Manufacturing Supervisor III

Company Description

Abb Vie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience.

The role of the Manufacturing Supervisor III has specialized field of knowledge and/or is considered a technical subject matter expert (SME) who has advanced expertise in the operations. Lead and facilitate safe operations in line with all safety, regulatory and operational requirements. Assure the long‑term effectiveness of the team: deliver high levels of customer service, ensure quality of product and services, comply with all regulatory requirements, achieve desired financial performance including cost reductions, and build a culture of high performance for the team.

• Safety:
  Manages production safety program while creating an environment where safety is the number one priority in every activity that you do, driving safety improvements and conducting safety gembas routinely. Be present on the floor promoting a culture of zero safety incidents in compliance with all EHS requirements.
• People:
  Responsible for daily effective deployment of team members and ensure tasks are appropriately delegated to meet production schedule. Ensure that team members are trained to the required standards of their job. Drives engagement with team by having regular 1:1’s, conducting performance reviews, development planning and has survey actions plans in place. Ensure time and attendance is approved on time each week so that employees are paid correctly.
• People:
  Communicating effectively with your team to ensure important communications are cascaded. Acts as advisor/coach to unit /sub‑unit and acts as a trainer/ mentor to junior peers. Can supervise production support personnel.
• Operational:
  Responsible for the effective coordination of the activities within the shift to meet the production schedule. Ensure a smooth shift handover with the next manager to ensure departmental activities are planned and executed safely.
• Compliance:
  Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory agencies. Implement a proactive compliance management process where material checks, line clearance checks and spot checks are conducted routinely. Effectively manage any compliance issue that arises during shift that could potentially impact on lot completion.
• Performance:
  Responsible for complete cycle time management and continuously seeks to identify improvements. Responsible for change‑over time management and continuously seeks to identify improvements. Leads or manages the implementation of process improvement projects. Knows all metrics of the site and actively supports initiatives to ensure their area meets expectations and targets.
• Development:
  Develop direct reports by securing appropriate training and assigning progressively challenging tasks. Ensures all personnel, with specific focus on Key Talent, has development actions/ plans in place and arranging opportunities for growth. Be proactive in self‑development by having a growth mindset towards personal development.
• Operational Excellence (OpEx):
  Leads process improvement initiatives. Obtains improvement ideas from their team and submitting to pertinent group to improve culture, quality, productivity, and safety of their areas.

• Bachelor’s degree is required. A degree in sciences or engineering is preferred. Minimum 4 years experience supervising or leading a functional team. Experience in regulated pharmaceutical industry is strongly preferred.
• Experience:
  
  Systems – Proficient in Microsoft Office and other manufacturing systems, such as SAP. Familiarity with industrial automation (distributed control and PLC based systems).
• Experience:
  
  Regulatory – Working knowledge of safety, quality systems, and cGMPs is required.
• Experience:
  
  Aseptic (If applicable) – Experience working in an aseptic production environment preferred.

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation…