Fill​/Finish Operations Supervisor – Night Shift – 1026726 Elanco

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Fill/Finish Operations Supervisor – Night Shift Your Role is responsible for leading personnel, tasks, and activities associated with aseptic filling, finishing, and secondary packaging operations at the Elwood, Kansas monoclonal antibody (mAb) manufacturing facility. This role provides day-to-day leadership for shop floor manufacturing operations, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient production of sterile injectable products while driving team performance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

• Lead daily fill / finish manufacturing operations, ensuring production activities are executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with cGMP, USDA, EMA, and company standards.
• Oversee aseptic filling, finishing, and secondary packaging activities to meet production schedules, quality expectations, and operational targets.
• Maintain strong shop floor presence to monitor operations, reinforce safety and quality culture, troubleshoot issues, and support manufacturing teams in real time.
• Ensure accurate execution and review of batch records, manufacturing documentation, SOPs, and SAP production transactions.
• Partner cross-functionally with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Technical Services teams to resolve manufacturing challenges and implement process improvements.
• Support equipment troubleshooting, maintenance coordination, deviation investigations, and root cause analysis activities to minimize downtime and manufacturing variability.
• Lead, coach, and develop manufacturing personnel through training, performance management, and talent development initiatives while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
• Act as a change agent by driving operational excellence initiatives, continuous improvement efforts, and adherence to safety and compliance standards

• Education:
  
  High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience:
  
  3+ years of experience in a regulated commercial GMP biomanufacturing environment, including aseptic processing, fill / finish, formulation, or secondary packaging operations.
• Strong technical knowledge of manufacturing equipment, troubleshooting, and shop floor operations in a sterile manufacturing environment.
• Ability to interpret and follow SOPs, batch records, and manufacturing documentation with a high level of accuracy and compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced team environment while maintaining strong safety and quality standards.

• Education:
  
  Associate's or Bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, engineering, biomanufacturing, or a related scientific discipline.
• Demonstrated success leading operational or manufacturing teams within a GMP-regulated environment.
• Understanding of USDA, FDA, and EU GMP regulatory requirements for veterinary biologics manufacturing.
• Experience performing or supporting investigations, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with manufacturing systems and tools such as SAP, OSI PI, Veeva, CMMS, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to lead through influence and collaboration.

• Location:
  
  Elwood, Kansas…