Why Patients Need You 
Our breakthroughs would not make it to the hands of patients without our pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on a team of dedicated and agile members, who understand the importance and impact of their role in Pfizer's mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and always look to improve outcomes. You will help to ensure that patients and physicians have the medicines they need, when they need them.  
 
What You Will Achieve 
As a member of the Pfizer Drug Substance and Active Biological Ingredients (ABI) team, you will work with others to be accountable for activities involved in the production of many of Pfizer's products. In your work, you will help to determine the manufacturing methods, procedures and tooling requirements for products, as well as designing the tools and planning production sequences in accordance with continuous improvement, Six Sigma, Lean and other Good Manufacturing Principles (GMP). Your work will help Pfizer in its mission to focus on innovation, creativity and respect for patients, colleagues and society.  
 

As a Manager, your breadth of knowledge on internal or external business challenges will help us improve our products, processes and services. Your will guide us to lead projects by meeting objectives and preparing forecasts for resource requirements. Your risk-taking ability will help us advance new concepts and methodologies. You will provide technical guidance and oversight to team members and help in problem solving.  
 

It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.  
 
How You Will Achieve It 

• 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 or 24/5 operation. Ensure that product quality is maintained through all phases of clinical/commercial production including operational parameters of manufacturing equipment, personnel activities, batch record/processing dynamics & integrated utilities to identify and resolve quality risk to clinical/commercial manufacturing. General knowledge of scientific principles, production equipment & related procedures. 
• Aid in investigations. Responsible for the adherence to established policies, procedures, and practices. Participate in inspections and cGMP & Quality decisions effecting short term production
• Provide supervision to hourly and exempt 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 & 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.

Qualifications  

Must-Have 

• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Business or Science with a minimum of 4+ years of experience and 1+ years demonstrated leadership capability in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing environment
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business or Science with a minimum of 7+ years of experience and 3+ years demonstrated leadership capability in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing environment
• Associates Degree with a minimum of 9+ years of experience and 5+ years demonstrated leadership capability in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing environment
• High School Diploma with a minimum 10+ years of experience and 7+ years demonstrated leadership capability in a pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of industry knowledge and business operations (financial basics, enterprise system use, i.e. payroll, inventory management systems, etc.)
• Administrative skills, managerial skills, technical report writing, computer & presentation skills
• Effective written and oral communication skills. Ability to develop highly effective teams

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Capable of sitting and/or standing for extended periods of time during the work shift.
• Perform mathematical calculations
• 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.
• Optimize resources to maximize production and ensure quality and safety standards.

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

This position will be set 2nd shift based (6PM-6AM)

3-2-2 rotation

Other Job Details:

• Last Date to Apply for Job: April 3rd, 2023

• Work Location: On Premise

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.