Process Supervisor

Primary Duties

• Planning – long term to short term
• Collaborate with the Planning department and support groups to develop a short-term schedule aligned with the forecast.
• Coordinate with Shift Supervisors and support teams on all shifts to ensure the schedule is understood and executed as planned.
• Liese with Project Managers for development and engineering activities to ensure smooth execution. Coordinate with shift supervisors to ensure full scope is understood.
• Monitor Performance
• Partner with OpEx and/or Data Analytics personnel to gather data on key performance indicators.
• Review daily production performance against established goals and drive accountability. This includes, but is not limited to, production throughput, downtime, changeovers, and quality events.
• Process Improvement
• Leading a cross-functional team aimed at monitoring safety, quality, and delivery performance and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Analyze data routinely to develop potential process improvements and set clear goals for the team.
• Lead cost savings initiatives.
• Support Team
• Remain reasonably flexible to support team as needed. This can include shift coverage during PTO or high priority activities and/or availability for escalation of events.
• Ensure upcoming jobs are supportable. Perform document reviews and approvals to ensure supportability.
• Support investigations, root cause analysis, corrective and preventative action assignments, and impact/risk assessments.
• Ensure documentation is completed following GDP requirements. Data Integrity must be reinforced and monitored.
• Collaborate with area manager to ensure the approved headcount is adequate to support demand.
• Ensure Union Collective Bargaining Agreement is upheld, where applicable.

• Must have a thorough understanding of cGMP and GDP requirements.
• Must be able to think critically and exercise sound judgment when making critical decisions.
• Must be able to navigate company quality and/or enterprise systems as needed to perform assigned tasks.
• Must coordinate closely with shift supervisors across all three shifts.
• Must be able to generate, read, and interpret metrics and develop visual presentations for group discussions.
• Must be able to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Must be able to read and interpret documents in English and be able to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Must work independently and be flexible to changing priorities. Strong personal computer skills.
• Must have excellent teamwork, communication, and organizational skills. Must be resourceful, self-reliant, self-motivated, and confident.
• Must be able to effectively manage projects cross-functionally.
• Should be a self-starter who takes initiative to complete own tasks as well as to drive completion of team’s assigned tasks.

• Education
• Preferred
• Bachelors or better in Engineering.
• Experience
• Required
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Life Sciences or a related industry
• BS in Science or Engineering Preferred
• Excellent Leadership and Coaching Skills
• Excellent project management skills.
• Sound technical writing and problem-solving skills