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Assistant Manager Production
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Our teams produce and deliver over 4 billion units of medicines and vaccines every year, ensuring every breakthrough gets to the people who need it most.
Our state-of-the-art facilities, AI-powered smart factories, and cutting-edge automation are redefining what’s possible: ensuring treatments reach patients faster, safer, and more sustainably than ever before. This is where your skills, ambition, and passion can shape the future of healthcare.
Job Title- Assistant Manager Production
Location- Goa
Main responsibilities:
Resource And Time Management
- Allocation of scheduled activity to Operators in the shift as per Production Plan.
- Allocation of Manpower to associated activity in the shift wherever needed.
- Allocation of necessary accessories to the operator/manpower as and when needed for completion of the activity.
- Maintaining discipline amongst the manpower resources at all times and be a role model by strictly abiding the rules and regulation mentioned in certified standing orders.
- Ensure to complete the scheduled activity (output) within standard time.
- Prioritize activity in order to provide continuous feed to next process. (Ex. Dispensing to ensure feed for Granulation, Granulation to ensure feed to compression and Compression to ensure feed to coating/packing).
Shift handover and Vital communication
- To communicate effectively with shift supervisors and sub-ordinates of the completed activity in the shift.
- Share Vital Information regarding product critical to manufacturing during shift handovers through Status Board and Direct Communication.
Line Compliance and Adherence to Quality standards
- Ensure that the activity executed by the Operator/Manpower is adhering to the effective SOP’s and is within the specified parameters/standard in BMR.
- Ensure that In-Process tests carried out for the process are as per the standard frequency mentioned in SOP and are complying within the acceptance criteria.
- Identify, troubleshoot, report the Quality defects/ failure in process tests online if noticed and adhere to stringent AQL checks as specified in Batch Manufacturing Record and as per the procedure mentioned in the SOP.
- Ensure to compile, check and submit the completed batch manufacturing records to Quality assurance.
SAP Management
- Ensure creation of PO, Determination of Materials as per FIFO in SAP system.
- Ensure Goods Issue slip for completed batches in SAP.
- Ensure that bulk posting of the completed batches in SAP is carried out as per requirement.
Production planning and scheduling
- Receive production plan from Manager-Production, plan, execute, interact with cross functional departments for communicating requirement for completion of plan.
- Monitor daily activity, Plan changeovers in order to maximize activity in scheduled time for Dispensing, Granulation, Mixing and compression/coating.
Implement Process Excellence
- Improve processes, cycle time, yields, optimum utilization of capacity in order to improve cost of goods manufactured.
- Devise Action plan in co-ordination with other team members to improve the process, quality and productivity.
- Update OEE and other equipment details in designated records from time to time.
Training and Development
- Train and help subordinate to implement GMP/HSE systems and development of people.
- Ensure all the new joiners are trained on the job before assigning them the job.
Validation: Process, Re-Validation and product robustness
- Co-ordinate in product re-validations, Process Validations, Study batches etc., make protocol and reports, validate manufacturing activity, and ensure release as per plan
Adherence to Site HSE Systems
- Ensure that the implementation of HSE systems, safe working conditions and maintain a culture of continuous improvement.
- Train people on safety and their job to ensure zero LTI and IWLT at workplace.
Quality Compliance activities
- Ensure completion and implementation of compliance activities in manufacturing i.e., deviation investigation, OOS and OOT investigation, CAPA implementation. Regulatory audit handling and CAPA implementation of the same.
- SOP revision for routine revision and Inclusion of corrective actions and preventive actions.
Qualification & Change Control
- Assist in Qualification of any new Equipment/Modification: make URS, PQ protocol and reports.
- Ensure equipment qualification is as per GMP standards and User requirements along with supporting department.
About you
- Experience: 2 to 8 Years.
- Soft skills: MS Word, Excel, SAP, Power point.
- Technical skills: Experience in tablet/Capsule manufacturing.
- Education: Graduate/Postgraduate.
- Languages: Must know English and able to write and communicate in English
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