Associate Director, Manufacturing Operations

Associate Director, Manufacturing Operations

Vandalia, 845 Center Drive, Vandalia, Ohio, United States of America

Posted Monday, November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM

Are you ready to join agrowing, global drug development and manufacturing organization that puts people first? Come to Adare! We work closely with our pharmaceutical industry partners during all phases of drug development with a mission of improving the lives of patients and medicines essential to people all over the world. Each role and every department within Adare offer you a unique, customized experience with a chance to make a real impact, and is critical to our success.

With the help of people like you dedicated to our mission, Adare is
transforming lives by transforming drug delivery!

Join our mission at
Adare
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What can Adare offer you?

• Medical/dental/vision/life – low employee premiums
• 401k with a highly competitive match
• Generous PTO, including floating holidays
• Career growth and internal opportunities
• Relocation assistance
• Performance-based bonus
• Employee Recognition Programs

We are seeking to hire a
Director I, Manufacturing Operations to join our
Operations Team…

If any of the below describes you, we would love to meet you!

JOB SUMMARY

The Director I, Manufacturing Operations is responsible for oversight of site production activities including resource analysis, client interaction, professional development of the production team, and serving as a point of escalation for any production issues. The Director is expected to partner closely with the production planner, Training Manager, Validation, Quality and Maintenance to ensure on-time deliverables are met while adhering to the highest quality standards.

Resilience and the ability to provide positive motivation, encourage teamwork, and commitment to client satisfaction are all critical attributes.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Routinely perform resource analysis in partnership with the Production Planning team to ensure key deliverables are met on time
• Consistently bring positive energy and motivation to production teams through open dialogue, providing regular production progress updates, highlighting accolades, and giving constructive ongoing feedback to support employee development
• Monitor training schedules in accordance with production needs
• Ensure, in collaboration with all Site Leaders, that production is in line with client expectations, quality standards, and compliance
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to implement effective hiring strategies
• Ensure adequate management of maintenance of buildings and production equipment, identifies cost reduction or improvement opportunities on the overall effectiveness of operations and the level of compliance.
• Support operational excellence initiatives and special projects in technological transfers or upgrades.
• Participate in strategic or high-impact decisions related to building and infrastructure engineering and maintenance, equipment acquisition, as well as related service contract negotiations.
• Participate in budgeting activities for Production in partnership with the Site Operations Head.
• Serve as a technical SME in preparation of site capital planning.
• Development and implementation of methods, procedures, and regulations ensuring manufacturing team functions effectively while respecting policies, procedures, rules, and regulations prevalent in both the industry and the organization.
• Ensure full and consistent compliance with quality standards, quality procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) regulations.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in science, engineering, or equivalent.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in production and engineering, including a minimum of three (3) years in a management role, within the pharmaceutical industry or in a similar regulated environment.
• A Master’s Degree in Business Administration (M.B.A.) or Master’s Degree in Science (M.Sc.) in a relevant field (operations management, industrial engineering, project management, etc.) is considered an asset.
• Good knowledge of Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMP).
• Project management…