Group Leader Solid Packaging

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 Pfizers 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
In your role, you will be accountable for activities involved in the assembly and packaging of finished goods including goods in cans, bottles, boxes, bags, blister pacts, or other similar containers. This work typically includes meeting product finishing scheduling, setting up, operating, maintaining and troubleshooting packaging equipment; monitoring, evaluating and adjusting processes or packaging equipment to maximize quality and efficiency. You will also be responsible for completing batch records and associated documentation and working in an integrated computerized manufacturing environment.
As part of the Technical Operations team, you are recognized as a subject matter expert with specialized knowledge and skills in procedures, techniques, tools, materials and equipment. You will be entrusted with adapting standard methods and procedures by applying your knowledge, prior work experience and requirements. Your business awareness of cross-organizational impact on project delivery will elevate the quality of project deliverables. You will make decision about the methods and procedures that are the best fit for different work situations. You will train others and reinforce behaviors that will help us achieve our goal of providing the best healthcare to our patients.

How You Will Achieve It

• Manage own time and professional development, be accountable for own results.
• Prioritize own workflow and may lead and allocate work of others and assist in establishing their priorities.
• Serve as key resource within area of expertise.
• Maintain process flow and documentation according to GMP(Good Manufacturing Practices) and Quality Standards.
• Advise and inform the operator in all GMP related procedures and all operational deviation.
• Verify daily schedule to assign priorities upon discussion with Unit Leader or Team Leader.
• Act as an interface between the operator and the coordination with other departments requests or services such as (medical pass and physical exams).
• Assist in providing input for personnel related tasks (i.e., attendance, performance).
• Coordinate and follow-up with the resources needed from support departments.
• Identify training operators needs and coordination with training department.
• Keep accurate records as needed for solution manufacture and prepares solutions as directed by work order.
• Document work in the work order packages as needed.
• Recognize when processes, procedures, equipment, product, commodities, etc. are out of specifications.
• Perform set-up, cleaning and operation of complex equipment, chemical testing, mixing drugs, filtering and drug weighing.
• Maintain accurate and detailed paperwork.
• Utilize basic mathematical skills including an understanding of the metric system (if required by a specific job).
• Load, unload, monitor, make minor repairs and use a variety of material handling assisting in the operating of assigned machines.

Qualifications Must-Have

• High School Diploma or GED and 6+ years of experience.
• Certification in assigned area if applicable.
• Microsoft Office Suite skills.
• Able to perform basic to medium arithmetic reasoning and calculations.
• Knowledge and experience with Packaging Equipment.
• Experience of In-process documentation.

Nice-to-Have

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Must be able to work with computerized drug weigh programs.
• Experience and competence in following detailed instructions.
• Knowledge of chemistry, the metric system, scales and the filtration process.

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates. Manufacturing