Location: Guayama, PR
Pay Rate: $24.00 - $28.84 ($50-$60K)
Shift: Available to work 3rd Shift

Job Purpose:

• The Team Leader, Manufacturing (Supervisor) has accountability for leading assigned production staff to achieve targets and deliver and improve process or product consistency, quality/compliance, cost standards and customer service.
• Responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, performance assessment, salary recommendations, and employee counseling for a group of employees typically with similar technical responsibilities.
• Ensures that work performed by the assigned staff is accurate, timely, efficient, and compliant with corporate policies, plant SOPs, cGMP regulations, and FDA regulations.
• Leads and participates in investigations and continuous improvement initiatives, applying tools like LEAN manufacturing and Six Sigma to improve quality, cost, and safety and/or cycle time.
• Collaborates effectively with other functional SMEs to ensure production goals are met and investigations are expeditiously completed.
• The goal of the supervisor is to optimize resources to maximize production and ensure quality and safety standards.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Act always in line with the Company values, particularly leadership, integrity, and respect for people which incumbent must role model.
• Supervises assigned staff in daily operations, maintaining a high level of floor presence: accurately checking processes and tasks or setting up, maintaining, troubleshooting, and product changeovers. Monitors and may perform daily operations and provide direction to staff as needed to maintain safe and cGMP compliant work environment.
• Coaches and counsels employees on a timely basis regarding performance (behavior, skills, and attitude) to form a high-performance team.
• Identifies training needs of assigned staff and partners with the Trainers to ensure that needs are satisfied.
• Monitors batch record and documentation entries throughout the manufacturing/packaging process to ensure timely closure.
• Ensures adequate material supply for next shift.
• Actively evaluates future needs of equipment and employees (current and future planning).
• Mentors’ newer supervisory peers on production process and in supervisory strategies.
• Determines production schedule, updates schedule board, and communicates daily release schedule. Communicates production information with other shifts.
• Assists production teams with batch paperwork and performs system transactions. Coordinates activities with the other departments.
• Uses innovation and analytical tools to reduce cycle times and optimize production scheduling.
• Monitors and communicates production metrics.
• Ensures compliance with all government and company regulatory requirements. Ensures application of cGMP compliance with respect to staff, shop floor and documentation. Trains staff on necessary compliance and quality requirements.
• Verifies batch reconciliation and investigates all discrepancies immediately. Prepares Manufacturing Discrepancy Reports, as necessary, and initiates Management Investigation Reports (MIRs) regarding deviations in process tasks or equipment set-up and testing.
• Partners with the Quality, Technical Services and Operations personnel to investigate Manufacturing Incidents applying tools as CAPA to eliminate root cause in investigating.
• Participates in and may lead continuous improvement initiatives, applying tools like LEAN manufacturing and Six Sigma to improve quality, cost, safety and cycle time.
• Able to handle routine problems independently. Works with cross-functional experts in solving problems.
• Reviews, updates, and revises SOP's.
• Talent Management
  • Guides, monitors, and develops team to foster continuous improvement. Sets realistic objectives and clearly assigns accountability and responsibility for tasks and decisions.
  • Interviews and selects hourly employees. Participates in the interview process for quality and technology personnel assigned to the unit.
  • Identify low performers, effectively manages the corrective action plan or performance improvement plan. Performs disciplinary action as required.
  • Actively support staff in successful planning and implementation of individual development plans in current and/or future goals
  • Provides salary planning recommendations.
• Performs administrative duties for assigned areas, including monitoring attendance, vacations, and timecards. Schedules and assigns required overtime to meet production requirements.
• The incumbent receives production and demand schedules objectives from the Manager. Supervises the translation of these objectives through a team of direct reports and operating teams. Objectives are reviewed with the incumbent’s manager for compliance with overall plan. Execution of the plan is the sole responsibility of the incumbent within the area assigned. Outcomes are measured continuously through various statistical methods. Upon completion, the work is transferred to the next functional area.
• The supervisor is fully accountable and responsible for maintaining effective daily floor operations and proactively managing employees, including coaching, training, performance assessment and salary recommendation, as applicable. – Shared Authority Reviews staff requests for vacation time, time off, etc. – Final Authority
• Responsible for prioritizing process activities or production schedules. Monitors available data and schedules overtime and staff adjustments. – Final Authority
• Suspend production when operations do not meet acceptable parameters or decide production schedule for each shift to meet production schedule – Final Authority
• Participates with Quality and Technology personnel to find improvement actions that result in quality, cost, and safety and/or cycle time improvements – Shared Authority.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Science, Engineering, Business Management, or a related technical field
  • Equivalent combination:
    • BS/BA with 5–10 years of relevant experience and at least 5 years of supervisory experience, OR
    • 10–12 years of relevant pharmaceutical or related industry experience (non-degree, subject to approval)
• 5–10 years of experience in manufacturing, preferably in pharmaceutical or regulated environments
• Strong knowledge of:
  • cGMP regulations and safety standards
  • Manufacturing and packaging processes
  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and operational controls
• Experience with:
  • Team supervision and leadership
  • Labor relations and employee management
  • Quality systems and compliance requirements
• Solid understanding of:
  • Product cost structure
  • Budgeting and financial planning
  • Spending and resource management
• Ability to:
  • Ensure compliance with corporate quality guidelines and sanitation standards
  • Identify and report quality issues effectively
  • Maintain contamination control and proper hygiene practices in manufacturing environments
• Willingness and ability to:
  • Stand and walk for extended periods
  • Work flexible schedules, including weekends
  • Travel as needed
  • Wear required protective equipment in production areas

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 24.00/hr.