements

4-8 years of experience, preferred
Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
A minimum of 2+ years related work experience (GMP pharmaceutical or chemical processing experience) preferred
Strong organizational and planning skills
Strong interpersonal skills with subordinates as well as peers and superiors
Excellent understanding of basic chemical plant operations
Leadership skills and experience
Experience with LEAN, 6 SIGMA, and 5S
Comfortable regularly engaging in restricted manufacturing area activities. Hazardous environment with risk of exposure to chemicals, fumes, heat and cold
Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds; ability to crawl, climb, read, twist torso and stand for long periods of time
Ability to learn and understand on a practical level all components of the production process; mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving skills; mature interpersonal skills; working knowledge of PC and Microsoft office suite of software.
Mechanical aptitude and ability to use hands and tools to operate equipment. Ability to read sufficient to understand SOPs; ability to write sufficient to fill out documentation and write about events clearly and concisely. Requires understanding of basic math skills to do mathematical calculations (i.e., weigh materials, calculate percentages).
Ability to coach and develop technicians to perform daily tasks regarding safety, first time right, and performing operations efficiently.

Responsibilities

Handles planning and implementation of I-123 Iodine capsules in a pharmaceutical manufacturing cGMP production environment.
Communicate activities to the manufacturing team to meet assigned manufacturing goals; directs the work activities of manufacturing technicians including shift assignments, safety, cGMP compliance and training programs.
Participates with other manufacturing management staff in the planning and implementation of work schedules, equipment and materials needs, and staffing requirements to meet safety, quality, and productivity goals.
Ensures efficient use of human resources by regularly monitoring work activities, setting performance expectations and measuring results, and providing feedback to employees daily.
Formulates and recommends manufacturing policies, procedures and programs that enhance overall effectiveness of the operating unit.
Ensures that required training for specific work activities are completed for all shift staff; maintain up-to-date training records.
Tracks and reports on manufacturing job duties such as safety incidents, quality issues and throughput measures.
Set expectations for communications between supporting departments and among manufacturing technicians to facilitate continuous productivity.
Assists in troubleshooting and problem-solving when process or people problems arise; ensure timely resolution.
Focus on high safety performance, high quality performance, and high productivity performance.
Conducts 1 On 1 check points with each tech on your team. Handles performance discussions and writing at the necessary times through the year. This would include but not limited to Our Time To Talk (OTTT ) discussions #1,2,3 and year end.
Manages time sheets to be completed accurately, ability to coordinate all time off requests.
Other duties as assigned