Production Head - SSF Operations

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Directing and Communicating

• Plan and propose strategic initiatives with existing facilities which results in increasing the production capacity in the most cost competitive way and in accordance with the OSQ strategy.
• Acquire related technologies and trends in production and process prevailing worldwide and implement as applicable
• Have futuristic views in accordance with the values, vision and mission of the organization
• Develop and retain key competencies and strong succession management
• Monitor, record, analyse and report on activities, trends, results and recommendations relating to production/process activities
• Execution and validation of process and equipments, preparation and review of technical reports, writing and reviewing GMP documentation
• Maintaining GMP of manufacturing operations and supporting process and technology Development
• Investigate, plan and implement strategically effective and relevant process methods, which meet optimally the need of the department
• Executing manufacturing procedures that involve upstream manufacturing downstream purification from microbial sources
• Implement cost-saving ideas and projects
• Establish and support a work environment of continuous improvement that supports the companies Quality policy, Quality System and the appropriate regulations for the area
• Manage stock control (finished goods and raw materials), warehousing and Production planning activities
• Responsible for shift schedule to include - workstation assignments / rotations, employee training, employee vacations, employee breaks, overtime assignment, back-up for absent employees, and shift rotations.
• Secure the scheduling plan in line with master planning and meet demand order with different priority
• Comply with SCM demands to maintain product supply in flexible way
• Annual, Quarterly and monthly preventive maintenance scheduling for process equipments in co-ordination with Engineering department
• Maintain and share with colleagues as appropriate personal knowledge of all relevant process and procedures
• Oversee talent management and employee development and promote constructive employee relations
• Ability to motivate others to meet demands established by the schedule.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending external Workshops, establishing personal networks and benchmarking state-of-the-art practices.
• Conducting performance evaluation for continual development
• Forecast the production need and plan resource including materials sourcing and manpower
• Formulate ambitious and clear department goals that support the continuous development of the business processes in the department and in accordance with OSQ global targets.
• Suggest and plan expansions and changes necessary to meet goals as required by the senior management
• Organizing
• Manage and lead the production team with primary focus on optimization of production processes to reduce the variable cost, liberate capacity and improve the product quality and yield
• Assign personnel and resource to meet goals, objectives and expectations of the department
• Support the department continuously to meet business strategy and goals
• Create and maintain good communication channels and close co-operation with other departments to share better practice and other information
• Guide to focused direction and communicate effectively to achieve key project goals
• Participate in discussions and constructive challenges by relevant decision groups at appropriate levels
• Ensure project reports and technical information are appropriately communicated and archived
  
  

Co-ordinating

• Provide leadership and guidance to the individual staff members of the department and secure that they get information, general and specific, necessary to accomplish their tasks
• Coordinate and oversee the overall activities in the department and ensure good cooperation
• Controlling
• Ensure that all activities are done in accordance with legal, safety and quality requirements
• Prepare regular oral and written reports of progress and status on projects
• Accomplish preparation of Basis Direction and approval of QES procedures and production master recipe
• Execute production reports, including monthly report according to company systems
• Process and Optimization
• Secure Optimisation plans and better practice are implemented in department regards to economy, yield and capacity
• Suggest, capture and initiate new ideas and opportunities related to step changes and continual improvement of production process, product and quality
• Supervise the team to secure important technology and skill are developed
• Plan and implement small- and large-scale trials for optimization
• Supporting the introduction of new products and new strains
• Supporting process development and troubleshooting issues
• Cost Control
• Secure production is in good control to improve productivity and VC1 saving
• Initiates and captures new ideas and opportunities related to continuous improvement of equipment reliability and capacity cost reduction
• Ensure that the ODPC budget is managed in accordance with the given guidelines
• Quality
• Maintain the department quality system in accordance with QMS documents
• Secure that the daily operation is conducted according to the QMS System
• Ensure local compliance with legislation & regulations and standards for product quality and safety, including specified compliance requirements.
• Manage and Support FSSC 22000, ISO 9001/14001 and other relevant audits
• Ensure all departmental activities comply with NZ policies and standards
• Support and ensure use of methodical approach in effective troubleshooting and root cause analysis of issues related to the process
• Recommend equipment modifications to improve safety, environmental impact, cGMP and economy
• Ensure preventive maintenance is carried out to secure reliability efficiency
• Safety
• Ensure a safe working environment through development of relevant safety procedures
• Ensure that an efficient departmental safety program is in place
• Ensure that production and process are conducted in a safe manner and in accordance with internal safety procedures and regulatory requirements
• People Management
• In co-operation with HR, interview and hire people
• Assessment of employee’s performance for promotion and pay hikes
• Look after grievance handling, discharging for misconduct
• Training and Development
• Coach and develop personnel according to their individual needs and the scope of their job-related functions
• Supervise training activities and ensure that established performance standards are met.
• Carry out placement of trainees on completion of training
• Assess the training effectiveness from the feedback of employees
• Guide to cope up with target pressure
• Facilitate to adjust with production scheduled timings
• Organize for stress relieving events at periodic intervals
• Give counselling at crisis
  
  

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