Production Lead

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Johnson & Johnson Full time

**Broad Purpose/Function**:

- Co-ordinate, control and coach the activities of the team in the Production and Warehouse areas.
- Ensures GMP, EHS and Quality requirements are met in the area of responsibility.
- To ensure that products are produced and stored according to the appropriate documentation in order to obtain the required quality.
- To approve the instructions relating to production operations and to ensure their strict implementation.
- To ensure that the production records are evaluated and signed by an authorized person before they are sent to the Quality Assurance Department.
- To check the maintenance of the departments, premises and equipment.
- To ensure that the appropriate validations are done.
- To ensure that the required initial and continuing training of the department personnel is carried out and adapted to the need.
- Actively drives and encourages the identification and implementation of continuous improvements initiatives within the Production and Warehouse departments.

**Duties / Responsibilities**:

- Quality and Compliance
- Ensures compliance of production related activities with all relevant quality, compliance legislation, SOP’s, Master Instructions and JnJ policies as delegated by the Responsible Pharmacist. Therefore there is a Pharmaceutical reporting line to the Responsible Pharmacist.
- Ensures that relevant SOP’s, manufacturing procedures and packing documentation are prepared and reviewed
- Ensures GMP by maintaining production area and equipment in a clean and good working order; maintaining tidiness and minimising cross contamination risks
- Manages & over-sees manufacturing operations & ensures batches are manufactured according to registered methods
- Participates in management reviews as per GMP requirements
- EHS
- Ensures product is manufactured to the required EHS standards and guidelines
- Implements EHS SOPs and MAPs
- Ensures that staff fully complies to PPE requirements in the production area
- Monitors waste generation and implement waste reduction action plans
- Production planning and scheduling
- Schedules agreed production plan in conjunction with planners to optimise manufacturing operations to achieve maximum utilization of resources
- Ensures capacity is available, including people, equipment and materials in order to execute the required production plan
- Ensures necessary communication forums are in place for personnel, eg. morning feedback meetings.
- Liaises with support functions to facilitate the production plan
- Production/Operations
- Executes production activities in accordance with agreed production plan.
- Optimizes utilization of manufacturing resources to achieve cost efficient usage of labour, capacity and materials
- Drives performance to ensure that Production targets are met
- Initiates trouble-shooting, problem solving and resolution of any obstacles in achieving agreed supply plan
- Ensures that company scorecard goals and objectives are achieved
- Ensures continuous improvement to reduce costs, increase productivity and improve quality
- Encourages staff participation in process improvement projects
- Maintenance
- Ensures plant and equipment are managed and maintained to achieve optimal performance
- Ensures that preventative maintenance work is carried out in accordance with schedules
- Ensures that validation activities are carried out as required
- Ensures all change over’s done as per the required work standard
- Human resources
- Manages and motivates staff to achieve the agreed production plan
- Ensures all staff is trained in accordance with the identified training plans
- Manages all staff in accordance with BCEA, LRA, EE Plan, Grievance and Disciplinary Code
- Recruits and appoints suitably qualified staff in accordance with company policies and procedures
- Develops annual employee goals and objectives and conducts performance appraisals as per guidelines
- Identify development and retention opportunities for employees to ensure business continuity
- Finance
- Develops and manages the annual budget for the Production and Warehouse areas
- Tracks performance against agreed standard for material and labour and takes corrective action accordingly
- Identifies CAPEX requirements to optimize performance
- Creates and manages the required CARs for execution in the respective areas
- Delegation

In case of absence of the Key Role individual, assume responsibility for key activities in the following role, as Delegate 1 for Site Leader.

**Qualifications**:

- Pharmaceutical Diploma/Degree or equivalent qualification
- 10 to 12 years manufacturing experience of which 5 years should be at a Management Level
- Additional managerial qualification would be advantageous
- Projects/Continuous Improvement/Maintenance management experience and skills
- Lean/Six Sigma experience will be advantageous
- A strong track record in building, managing and motivating high performing teams
- Must be able to work under pressure
- Must

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