Production Team Lead - Accellix

DescriptionA world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics

For more than 60 years, bioMérieux has been improving public health worldwide through diagnostic solutions that determine the source of disease and contamination. Our teams are driven by a shared commitment to advancing healthcare and improving patient outcomes through innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence.

Position Summary The Production Team Lead – Accellix is responsible for coordinating daily manufacturing operations and leading manufacturing technicians to ensure safety, quality, delivery, and operational performance objectives are achieved. This role provides day-to-day leadership for production activities, supports staffing and workflow execution across shifts, and ensures compliance with quality and regulatory requirements within a GMP-regulated environment.

The Production Team Lead serves as a key partner to Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Planning, and Operations teams to drive continuous improvement, process stability, and manufacturing readiness while supporting production throughput and business objectives.

Primary Responsibilities Lead and coordinate daily manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity targets.

Support manufacturing activities including formulation, processing, drying, fill-to-finish operations, equipment operation, troubleshooting, and batch completion.

Monitor key performance indicators such as throughput, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), First Pass Yield (FPY), downtime, staffing levels, and production output.

Escalate operational issues that may impact product quality, production schedules, or customer commitments.

Train, coach, mentor, and develop Manufacturing Technicians while promoting accountability, engagement, and teamwork.

Ensure compliance with GMP, cGMP, GDP, SOPs, documentation requirements, and quality system procedures.

Review production records and support accurate and timely batch documentation.

Partner with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Maintenance, and Supply Chain to improve manufacturing effectiveness and process performance.

Support investigations, CAPA activities, deviation management, audit readiness, validation efforts, and new product introductions.

Promote a culture of safety, continuous improvement, operational excellence, and quality throughout the manufacturing organization.

Minimum Qualifications High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent required.

Minimum of four (4) years of manufacturing, operations, or production experience in a GMP-regulated industry, including experience in Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, diagnostics, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or medical device manufacturing environments and the ability to lead teams, coordinate priorities, and resolve operational challenges in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.

Preferred Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Operations, or a related technical discipline.

Experience with reagent formulation, biomolecules, drying and stabilization technologies, microfluidics, diagnostics consumables, or similar manufacturing processes.

Experience supporting process transfers, validation activities, or new product launches.

Prior leadership, team lead, or supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

Working knowledge of quality systems, documentation practices, and regulated manufacturing environments.

Strong leadership and coaching capability.

Commitment to safety, quality, and operational discipline.

Ability to make sound decisions in a dynamic production…