Production Supervisor (Night Shift)

• Lead and manage production to established specifications within a sterile and aseptic work environment, ensuring compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Good Documentation Practices (GDP), safe work practices, and other company policies and procedures.
• Inventory management of critical supplies to ensure production needs are met.
• Maintain and optimize regular management processes (production schedules, daily performance metrics, communication and reduction in unplanned downtime, scrap, rejects, etc. ) and make recommendations and take actions for improvements.
• Motivate and develop employees via coaching, positive influence, team building, daily communication and accountability management, with a view to maintain and improve processes and performance; and implementing projects and standard operating practices to reach business and team objectives.
• Facilitate training and development of all production employees, ensuring they have the skills, knowledge and competence to carry out their duties efficiently, effectively and safely and to cGMP/GDP standards.
• Ensure all deviations from validated processes and procedures are reported, investigated with actions in accordance with company requirements and timelines.
• Ensure safety, health and environmental procedures are given due priority. Identify, investigate, correct and document potential environmental and safety problems. Ensure corrective actions are implemented and adhered to on a daily basis.
• Control and oversee environmental compliance and waste handling, storage and disposal for the facility, ensuring compliance with all regulations.
• Develop solid respectful relationships with direct reports, department managers and co-workers in various departments.
• Collaborate with other departments and share knowledge for continuous improvement and to meet product quality standards.
• Respond to all inquiries both internal and external in a timely manner.
• Attendance management, including absenteeism.
• Payroll – ensuring all hours worked are accounted for in the ADP time-keeping system.
• Other duties as assigned.

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post.

Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve.

Competencies Required for the Role :

• FOSTERING COLLABORATION/TEAMWORK - is the ability to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor; the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team; as a team leader, the ability to demonstrate interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together. Builds partnerships for global performance. Respects others.
• JUDGEMENT – is the ability to make considered decisions or come to a sensible conclusion.
• PROCESS IMPROVEMENT – involves the business practice of identifying, analyzing, and improving existing processes to optimize performance.
• PLANNING – is the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve a desired goal.
• INITIATIVE - Identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked or before the situation requires it.