Head of Manufacturing

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Production Planning and Coordination: On a daily basis, plan, coordinate, and manage production schedules to ensure timely delivery of products that meet quality and cost objectives.
• •Compliance Oversight: Ensure all production steps defined by SOPs, production records, and protocols are executed in compliance with cGMP standards.
• •Best Practices Implementation: Oversee the application of best cGMP practices and techniques to ensure products are produced within specifications, ensuring that all equipment, facilities, and materials comply with defined standards.
• •Staff Training and Competence: Ensure all production staff are adequately trained and competent in their procedures, consistently adhering to cGMP working practices.
• •Training Development: Develop and implement a training plan to enhance the skills of current production personnel and facilitate rapid onboarding of new staff.
• •Key Metrics Management: Be responsible for the development, collection, and reporting of key quality and business metrics, using these metrics to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• •Deviation Management: Ensure that any deviations, change controls, or CAPAs related to materials, facilities, processes, or procedures are escalated and addressed promptly.
• •Work Environment Maintenance: Liaise with manufacturing staff to maintain cleanliness, organisation, and continuous inspection readiness in all production areas.
• •Safety Compliance: Conduct all activities safely and in full compliance with HSE requirements.
• •Team Environment: Actively contribute to creating and maintaining an enthusiastic, supportive, and collaborative team environment.
• •Leadership Duties: Deputise for the line manager, if needed and undertake additional duties as requested in accordance with company requirements.
• •Project Management: Effectively manage assigned projects and sub-project workstreams, ensuring delivery within agreed timelines.
• •Team Management: Manage a team of experienced operatives and supervisors, ensuring ownership and timely delivery of project tasks and responsibilities.
• •Process Development and Improvement: Identify improvement projects, focusing on enhancing process robustness, yield, and cost-effectiveness.
• •Regulatory Preparedness: Support regulatory submissions and ensure departmental readiness for associated audits.
• •Continuous Improvement Strategy: Define and implement a continuous improvement strategy aligned with the long-term strategic goals of the organisation.
• •Lean Six Sigma Projects: Use Lean Six Sigma methodology to identify, manage, and deliver key improvement projects throughout the business.
• •Change Management: Ensure effective implementation of change management techniques and procedures where necessary.
• •Risk Consideration: Assess risks and ensure alignment with organisational strategy in all projects.
• •Project Planning: Generate project plans that identify commercial considerations, impacts, milestones for delivery, and associated business benefits. Ensure work plans are aligned with business requirements and site projects, goals and objectives.
• •Quality Management System: Manage and track the timely delivery of department-owned Quality Management System actions and documentation.
• •Escalation of Compliance Issues: Escalate deviations to compliance through appropriate Quality Management Systems and the site Senior Leadership Team.
• •Training Standards Maintenance: Ensure departmental training standards are consistently maintained.
• •Safety and Quality Advocacy: Promote and act as an ambassador for safety and quality excellence across teams and site-wide.
• •Knowledge Sharing Culture: Foster a culture of knowledge sharing within teams to enhance collective experience.
• •Leadership Excellence: Lead by example in maintaining a collaborative environment across the team and sites.
• •Flexibility and Additional Duties: Be prepared for shift work and out-of-hours responsibilities as required, and undertake any other duties as requested by the line manager.
• •Budget Management: Effectively manage all budgets associated the Manufacturing Department. Work with the Director of Operations on setting budgets and manage in accordance. Highlight areas for cost savings and implement as routine.