Manufacturing Production Operations Manager

Job Description

Our Manufacturing Operations teams are the people that make our products. We work in the manufacturing plants with a “Safety First, Quality Always” mindset striving for continuous improvement. We work in the local plant connected to our global manufacturing network to ensure the highest quality of raw materials, intermediates and finished products.

We are seeking a Growth and Improvement minded Manufacturing Production Operations Manager that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.

• Invent | Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs

• Execute | Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business)

• Adapt | Develop Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape

• Diverse Talent | We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high-performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world

• Values and Standards | Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success – They are a Competitive Advantage for Us

Summary, Focus and Purpose

A part of our Company's Manufacturing Division, Elkton’s Operations Team is searching for highly motivated individuals at a Manager level to provide tactical and strategic management of Operations at the site. The successful candidate will support Operations in either Vaccine or Antibiotic production. This is an excellent opportunity if you are looking to build or expand your career in Manufacturing.

As a Manager, you will be given the opportunity to challenge and grow your talents through progressive on the job training and development of interpersonal and leadership skills to overcome difficult situations and solve technical problems. Our Manager positions support various manufacturing operations such as sterile pharmaceutical bulk, sterile filling, vaccines, biologics and organic synthesis. Responsibilities include overall production execution, management of unionized hourly workforce, and identification and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Functions

• Work Independently and as a Team member with Integrity | Precision | Accomplishment | Motivational Ambition | Respect | Inclusion

• Manage unionized employee performance along with tactical operator/maintenance work for the day to ensure completion of work assignments | Facilitate start up meetings

• Ensure safety on shop floor (interface with Enablon) including crisis management
  Assist Maintenance in restoring systems to Operations

• Initiate Enablon's and ensure Enablon’s are closed on time and complete CAPAs on time

• Compliance Management (documentation/cleaning): Driving improvements to documentation and cleaning systems as the champion

• Review shop floor documentation during shift review (batch sheets, forms and logbooks)

• Lead housekeeping audits with cross functional teams including operators

• Union Relations - identify staffing needs based on call-out and manage first step grievances

• Review and approve SOPs, forms and batch sheets to ensure accuracy from an operability perspective

• People Development | Ensure compliance with training standards and adherence to training plan | Attend Union Training Meetings

• People Management | Complete time/attendance approval and ensure payroll accuracy

• Respond to Powerhouse calls and manage critical BAS alarms

Education

• Bachelor degree or higher with either four years relevant experience in manufacturing or military service or two years experience in a direct GMP, biotechnology manufacturing setting with demonstrated leadership skills

OR

• High School Diploma/GED with six years relevant experience in manufacturing or military service

Experience | Skills | Knowledge

Preferred

• Leadership and interpersonal skills to motivate direct reports and peers to excel and "own" the process

• Flexibility to complete various tasks to support the business

• Lean, Six Sigma problem solving skills coupled with a continuous improvement mindset

• Ability to prioritize, focus on and obtain business results

• Principled communication and organizational skills

• Technical writing experience related to procedures and investigations

• Delta V and SAP experience

Shift | Schedule | Assessment

• Work off-shifts and weekends as needed

• Successful completion of the Select Assessment® for Leader Development (SALD)

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is dedicated to being the most trusted supplier of biopharmaceuticalsworldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create a reliable global manufacturing network that’s devoted to delivering a high-quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

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Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions. If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

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Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

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Requisition ID:R222806