What are the responsibilities and job description for the MTS Compounding Supervisor position at Wedgewood Pharmacy LLC?
Job Summary:
The Made to Stock (MTS) Supervisor is responsible for managing and improving the efficiency, safety, and quality of preparations. The Supervisor is expected to collaborate with various departments and personnel in optimizing and producing anticipatory and extemporaneous prescription compounds according to production schedules and Proc. The Supervisor is responsible for ensuring the technology and methods used to produce these compounds are of the highest safety, quality, and productivity standards while continuously improving the compounding processes. The Supervisor is responsible for ensuring all applicable laws, regulations, and standard operating procedures are adhered to within the department.
When will you work?
- The hours for this position is Monday - Friday 10:00 am- 6:30 pm
What you’ll do:
- Ensure team members possess superior task knowledge and are optimally allocated to department job functions in order to meet daily and shift production goals.
- Hire, develop, assess, and schedule team members based on the Operation Analysts recommendations.
- Collaborate with the Operations Training department and Operation Analyst in ensuring training materials are applicable and current based on business demands.
- Collaborate with company departments and personnel in constructing, optimizing, and executing against production plans.
- Develop, monitor, and exceed departmental production, safety, and quality metrics.
- Implement and adapt process and technology improvement changes.
- Collaborate with peers and managers in recommending departmental processes, staff, and technology improvements.
- Diagnose and remedy production and personnel issues.
- Ensure all quality, safety, and regulatory controls are functioning as designed.
- Communicate production issues as appropriate.
- Effectively communicate company and department goals, strategies, and plans to staff.
- Understand and perform all job tasks (as required) within the departments.
- Have a general understanding of the Supervisor day-to-day tasks in MTS and Pack Lab/O2
- Business flexibility and efficiency
- Coverage for absences
- Improved Teamwork
- Communicate the organization's workplace policies and clearly define staff expectations.
- Complete huddles, monthly one-on-ones, mid-year and end-of-year performance reviews for direct reports.
- Collaborate interdepartmentally to provide, or ask for, assistance regarding compounding or staffing as dictated by business needs.
- Addresses employee performance issues by devising, implementing, and monitoring corrective action plans.
Who you are:
- Ability to understand the meaning of key performance indicators, alerts, and data trends in order to apply these insights to increase production, safety, quality, and productivity.
- Willingness to learn, apply, and assess supervisory and process improvement methods and techniques.
- Openness to question existing methods while providing improvement solutions.
- Ability to professionally and efficiently operate, manage, and control departmental activities in a multi-tasked, face paced operational environment.
- Ability to build consensus, motivate staff and maintain a professional work environment.
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication (written and verbal).
- Ability to develop the skills of staff members.
- Proven collaboration skills with staff, peers and management in producing improvement solutions.
- Strong computer skills including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint knowledge.
- Proven ability to lead by example, communicate with and motivate team members.
- Ability to monitor and obtain compliance with organizations policies and expectations.
- Strong interpersonal skills at both the individual and team level.
- Adaptable and able to embrace and implement change while maintaining a positive attitude.
- Ability to coordinate workloads with peers and direct reports and obtain results through leadership and team building.
- Demonstrated leadership and/or mentoring skills with coaching/motivational ability at both the individual and team levels.
- Business focus which demonstrates an understanding to the company’s vision, mission, and strategies.
- Experience in team interactions and improvement methods/projects (e.g. coaching, quality, productivity).
- Supervisory experience preferred.
What you’ve done:
- 2 – 4 years’ work experience in a relevant work environment.
- NJ licensed Pharmacy Technician.
- BS/BA degree preferred.
- Pharmacy experience preferred.
What’s in it for you:
- Competitive pay rate
- A comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, and flexible spending accounts
- 401(k) retirement plan with a generous company contribution
- Life and disability insurance
- A generous paid time off program that increases every year
- Tuition reimbursement
- Opportunity for growth - We believe in promoting from within and do so through our internal job posting program!
About Us
Wedgewood is the nation’s largest and most trusted provider of compounded veterinary medications. Its recent merger with Blue Rabbit enables the company to provide veterinarians with next-generation software to streamline patient care and marks a significant evolution in services. Together Blue Rabbit and Wedgewood serve more than 70,000 veterinary professionals and one million animals annually.
Wedgewood is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you require an accommodation due to a special need or disability, please let your recruiter know what accommodations you will need.
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Experience
Required- 1 - 2 years: Compounding experience
Education
Required- Bachelors or better
Licenses & Certifications
Required- NJ Pharmacy Technician
