Weekend Compounding Manager

Weekend Compounding Manager

The Weekend Compounding Manager will be responsible for overall 1st and 2nd floor operation of the Compounding department to ensure timely delivery of accurate, high quality product batches to the Production department, as well as maximum department cleanliness, environmental compliance, safety, and efficiency. This position will work as part of a team, both internally with other departments and externally with customers, to accomplish company goals and metrics.

• Overall responsibility for All Compounding Department (1st & 2nd floor) employees including the Supervisor, Compounders, Lead Compounders, and Sanitizers.
• Interview, train, supervise, counsel, discipline, and evaluate Compounding personnel.
• Report any issues that may be a safety violation/hazard to the Program Director and Safety Committee.
• Ensure employees are trained on Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) policies, Company policies, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) through company training sessions and/or daily compounding meeting.
• Ensure all employees and work environments are safe and sanitary through weekly compounding and company-wide audits.
• Investigate any employee work-related injury and report to the Program Director / HR.
• Ensure, through inspection, all Compounding employees write accurately and legibly all required information on any batch records, formulas, logbooks, and any other documents assigned.
• Maintain and update Department SOPs/Work Instructions (WIs), as well as co-author any new SOPs/WIs as needed for the Compounding department.
• Work closely with Quality Assurance (QA) in investigating batch errors and implementing corrective actions as needed.
• Work with Production and Scheduling, as needed, to plan schedules and ensure that the production schedule is met.
• Submit requisitions to the Program Director for supplies based on evaluating needs of the Compounding department.
• Ensure that all batches are manufactured according to legible and accurate batch procedures and formulas to prevent weighing, compounding, and material handling errors by reading and approving all batch procedures and formulas.
• Provide a clean, safe, injury-free, working environment while ensuring production quality, on-time product delivery, identifying and employing cost-saving measures, and implementation of lean manufacturing methods through proper training of personnel and following up on all delegated tasks.
• Manage team to meet and exceed quotas developed by Scheduling.
• Ensure SOPs are followed to meet and exceed Quality Standards set forth in Specifications.
• Ensure team maintains highest levels of safety to build an environment where the team’s well-being is a top priority.
• Work with other departments to ensure that goals and expectations can be met.
• Roles and Responsibilities will change to meet the growing needs of the company.
• Support Company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by incorporating these into the development and implementation of business plans.
• Collaborate and communicate with the Operations team.
• Own and lead special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Work cooperatively with coworkers and supervisors.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance at work.
• All other duties as assigned.
• Ability to learn how to use the In-Processing Compounding Form and using Viscosity and pH meters.
• Organized and analytical.
• Self-directed and motivated.
• Collaborative and team-oriented.

• 7 or more years prior work experience in CPG manufacturing industry.
• Demonstrated knowledge of production management.

• Lift, push and pull up to 50 pounds.
• Requires some walking, standing as well as sitting for periods of time.
• Squatting, bending, and climbing (use of a ladder).
• While performing the duties of the job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, loud noises, and vibration.
• Incumbent is subject to other hazards such as moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, and heat.