Senior Manager Processing

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc... allowed, Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:
As a Senior Manager of Formulation Manufacturing at our organization, you'll guide teams responsible for delivering critical pharmaceutical and diagnostic products that help improve health outcomes. You'll oversee daily operations while ensuring compliance with cGMP standards and supporting operational excellence through continuous improvement initiatives. Working with cross-functional partners, you'll enhance manufacturing processes, develop staff capabilities, and implement effective solutions to meet growing customer demands.

This leadership role combines technical expertise with people management to deliver exceptional product quality while maintaining safety and efficiency. You'll manage budgets, resources, and KPIs while cultivating a culture of innovation and accountability. Your contributions will strengthen the organization as you collaborate with Quality, Engineering, Technical Services and other stakeholders to advance manufacturing excellence and support our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Essential Functions: 

Financial

• Hire and maintain trained and cGMP compliant workforce to ensure department has the adequate resources to meet the master packaging schedule.
• Represent processing operations in site S&OP cycle, ensures department can meet demand expectations.
• Work with processing management team to ensure daily production outputs (e.g., output quantity, etc.) and efficiencies.
• Drive PPI (operational excellence) culture through department, ensures annual process improvement targets and commitments are met.
• Monitor costs to ensure optimum operating while maintaining production costs.
• Complete projects assigned by Management within established timelines.
• Prepare quotations for existing products and future prospective clients.
• Participate in annual budget creation and monthly tracking of costs.

Colleagues

• Develop and implement a succession plan and career path for all key individuals.
• Clearly outline key staff roles and expectations, as required.
• Provide annual performance reviews to Department Managers and any other direct reports.
• Ensure the necessary training is provided to the individuals such that they are able to excel in their position and to monitor the performance of those who require help or direction.
• Support cross training of individuals thus achieving a flexible work force, as required.

• Hire staff and administers performance improvement plans, up to and including termination when appropriate.
• Offer options and suggestions for process, capacity, client services and staff morale improvements.

• Promote a safe working environment, report potential hazards, and ensure all direct reports follow Environmental Health and Safety procedures.
• Select, develop, and evaluate colleagues to ensure the efficient operation of the function. Work with and advise colleagues on administrative policies and procedures.

Quality and Quality Improvement

• Ensure excellent product quality as demonstrated in downward trend of Quality Investigation Reports/Quality Deviation Reports (QIR/QDRs) through more awareness to issues and expectations and excellent root cause identification and elimination.
• Ensure responses to client, Good Manufacturing Practices, safety, and QIR follow up actions are completed in a timely manner, as required.
• Assist in investigating and resolving technical issues.
• Monitor processes to ensure efficient operation (e.g., yields).
• Instill a culture of professionalism and respect for co-workers, clients, and the products with which we work.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATION

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Sciences, or related field.

Experience:

Minimum 6 years operations experience, in a pharmaceutical industry or other GMP environment.

Minimum 3 years previous supervisory experience.

Equivalency:

Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered.

Compensation

The estimated annualized pay range for this position in Ontario is $106,600.00–$155,850.00.