Thermo Fisher Scientific Hiring for Sr. Manager, Operations Job at Greenville, NC Full Time

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer!

Location: Greenville, NC

How will you make an impact?

Be responsible for and lead Operations (compounding, vial and syringe filling lines, freeze dryer operations, plus support functions) supporting the startup and commercialization of a new Steriles Operations building consisting of three filling lines for an innovative product platform. Provides technical and managerial leadership to the operational activities while driving the implementation of operational execution strategies. Partners with the business unit’s leadership team and interacts with the other site and business unit leaders to realize complimentary overall business unit strategies that meet the short-term tactical needs and the longer term ambition of the business unit along with supporting overall client needs.

What will you do?

• Provides leadership to assigned staff by performing the following: leading organizational change; developing and empowering staff; cultivating relationships; putting staff in a position to succeed, meeting their personal career goals while also achieving organizational goals; building effective teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals; driving engagement and creating a climate where staff are motivated to do their best.
• Leads, plans, implements, and coordinates activities vital to provide products that meet quality specifications and are produced at optimum production costs along with meeting client expectations. Ensures proper response and methods are used on all situations that may occur to minimize downtime.
• Ensures all production operations and equipment are controlled, validated, and in regulatory compliance and appropriate Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and batch record documents exist and are followed and reviewed regularly.
• Manages to budget targets while providing production with adequate resources in facilities, equipment, and personnel to meet demand as laid out in production schedules and plans. Evaluates production efficiencies, variances, and procedures on a continuous basis for process improvement. Accounts for ensuring Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) compliance of manufacturing operations to include operating procedures.
• Supports development and drive implementation of strategic plans that will grow the business with existing customer.
• Supports strategic planning for the company by identifying capital needs, efficiency improvements, and long-term growth plans based upon the company’s financial objectives.

How to get there

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Operations Management or related field

Experience

• 8 + years of operation experience, quality experience or any other relevant experience and includes 2 + years of management experience.
• Equivalent combinations of education, training and relevant work experience may be considered.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Drive functional, technical and operational excellence.
• Inspire and champion innovation, collaboration, clarity and team effectiveness. Ability to interaction with and influence senior levels of the organization. Ability to handle ambiguity.
• Organizational change skills. People management/development skills.
• Good knowledge of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). Effective written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Effective external communication with other company sites and clients.

Preferred Language: English

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