Job Description

Supervisor, Manufacturing Formulation

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.

How will you make an impact?

The Manufacturing Supervisor for Formulations leads all aspects of operations with general responsibility for safety, quality, delivery, and cost daily, while directing a team of up to 15 employees made up of both Full Time Employees potentially Contractors.

A Day in the Life:

• Communicate cross -functionally to ensure scheduled completion of daily work.

• Partners with Planning/scheduling to plan weekly manufacturing schedule.

• Handle shift-to-shift communications and reports shift metrics and issues to ensure smooth transition of work between shifts.

• Maintains staffing plan and reviews team member performance.

• Promote a safe and positive collaborative environment to achieve production goals and site metrics.

• Capture and analyze production metrics. Identify trends. Collaboratively build a case for improvement.

• Ensure employees are following company policies. Issue warnings and take corrective actions if/as needed.

• Supervise and ensure compliance with ISO/GMP/FDA/class 7 and 8 requirements.

• Maintain quality system by following SOP’s and work instructions.

• Review and update manufacturing documents as needed (MBRs, SOPs, BOMs).

• Promote Practical Process Improvement and achieve cost saving goals.

• Open and lead problem reports/CAPA/Change Control as needed.

• Participate in relevant cross-functional meetings i.e. Kaizen, PPI, safety, RCCM

• Assign the daily work to ensure schedule completion while leading utilization and efficiency.

Keys to Success:

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required with 3 - 5 years of proven ability.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, or related field is preferred.

• Education and background in Chemistry or Biology highly preferred.

Experience

• Proven experience working in a manufacturing environment or related fast paced, impactful environment where leadership is required.

• Experienced people leader with 1-2 years of people leadership.

• Experience preferred in one of the following: DNA/RNA isolation, library prep, library amplification, NGS processes or manufacturing of reagents.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Proven record to follow policies and procedures, instructions, and to meet project timelines consistently and independently.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite to support daily operations.

• Strong written and verbal communication, and time management skills.

• Shown ability to apply problem solving methodology to understand root cause and implement solutions.

• Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed.

• Other job duties as assigned.

We offer competitive salary, an annual incentive bonus plan, 401K with company match up to 6%, tuition reimbursement, and a range of other employee benefits!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us (https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/5-reasons-to-work-at-thermo-fisher-scientific) . As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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