Operations And Supply Chain Manager

Position Summary

The Operations and Supply Chain Manager is accountable for all Manufacturing and Supply Chain activities at the Strathroy Adair site, always ensuring cost effectiveness and operational excellence. To create an environment and culture which maximizes the performance and potential of the workforce to achieve the growth ambitions for the site, while minimizing waste and energy usage to ensure delivery of the site EHS and sustainability agenda.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in developing the strategy for our new pharmaceutical site and shape the future of our operations in North America.

Regular working hours: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM or 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM with a 30-minute lunch.

The Role

• Continued development and management of third-party suppliers both for materials and services for manufacturing.
• To drive best in class in facility standards within manufacturing and warehouse areas worldwide, budgeting for expenditure accordingly and maintaining high quality housekeeping standards.
• Lead and maintain the first-class EHS standards in place within all Operations and Supply Chain areas ensuring continuous improvement and embedding of a EHS culture with all associates.
• Achieve financial objectives by forecasting functional requirements, prepare an annual budget, schedule expenditures, analyze variances, initiate corrective actions, analyze and recommend information and trends for senior executive decision making.
• Service customers by establishing critical service factors such as: maintaining quality service/operations; analyzing, defining, developing, and providing systems/resources; and assess results/anticipate trends.
• Introduce performance measures against the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) to monitor the effectiveness of the operational strategies.
• Perform other duties as required.
• Develop, Lead and Implementation of the site operational strategies and plans.
• Demonstrating strong leadership skills including motivating, coaching and developing the Operations and Supply Chain team and undertaking annual performance development reviews, including setting clear objectives consistent with the strategic aspirations of the site.

The Candidate

• Previous experience of operational leadership within a complex, regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience of delivering operational excellence with the requisite knowledge of appropriate systems and techniques (including lean, waste reduction, energy reduction, scrap).
• Use of manual dexterity is required.
• Proven track record of operational leadership within a complex regulated manufacturing environment.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
• Experience working in a manufacturing, pharmaceutical and/or GMP facility an asset.
• Experience of delivering transformational change and embedding the right behaviors and consistency.
• Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences, Engineering or related field.
• Ability to sit and use hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in operations management or related field.
• Ability to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, bend, or twist, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• MBA or Masters of Engineering preferred.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Paid Time Off Programs including vacation, banked time & personal time
• Comprehensive Benefit Package (Health, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance)
• Opportunities for professional and personal development & growth including tuition reimbursement
• Group Retirement Savings –Registered Pension Plan (RPP) with employer contributions
• Employee Reward & Recognition programs

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone’s safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any characteristic protected by local law.

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