Production Supervisor

Use Your Power for Purpose Our breakthroughs would not reach the hands of patients without our dedicated pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on agile members who understand the critical impact of their role in Pfizer’s mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and continuously strive to improve outcomes. Your efforts ensure that patients and physicians have timely access to the medicines they need.  Role Summary Under the general guidance of the Department Manager/Lead the Operations Supervisor, in conjunction with their peers, will serves as the first line manager within the operational areas of the site. They will direct multi-shift work activities of hourly colleague in an assigned operational area of the site to include the filling, inspection, packaging, assembly and storage of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), parenteral liquid drug products and auto-injector medical devices. They will be responsible for supervising both manual and automated processes within and/or outside aseptic environments. Role Responsibilities • Supervise colleague work activities in the production of [APIs, or biotechnology products or Drug Products] in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) as well as all federal, state, and local environmental and safety regulations. • Actively engage in colleague development, including timely performance feedback/appraisals as well as through other aspects of the performance management process (i.e. 1:1s, IDPs). • Ensure colleague training is maintained and in compliance with appropriate procedures, specifications and standards. • Assist in ensuring units are manufactured to forecasted volume with the appropriate resources. • Schedules staffing, optimizing labor available to meet required product demands of customers within budgeted guidelines, communicating with and recommending actions to leadership as needed. • Collaborates cross-functionally with Quality, Maintenance, Warehouse and other production personnel to ensure information is properly shared and production remains on schedule. • Completes operational quality, environmental, and safety incident investigations as required. • Actively partners with others, sharing knowledge, problem solving, and implementing solutions to issues on the manufacturing floor. • Identifies process improvements and supports continuous improvement initiatives related to compliance, safety and production to minimize risk, ensure product quality and reduce waste through the application of OpEx and IMEx principles.Anticipates and reacts to shortages of material, equipment, personnel, and space to meet schedule and maintain inventory. • Reviews batch records, supports release of production lots and ensures product meets quality and quantity standards. • Maintains and improves labor standards as it relates to having the proper number of colleagues assigned to each line per the line standards to meet staffing and financial guidelines. • Champions a safety culture by aiding in the establishment of safety rules and instruction. Adheres to safety requirements. Reports events to EH&S. Ensures events are contained and appropriate steps are taken to mitigate risk to product and the manufacturing environment. • Provides continuous GMP coaching (i.e. aseptic practices, GDP, visual inspection sequence adherence, etc.) to ensure procedures and policies are followed and ensure the quality of the product. • Assists manager with special projects and other duties as assigned or needed. Minimum Requirements (Here's What You Need) • Education and prior pharmaceutical and/or manufacturing experience required for this role. • Prior experience includes strong knowledge, support and capability related to manufacturing operations, me