Senior Manager, Manufacturing Support

Job title: Senior Manager, Manufacturing Support

Location: Singapore

Hiring Manager: Head of Manufacturing

About the job:

The Manufacturing team in Sanofi Modulus, Tuas Singapore has an open position as Senior Manager (Manufacturing Support) specializing in Upstream/Downstream biological processes. This role will oversee a team of engineers to provide technical expertise for upstream/downstream processes areas during process equipment troubleshooting and making change assessments to qualified systems/processes.

Main responsibilities

The role will report to the Head of Manufacturing and has the following key responsibilities:

• As a key member of the Manufacturing Leadership team, contribute actively to define and drive department objectives to achieve site vision for safety, quality, productivity, cost, continuous improvement
• Provide clear leadership to the manufacturing support team, inspire and motivate staff to achieve excellence and mentor them for development
• Lead the team to identify the root cause of technical problems and effectively resolve these to ensure process and equipment availability as Deviation/CAPA/Change Control owner
• Ensure a responsive and effective resolution of complex problems that are interdisciplinary in nature
• Assist the Manufacturing Operations team in providing technical expertise for the troubleshooting of equipment breakdown and failures
• Lead or participate in cross-functional team in identifying areas of improvement and implementing continuous improvements to enhance reliability and cost-effectiveness 
• Support manufacturing ramp-up activities.

About You

Knowledge, Skills & Competencies / Language

• Self-starter and independent worker who can operate and perform in cross functional teams.
• Possess analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to problem solve and navigate through complexity and ambiguity.
• Able to work in fast paced and dynamic conditions with tight timelines.
• Excellent analytical, consultative, and diagnostic skills with ability to make sound, data-based business decisions.
• Effective communication skills necessary to interact with internal stakeholders (includes strong presentation skills).
• Good technical writing skills.
• Team player.

Qualifications / Requirement

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related Engineering or Science discipline.
• >10 years of relevant working experience in the cGMP biopharmaceutical facility.
• >5 Years of Leadership or people management skills are preferred.
• Strong technical knowledge of solution preparation, cell culture and downstream manufacturing processes is desirable.
• Manufacturing plant start-up and ramp-up experience is highly desired.
• Familiarity and prior working experience with Single Use Systems would be preferred.
• Experience working with Digital systems, e.g. DeltaV, MES, would be preferred.
• Experience in change management, stakeholder management, process innovation and optimization, equipment troubleshooting.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.