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Sr Manager, Commercial Packaging

Thermo Fisher Scientific
Allentown, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/4/2025

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location / Division Specific Information

CTD partners with pharmaceutical and biotech customers around the world to ensure the right patients get the right therapies in the right doses at the right time -a concept that we internally adopt as "There is a Patient Waiting." Our outstanding blend of services includes project management, packaging, distribution, transportation management and specialty logistics, ancillary supply management, clinical supply optimization, bio-repository storage and much more! Our more than 3000 employees in over 15 countries work hard every day knowing that what they do matters!

Discover Impactful Work :

As part of our distributed team, what you do contributes directly to our mission, enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

A day in the Life :

This position handles the oversight of Business Development, Technology Transfer, Equipment Onboarding, Launch, and Ongoing Production of Commercial products processed through primary and secondary packaging operations. This role requires attention to detail, the ability to interact with all levels of the organization, the desire to provide hands on coaching and mentoring of staff, communicating both verbally and written, and collaborating with cross- functional groups. They will also demonstrate and promote 4i Values.

Responsibilities

  • Demonstrates and promotes the company vision of the 4i's : Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and involvement; conducts all activities in a safe and efficient manner.
  • Apply company HR policies consistently throughout the area of directorial responsibility
  • Lead, participate, and contribute to practical process Improvement (PPI) projects that deliver business objectives in an efficient manner.
  • Applies Good Manufacturing Principles in all areas of responsibility and ensures that GMP's and SOP's are followed by all department employees.
  • Develops specific short-term and long-range goals and programs as well as supporting budget requests and financial estimates.
  • Recommends and defines objectives in each area of responsibility.
  • Coordinates client engagement / job proposals, equipment onboarding, technology transfer / validation, launch, ongoing process engineering, serialization, and packaging functions within the commercial product line.
  • Partners with PSG peers to implement standard processes and ensure harmonization with PSG Commercial Processes
  • Responsible for engaging client, crafting / defending bid proposals, and providing ongoing management of client expectations and goals.
  • Provides strategic direction regarding equipment needs. Assists in the selection and onboarding of commercial equipment to meet client timelines without compromise to quality.
  • Leads the Project Management function and client relationship associated with the technology transfer / process validation process.
  • Drives quality and productivity to meet client delivery requirements and financial commitments.
  • Participates in daily management board reviews to accurately report and communicate actions to attending departments
  • Assists commercial team with raised issues and resolves any issues in conjunction with QA and site leadership
  • Develops capital requirements to maintain and improve compliance, quality, and productivity to support the growth of the business
  • Develops, reviews and approves SOPs to ensure accuracy and compliance with GMP
  • Develops annual department objectives and strategy in alignment with site and business goals
  • Lead the department to make continuous improvement initiatives in areas of safety, quality, customer service, and productivity
  • Develops staffing resource plans to ensure that client and business needs are met
  • Leads the development and use of critical metrics designed to measure production efficiency
  • Ensures timely investigation and resolution of Quality related events
  • Other duties may be assigned to meet business needs

Keys to Success : Education

  • Bachelor of degree, preferably science, engineering, business etc.
  • Experience

  • 5 years management level experience
  • 5 years of related experience in food, chemical, cosmetics or pharmaceutical packaging.
  • Validated experience in FDA regulated environment a plus
  • Validated experience owning an engineering department.a plus
  • Experience leading and working lean operations.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

  • Previous experience in technology transfer and process engineering support a plus
  • Certifications for lean management, packaging, quality, supply chain, management, or pharmaceuticals are preferred
  • Mastery of skills required to read, understand, and guide the SOPs and policies of a GMP environment.
  • Can lead personnel in a cGMP environment
  • BENEFITS :

    We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

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