Manufacturing Operations Team Leader

Location Waterford

Fixed Term – Full Time

24/7 Shift Pattern

About Waterford

For more than 20 years, our Waterford team has continued to grow and diversify to serve patients around the world. Today, a team of over 800 work together at a state-of-the-art biopharmaceutical and medical device campus. Recognised through multiple local and national awards, Sanofi Waterford offers flexible working and access to a world of opportunities to grow your career at one location. As well as attractive benefits, the team enjoy access to an onsite gym and medical centre that underpin a strong commitment to health and wellbeing.

About the job

The Manufacturing Operations Team Leader is critical to the delivery and success of operations within MFFL R10 at Sanofi Waterford. In this role you will be an integral part in leading a highly engaged and functional operational team who are aligned with site business objectives.

This is 24/7 shift pattern.

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families. Your job, as Manufacturing Operations Team Leader will be to:

Main responsibilities:

Manage the manufacturing areas to ensure that production objectives are met

Ensure production of products are undertaken in compliance with cGMP and Safety standards through regular walk through and review of deviations and GMP documentations

Monitor the level of GMP compliance in their area on an on-going basis

Ensure that all production activities are organised and executed on time and in full

Involved in the preparation, review and approval of Manufacturing documentation and records

Define team targets / goals and support team in achieving them especially in the areas of safety, productivity and quality

Actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

Train/assess competence for Team Member and manage performance on an on-going basis

About you

Experience working in a sterile manufacturing environment

Minimum 2 years of leadership experience in a similar role

Experience working in a sterile manufacturing environment – advantageous

Technical qualification (Science or Engineering)

Diploma in Supervisor Management or equivalent advantageous

People management experience

Strong ability to influence and affect change

Extremely proactive with an ability to understand the ‘broader picture’

Why choose us?

Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team

Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally

Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact

Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave

Play an instrumental part in creating best practice within our manufacturing facility

Our Waterford site is easily accessible from the M9 and offers excellent facilities including a subsidized restaurant and newly refurbished gym

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

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