Manufacturing Supervisor III (Onsite)

The role of the Manufacturing Supervisor III has specialized field of knowledge and/or is considered a technical subject matter expert (SME) who has advanced expertise in the operations. Lead and facilitate safe operations in line with all safety regulatory and operational requirements. Assure the long-term effectiveness of the team: deliver high levels of customer service ensure quality of product and services comply with all regulatory requirements achieve desired financial performance including cost reductions and build a culture of high performance for the team.  

Location:  Onsite position (Worcester MA)

Shift: Monday to Friday: 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm EST (Second shift)

Responsibilities:

• Safety : Manages production safety program while creating an environment where safety is the number one priority in every activity that you do driving safety improvements and conducting safety gembas routinely. Be present on the floor promoting a culture of zero safety incidents in compliance with all EHS requirements.
• People: Responsible for daily effective deployment of team members and ensure tasks are appropriately delegated to meet production schedule. Ensure that team members are trained to the required standards of their job. Drives engagement with team by having regular 1:1s conducting performance reviews development planning and has survey actions plans in place. Ensure time and attendance is approved on time each week so that employees are paid correctly.
• People: Communicating effectively with your team to ensure important communications are cascaded. Acts as advisor/coach to unit /sub-unit and acts as a trainer/ mentor to junior peers. Can supervise production support personnel.
• Operational: Responsible for the effective coordination of the activities within the shift to meet the production schedule. Ensure a smooth shift handover with the next manager to ensure departmental activities are planned and executed safely.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory agencies. Implement a proactive compliance management process where material checks line clearance checks and spot checks are conducted routinely. Effectively manage any compliance issue that arises during shift that could potentially impact on lot completion.
• Performance: Responsible for complete cycle time management and continuously seeks to identify improvements. Responsible for change-over time management and continuously seeks to identify improvements. Leads or manages the implementation of process improvement projects. Knows all metrics of the site and actively supports initiatives to ensure their area meets expectations and targets.
• Development: Develop direct reports by securing appropriate training and assigning progressively challenging tasks. Ensures all personnel with specific focus on Key Talent has development actions/ plans in place and arranging opportunities for growth.  Be proactive in self-development by having a growth mindset towards personal development.
• Operational Excellence (OpEx): Leads process improvement initiatives. Obtains improvement ideas from their team and submitting to pertinent group to improve culture quality productivity and safety of their areas.

Qualifications :

•  Bachelors degree is required. A degree in sciences or engineering is preferred.
• Minimum 4 yr. experience supervising or leading a functional team. Experience in regulated pharmaceutical industry is strongly preferred.
• Experience:  Systems - Proficient in Microsoft Office and other manufacturing systems such as SAP. Familiarity with industrial automation (distributed control and PLC based systems).
• Experience: Regulatory- Working knowledge of safety quality systems and cGMPs is required.
• Experience: Aseptic (If applicable) -Experience working in an aseptic production environment preferred.

Additional Information :

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: 

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation holidays sick) medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. 

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission incentive benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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