Manufacturing Supervisor
Manufacturing Supervisor
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Job Description
Use Your Power for Purpose
Our breakthroughs would not reach the hands of patients without our dedicated pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on agile members who understand the critical impact of their role in Pfizers mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and continuously strive to improve outcomes. Your efforts ensure that patients and physicians have timely access to the medicines they need.
What You Will Achieve
In this role you will:
Ensure a safe work environment. Ability to identify evaluate and correct potential hazards in the workplace is essential.
Coordinate schedule and participate in daily activities of cGMP production in the manufacturing area to meet supply chain needs.
Must be flexible to work rotating shifts to support 24/7 operation. Ensure that product quality is maintained through all phases of commercial production including operational parameters of manufacturing equipment personnel activities batch record/processing dynamics and integrated utilities to identify and resolve quality risk to commercial manufacturing. General knowledge of scientific principles production equipment and related procedures.
Aid in investigations. Responsible for the adherence to established policies procedures and practices. Participate in inspections and cGMP and Quality decisions effecting short term production
Provide supervision to hourly direct reports. Motivate personnel by setting high standards encourage teamwork. Clear unambiguous communication is critical.
Primary contact for all personnel issues occurring within the department. Responsible for development plans and personnel reviews. Make initial decisions encompassing personnel issues disciplinary actions career advancement educational assistance Emergency situations including injured employees facility issues and inclement weather.
Review completed batch records. Develop training material update curricula close training gaps support the training of new supervisors.
Advise management of non-conformance issues and opportunities for continuous improvement
Provide input on primary decisions on cGMP related documents developed or revised.
Articulate challenges and solutions to technical and non-technical peers and to department management.
Provide technical guidance and act as a departmental liaison with primary support groups.
Short range planning includes scheduling daily and weekly operations and staff. Longer range planning concerns facilities shutdowns and preventive maintenance
How You Will Achieve It
Accountable and responsible for leading assigned production staff to achieve targets and deliver and improve process or product consistency quality/compliance cost standards and customer service.
Responsible for planning organizing staffing performance assessment salary recommendations and employee counseling for a group of employees typically with similar technical responsibilities.
Ensures that work performed by the assigned staff is accurate timely efficient and compliant with corporate policies plant SOPs cGMP regulations and FDA regulations.
Participates in investigations and continuous improvement initiatives applying tools like LEAN manufacturing and Six Sigma to improve quality cost safety and/or cycle time.
Collaborates effectively with other functional SMEs to ensure production goals are met and investigations are accurate and complete.
Has a basic understanding of product cost structure budgeting process and spending
The main goal of the supervisor is to optimize resources to maximize production and ensure quality and safety standards.
Focus on Safety and GMP Compliance as operational priorities and as performance measures that should be included in metrics.
Know the processes and procedures including the principles and practices of good data management (ALCOA) and be able to guide advise and coach their teams.
Review the content of all Leader Led Conversations and on an annual basis conduct two Leader Led Conversations with their teams aimed at fostering a culture that supports compliance with procedures including good data management.
Ensures that work performed by the assigned staff is accurate timely efficient and compliant with corporate policies plant SOPs cGMP regulations and FDA regulations.
Engage and inspire their teams on performance expectations and coach the team to meet those expectations using Coaching Skill principles.
Effectively monitor the actions of their team. Ensure an active daily presence in the GMP work area to observe the work activity and practices within their role responsibilities.
Any compliance deviations noted must be investigated in accordance with Site Standard Operating Procedures.
Optimize resources to maximize production and ensure quality and safety standards.
Be available to their direct reports for real time escalations of any concerns or support needs.
Be observant investigate and report actions or behaviors that may negatively impact the desired outcome of the GMP process or activity.
Lead and support continuous improvement efforts where applicable.
Be a role model to support a positive compliance culture.
Be vigilant for potential actions or behaviors that could result in breaches of GMP compliance or Data Integrity principles.
Capable of supervising staff independently can effectively coach guide and manage employee issues and concerns and can cover the absence of the next level manager. Maintains accurate tracking records and provides timely feedback to Manager regarding status of costs in their area relating to overtime and waste. Monitors usage and expenses related to supplies and labor costs in their work area. Implements shop floor practices to continuously meet specific standards. Partners with other departments to implement cost improvement projects (i.e. yield and/or productivity improvements.)
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
Applicant must have a High School Diploma (or Equivalent) and 8 years of relevant experience and 5 years demonstrated leadership capability in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing environmentOR an Associates degree with 6 years of relevant experience and 3 years demonstrated leadership capability in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing environment OR a Bachelors degree in Engineering Business or Science with at least 2 years of relevant experience and 1 years demonstrated leadership capability in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing environmentOR Masters degree with more than 0 years of experience.
Working knowledge of vaccine or biotechnology product manufacturing in a cGMP environment. Including a working knowledge of fermentation purification centrifugation homogenization Ultrafiltration and Diafiltration (UF/DF) aseptic techniques and other filtration processes.
Be able to make Mathematical calculations
Working knowledge and / or experience with Good Data Management and Data Integrity understanding and performance of their team.
Experience in preparation of the annual budget review monthly departmental expenses and provide recommendations on the use and purchase of capital expenditures.
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
General knowledge of scientific principles
Experience with production equipment and related procedures
Experience in process improvement and innovation
Strong analytical and decision-making skills
Physical / Mental requirements
Must be able to stand for at least 6 hours. Must be able to gown aseptically. Some level of lifting up to 10lbs.
Typically supervises a medium to large group of employees (8-14).
Non-Standard work schedule travel or environment requirements
This position will rotate schedules between first and second shift on a monthly basis
Other job details
Last day to apply: June 23rd 2025
No relocation support
Work Location Assignment:On Premise
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
Sunshine Act
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care providers name address and the type of payments or other value received generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification which Pfizer intends to pursue reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse your name address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
EEO & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation age gender identity or gender expression national origin disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
