Operations Lead

Hobson Prior are in search for an Operations Lead to join a leading pharmaceutical organisation on a 12-months fixed term contract located in Stevenage. Our client focuses on advancing the growth of cell and gene therapy research across the UK, helping to promote the use of these therapies throughout the health services all over the world.

Job Responsibilities:

• Accountable to manage quality records effectively, adhering to internal standards for investigation management and closure.
• You will manage & lead the GMP operations and scheduling team including recruitment and selection, motivation, training & development, appraisals and managing performance.
• Responsible for ensuring procedures across the GMP shared areas are compliant and tailored to business and collaborator needs.
• To manage the third party GMP cleaning service provider and ensure spend is managed according to internal budgets.
• Recognise KPIs and build business cases to improve the processes and systems in the GMP shared areas.
• Generate, review and approve GMP documentation such as Standard Operating Procedures.
• To represent as the out of hours On-call duty manager on a rotational base together with other senior personnel Scheduling.
• Develop strong scheduling systems and processes across all operational areas of the manufacturing centre to support Collaborator organisations as manufacturing increases at scale.
• Manage the scheduling function responsible for scheduling activities across the shared GMP areas, warehouse and supply chain and quality control.
• Implementation and routine management of the resource planning/project tracking tool for the manufacturing centre Continuous improvement.
• Work with the clients Collaborators to identify areas of improvement across operational functions and implement identified changes in a compliant, timely and cost-efficient manner.
• Any other assigned duties.

Key Skills:

• Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks and to prioritise the workload whilst maintaining a strong focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent people skills with the ability to interact with a wide range of customer needs.
• Strong influencing and leadership skills.
• Ability to quickly establish credibility and build rapport and trust.
• A good team player with a hands-on approach.
• Able to evaluate complex situations and find solutions for them in a professional manner.
• Flexible and pragmatic, able to learn quickly and respond flexibly to project needs and priorities.

Requirements:

• MSc or BSc in a relevant biological or commercial discipline.
• Proven experience of working within a pharmaceutical GMP environment preferably in cell and gene therapy.
• Proven experience of working in an operational role in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience of managing change and understanding of continuous improvement concepts i.e. LEAN, DMAIC and Six Sigma concepts would be desirable.
• Experienced line manager.
• Proven experience of managing projects within an operational environment.
• Proven experience of looking critically at own and others work practices and procedures and identifying and implementing any needed improvements.
• Proven experience of motivating teams, whilst training and acting as a role model for others .
• Willingness to travel, must be flexible to travel between locations as required.

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