About The Job

Opella, the Consumer Healthcare business unit of Sanofi, is the purest and third-largest player globally in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market. 

We have an unshakable belief in the power of self-care and the role it can play in creating a healthier society and a healthier planet. That’s why we want to make self-care as simple as it should be by being consumer-led always, with science at our core. Through our unique and balanced portfolio of more than 100 loved brands, including 15 global and local high-growth challengers such as Allegra, Dulcolax and Buscopan, we deliver our mission: helping more than half a billion consumers worldwide take their health in their hands. 

Your job as a Packaging Area Manager ​​is responsible for the effective management of the Packaging and Processing Areas for Manufacturing Operations. Responsible for all safety, compliance, and production training for personnel. Fosters a positive work culture by ensuring 1:1 meetings between leadership and frontline employees. Ensures supervisors and lead technicians have training on the optimum utilization of personnel, equipment, and materials governing product quality, cost, and employee safety.

We deliver consumer-inspired, science-based products and solutions to our consumers worldwide, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. Your job, as Packaging Technician will be to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of diverse packaging machinery, from slat fillers to thermoformers and cappers. You'll be responsible for the equipment's set-up, cleaning, and maintenance, playing a vital part in our production process.

This mission is brought to life by an 11,000-strong team, 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites, and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers.

 We are also proud to be the first major fast-moving consumer healthcare company to achieve B Corp certification. Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensures optimum utilization of packaging and processing facilities, personnel, and equipment to meet production planning, budgetary, quality, and employee safety requirements.

• Operates within OSHA Safety Regulations and “Current Good Manufacturing Practices” during day-to-day operations including, but not limited to, housekeeping, documentation, and other internal regulations.

• Drives continuous improvement efforts in the areas of productivity, cGMP compliance, and employee safety.

• Manages direct reports (50 to 100 people employees including, but not limited to, material handlers, line attendants, packaging and processing technicians, lead technicians and supervisors) in all daily plant operations.

• Interviews and selects personnel, determines placement and training processes, and identifies potential for hire and advancement. Recommends compensation and disposition of personnel.

• Develops training programs for packaging and processing technicians which will foster team concept understanding and participation in problem solving.

• Drives continuous profit improvement initiatives through improvements in labor/materials productivity, packaging line and processing operating efficiencies, and employee cost awareness through education and training.

• Maintains adherence to personnel policies within the plant.

• Designs and implements packaging and processing methods.

• Initiates studies to improve packaging and processing operations productivity.

• Supervises effectiveness and maintenance of packaging and processing equipment. Coordinates equipment changeovers and major maintenance with production scheduling and the maintenance team.

• Recommends minor and major modifications of existing equipment to improve overall operations performance. Recommends capital expenditures and provides input justification.

• Schedules and directs all plant material needs and movements of components to satisfy production scheduling requirements and warehouse space limitations.

• Prepares or directs preparation of all departmental records and reports. Ensures understanding and adherence to batch records and processing instructions.

• Supervises batch production to meet business demands.

• Investigates and provides corrective actions for deviations.

• Provides input on new products and process proposals to optimize productivity validation.

• Establishes and ensures safe working practices. Authorizes corrective action to reduce or eliminate potential safety hazards or hazardous conditions.

• Reviews and provides input on department expense budgets, to include labor and operating supplies, while looking for opportunities for cost reduction. Establishes specifications of expense materials used to support operations and approves expenditures.

• Maintains inventories and control of expensed purchased items.

• Provides necessary training and supervision of sanitation department personnel and crew leaders to ensure compliance with FDA-cGMP requirements, and Chattem Consumer Products Standard Operating Procedures.

• Establishes and maintains compliance to Standard Operating Procedures. Provides updates, as necessary.

• Coordinates production schedules and anticipate areas where available capacity could be an issue.

• Performs detailed investigations of packaging and processing discrepancies. Identify root causes and recommend corrective action when necessary.

• Ensures cooperation and interdepartmental collaboration with all support departments (Quality Assurance, Product Supply, Warehousing/Distribution Services, Product Development).

• Recommends and issues corrective action when necessary.

• Nurtures work culture to foster positive employee morale.

Professional Skills:

• Maintain satisfactory attendance record.

• Drafts documents required for operation of the business to include proper grammar, accurate math calculations, and clear language that describes and/or directs action.

• Ability to establish and maintain positive employee relations utilizing clear communication to team members and thorough problem-solving techniques.

• Physically able to lift and handle heavy loads to 2,500 pounds with aid of handling equipment. 

Role Specific Competencies:

• Training:   As needed and determined by department supervisor to insure Chattem Consumer Products procedures compliance as required by FDA-cGMP’s

ABOUT YOU

• Education: You must have a bachelor's degree in engineering,Business Administration or Chemistry

• Experience: 2-5 years' experience in process engineering and/or manufacturing supervision and OTC pharmaceuticals or food and beverage industries.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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