Job Description

Why Patients Need You

Our breakthroughs would not make it to the hands of patients without our pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on a team of dedicated and agile members, who understand the importance and impact of their role in Pfizer\xe2\x80\x99s mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and always look to improve outcomes. You will help to ensure that patients and physicians have the medicines they need, when they need them.

What You Will Achieve

You will be responsible for helping to draft Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) / Work Instructions and use your experience to train technicians on all aspects of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) manufacturing. You will initially be part of the Operational Readiness team working days and will eventually be part of a shift team where you will mentor / coach others. You will also operate the plant equipment to manufacture APIs in OSP, Dispensary, and Milling buildings based on established Good Manufacturing Practices and SOPs. It is your hard work and focus that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.

How You Will Achieve It

• Manage own time, professional development and be accountable for own results.
• Prioritize own workflow and allocate work to others and assist in establishing their priorities.
• Responsible for providing input for performance assessment on team members.
• Maintain Pfizer standards and values for quality, safety and environmental objectives as well as meeting production goals.
• Lead operators in assuring that all the duties required in their areas are appropriately conducted with or without supervision.
• Help Project Managers with both in-house and contract maintenance on process equipment.
• Learn activities and tasks associated with own role, and contribute to creative conversations {e.g., brainstorming and innovation).
• Consistently communicates work sequence status to supervisor in a timely manner.
• Follow procedures at all times, adopting current Good Manufacturing Practices {part of GxP} practices.
• Interact with API and unit leadership, shop floor operators, subject matter experts across production units as well as API Specialist peers, Quality, Environment, Health & Safety colleagues and external regulatory agencies.
• Maintain and prepare API Laboratory Equipment/supplies and consumables for production use, aligning with API unit production schedules.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 10+ years of experience in a relevant manufacturing environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong team player, adaptable and versatile with the ability to work across different cultures
• Ability to document clearly and concisely.
• Demonstrated ability to work on own initiative and proactively respond to business needs.
• Experience with technology transfer would be an advantage.
• Excellent technical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent understanding of the manufacturing systems such as AMPS, SAP, Delta-V, and LIMS.

Nice-to-Have

• A third level qualification (degree / diploma) is desirable but not a necessity