Work Schedule
Standard Office Hours (40/wk)

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

Job Description

How will you make an impact?

Oversee and lead everyday execution in the packaging departments activities at Toronto Region Operations ensuring that safety, quality, delivery, budgetary, and customer targets are met. Develop and lead a functional team of packaging managers and other professionals to supervise activities within the various areas of packaging to ensure that packaged product is made to current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) standards and on time and in full.

What will you do:

Financial

• Hire and maintain trained and cGMP compliant workforce to ensure department has the adequate resources to meet the master packaging schedule.

• Represent packaging operations in site S&OP cycle and ensure department can meet demand expectations.

• Work with packaging management team to ensure daily production outputs (e.g., output quantity, etc.) and efficiencies.

• Drive PPI (operational excellence) culture through department, ensures annual process improvement targets and commitments are met.

• Monitor costs to ensure optimum operating while maintaining production costs. Participates in annual budget creation and monthly cost tracking.

• Complete projects assigned by Management within established timelines.

• Prepare quotations for existing products and future prospective clients.

• Clearly outline key staff roles and expectations. Develop and implement a succession plan and career path for key team members.

• Instill a culture of professionalism and respect for all colleagues, clients, and the products with which we work.

• Provide annual performance reviews for direct reports and administers performance improvement plans, up to and including termination when appropriate.

• Ensure vital training is provided to the individuals such that they are able to excel in their position.

• Ensure cross training of colleagues to achieve and maintain flexible work force.

• Provide options and suggestions for process, capacity, client services and staff morale improvements.

• Promote a safe working environment, report potential hazards, and ensure all direct reports follow Environmental Health and Safety procedures.

• Select, develop, and evaluate colleagues to ensure the efficient operation of the function. Work with and advise colleagues on administrative policies and procedures.

• Ensure excellent product quality as shown in downward trend of Quality Investigation Reports/Quality Deviation Reports (QIR/QDRs) through more awareness to issues and expectations and excellent root cause identification and elimination.

• Ensure responses to client, Good Manufacturing Practices, safety, and QIR follow-up actions are completed in a timely manner. Assist in investigating and resolving technical issues. Monitor processes to ensure efficient operation (e.g., yields).