R & D (Formulation) Supervisor - Pharmaceutical

A.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage, coach and develop the Formulation Specialists reporting to him/her
• Assign and monitor progress of the Formulation day-to-day tasks
• Act as a reference junior Formulation Specialists to ensure second-line readiness and fulfilling team ambition and job satisfaction
• Design and Execute Formulation & Process development activities, including excipient selection, process optimization, scale up and validation
• Drive the resolution of technical challenges in a timely fashion
• Interact, support and work cross-functionally with peers from different departments to ensure the overall projects are delivered on time against the detailed set plans
• Manage interactions with internal and external stakeholders
• Provide analytical testing support to ongoing formulation and development stability studies
• Collaborate with external partners to design and influence experimental work at partners for formulation development
• Solve problems encountered during large scale production
• Oversee documentation and reporting all formulation trials
• Perform the analysis of new products and prepares the experiments necessary and samples for stability, export & bio-equivalence studies.
• Preparing final stability reports through the given input of the team
• Ensure productivity is sufficient to meet time constraints established for current procedures and processes
• Draft governing policies and their related functional SOPs
• Report incidents or observation concerning equipment, utility, method, product or procedure and any other relevant item in the R&D department

Job Requirements

B.Qualification/Knowledge/Experience:

• Level of Education:B.Sc. in Pharmacy is essential. Post graduate vis-a-vis qualifications is desired (e..g. cGMP, MBA, etc)
• Experience:Previous experience of Pharmaceutical manufacturing and R & D supervisory role is mandated
• Language:Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• English fluency essential
• IT Literacy:Professional computer and MS-Office skills

C.Competencies and Behaviors:

• Evidence of identifying, developing, and applying innovative solutions to scientific and technological problems faced in day to day practice
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills
• Attention to detail
• The drive for self-development, the ability to collaborate, and an action-oriented work ethic