Manufacturing Deviations Supervisor

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Job Description

About the role :

This is an exciting career opportunity for a dynamic, autonomous, continuous improvement minded and change agile manufacturing professional to embrace a team-based culture and more specifically within the manufacturing teams within a world-class Biotech manufacturing environment. Mains responsibilities of this group is problem solving, creation of added value, standardization and improvement of manufacturing processes.

How you will contribute :

Within the Manufacturing department, reporting to the Head of Manufacturing, the purpose of this role is to be supervisor of the team in charge of deviation management for the production department. The main aspects of this position are focused on people management and development, respect of applicable procedures and requirements, promotion and deployment of continuous improvement culture and definition of priorities within the group.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage deviations activities within the framework of production and monitor appropriate quality systems

• Provide feedback to the team and focus on team development

• Promote, participate and launch manufacturing process improvement and/or enhancement projects

• Drive initiatives to ensure standardization and consistency of the deviation’s management for all the production units

• Drive metrics related to deviations and other activities of the team and provide regularly analysis and actions to the Manufacturing leadership team and to the floor

• Ensure deviation system is respected and deviations are treated as appropriate (e.g. adequate initiation, structured investigation, definition of root cause and associated action …)

• Provide day-to-day work direction, expertise and coaching to the team in order to meet the site priorities

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) if needed and support/coach production team during internal and external audits for selected topics

• Incorporate and ensure respect of cGMP concepts (Good Manufacturing Practices)

What you bring to Takeda :

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge and interest in manufacturing operations.

• Ability to think, take initiatives and act cross-functionally, interacting with EHS, QA, QC, engineering, project departments, etc...

• Ability to work in a fast, dynamic and diverse business environment with a high emphasis on achieving results

• Strong focus on customer service, standard work and continuous improvement

• Ability to work well and develop relationships with all levels of internal management, with the team and with the partners outside production department

Personal qualities

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, can adapt style to the audience.

• Great team player prepared to work in, and embrace a team-based culture and more specifically within the manufacturing teams

• Good leadership and interpersonal skills, self-motivated, structured, capable of analyzing complex situations and simplifying the complex through innovative thought and experience, strong decision-making skills

• Ability to supervise different types of activities, with appropriate prioritization in order to ensure deadlines are met in timely and quality manner

• Fluent in English and French

Education & Experience

• Bachelor/Master’s degree and minimum 5-8 years of experience within a biotech/pharmaceutical manufacturing environment (Process Operations, Engineering or Quality)

• Ideally demonstrated experience in people management and in deviations management

• Expertise in Quality/Compliance within an FDA regulated/GMP manufacturing field

• Experience with project management is a plus

• Technical knowledge of the processes of the pharmaceutical industry, ideally biotechnological

• Experience with Six Sigma DMAIC tools (e.g. Is/Is Not, Cause & Effect Diagram, Contradiction Matrix, etc.)

Working Environment

• While this is a day-time job, must be able to work on occasions in controlled environments (ISO 5, ISO 7 and ISO 8 environments; grade A, B and C) requiring special gowning. Will be required to follow gowning requirements and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body.

What Takeda can offer you:

• Attractive salaries

• Full accident cover

• Participation in health insurance premiums

• Advantageous retirement plans

• Subsidized meal

• Financial participation in the sports practices of its employees

• Transportation: support in local public transport, free parking, carpooling program

• Takeda Neuchâtel offers to its employees an attractive framework and working conditions. The well-being, safety, development and career development of its employees are at the heart of our vision and of our Human Resources, Health, Environment and Safety policies.

• Takeda Neuchâtel is an employer committed to its employees and future generations.

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

Empowering our people to shine:

Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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