VP Manufacturing & Site Lead

Job Summary

Reporting to the SVP Global Manufacturing this position will lead the senior leadership team and operations at WuXi Biologics Dundalk. This role will be key strategic leader providing clear site vision and strategy for implementation in line with global and network plans. The incumbent will play a pitoval role in the development and potential of the site capability and work closely with internal and external stakeholders to build and grow Dundalk as a site of choice for contract manufacturing. The role will work closely with peer roles at other WuXi Biologics locations and internal stakeholders in Europe US & China.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

In operation:

• Provide overall leadership to site functional heads to ensure strong management and short term and long term strategy in place across these areas.
• Create a culture which supports a high level of compliance in all functional areas including EHS quality and delivery.
• Lead a strong and experienced manufacturing leadership team ensuring production timelines and objectives are met and support functions are optimised to realise site strategy.
• Develop site strategy in collaboration with site leadership team in line global and region requirements ensuring strong level of delivery and alignment across the business. Develop site metrics with core team and ensure adherence of same.
• Play a key role in the attraction and retention of key clients and businesses to optimise capacity and delivery of client needs. Be key strategic partner to ensure strong relationships are created and maintained to support customer satisfaction.
• Drive motivate retain develop existing group members while working closely with Talent Acquisition ensure recruitment of new employees to build a strong leadership team. Develop talent management strategies for retention and development of employees.
• Ensure structures to support strong employee development both operational and developmental are in place and leaders within functional area create a vision of continuous learning and agility while maintaining high level of quality and adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Create an environment of Right First Time in all aspects of working and in particular an expectation to ensure high quality of product is manufacturing GMP compliance maintained management of deviation investigation and CAPA implementation and support client auditing and agency inspections.
• Ensure functional areas are in place and sufficient processes and operational structures are created to ensure effective day to day operations and ensure culture of operational excellence is developed to optimise operations and reduce non-value add activities.
• Play a site leadership role in the activities supporting technical transfer and client portfolio working closely with BD MSAT and PM groups.
• Create an engineering team with strong leadership to ensure compliance and adherence to site requirements including process validation and optimisation.
• Provide strong support for LSS activities within the team and the facility.

Person Specification

Technical Competencies

• Ideally experienced in establishing an Manufacturing facility and team in a greenfield context of similar size and scale.
• Extensive experience of relevant manufacturing processes and systems in a highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Ideally have experience in numerous manufacturing functional areas e.g. manufacturing operations SCM Procurement.
• Demonstrable ability to influence senior managers build strong relationships and drive a global site strategy

Experience

• More than 10 years of experience in manufacturing leaderrship with a well-rounded exposure to other functional areas including bio-pharmaceutical industry.
• Must have a proven track record in a leadership capacity within a fast paced commercially focused manufacturing facility within the pharmaceutical industry.

• Experience of working within a highly regulated multinational contract manufacturing environment advantageous.
• Excellent strategic/business planning budgeting and reporting experience.

Knowledge

• A strong understanding of contract manufacturing environment manufacturing bio-pharma processes & systems.
• Significant international/global best practice knowledge and experience desired.
• Strong knowledge in the area of client management and third party management.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in relevant discipline with a masters qualification being beneficial.

Behavioural Competencies

• Strong level of passion and commitment demonstrated through day to day interactions.
• Ability to lead a strong experienced leadership team maintaining level of agility and resilience in a very fast paced environment.
• Excellent strategic decision making capabilities.
• Excellent business acumen/commercial awareness.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• You will provide expert advice to internal stakeholders across the different functions influencing the best possible approach where necessary.
• You will have a strong sense of ownership and a passion for day to day operations management.
• A strong work ethic with a proven track record identifying continuous improvement opportunities.
• Excellent analytical and project management skills with ability to handle multiple projects at once.