Supervisor, Commercial Packaging (3rd Shift)

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Job Description

Title: Supervisor Commercial Packaging(3rd Shift)

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll 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 worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information:

This position is located in Allentown PA within the Pharma Services Group Clinical Trials Division. The Supervisor Commercial Packaging oversees primary and secondary clinical packaging operations supporting global pharmaceutical and biotech customers in a highly regulated cGMP environment.

How Will You Make an Impact

You will lead daily packaging operations to ensure clinical trial materials are produced safely efficiently and in full compliance with regulatory and customer requirements. By coaching teams driving continuous improvement and promoting Thermo Fishers 4i Values you will directly contribute to operational excellence and patient safety.

A Day in the Life:

• Lead and oversee 2025 employees across multiple clinical packaging production lines ensuring compliance with cGMP standards and site procedures.

• Coach mentor and develop team members while driving performance accountability and engagement.

• Identify process improvement opportunities resolve deviations implement corrective actions and lead continuous improvement initiatives (Lean Six Sigma waste reduction).

Keys to Success:

Education

• BS degree in Business Management Engineering or a scientific discipline highly preferred.

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience:

• 3 years of supervisory/lead experience in a manufacturing pharmaceutical packaging or FDA regulated environment required with a BS degree and 6 years experience will be accepted in lieu of degree.

• Experience managing teams in a cGMP-regulated environment required.

• Preferred: Clinical or pharmaceutical packaging experience.

• Preferred: Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing techniques (line balancing takt time 5S SMED TPM etc.).

• Preferred: Experience leading teams of more than 10 employees.

• Preferred: Lean or Six Sigma Certification (Green or Black Belt).

Knowledge Skills Abilities:

• Strong leadership and role model behaviors aligned with the 4i Values (Integrity Intensity Innovation Involvement).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage internal and external stakeholders.

• Strong analytical thinking problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• Ability to serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for packaging processes including deviation investigations and corrective actions.

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing Continuous Improvement and performance management systems.

• Ability to manage scheduling production metrics and employee performance in a regulated environment.

• Ability to read understand and ensure adherence to SOPs and site policies.

• Familiar with SAP

Physical Requirements / Work Environment:

• Primarily works in a production environment.

• Ability to stand continuously (up to 95100%) and walk frequently during shifts.

• Ability to lift and/or carry up to 50 pounds frequently.

• Frequent bending reaching above shoulder level grasping pushing pulling and repetitive hand motions.

• Must meet visual acuity requirements including close vision distance vision color vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• Responsible for visual inspection of pharmaceutical products components and labels.

• Ability to work in both heat and cold environments as required.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration annual incentive plan bonus scheme healthcare and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative forward-thinking organization and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity intensity involvement and innovation.