Process Team Lead 12 Month Assignment
Hiring Manager: Brendan Gildea ([email protected]), Damien Hamilton ([email protected]), Grainne O'Leary ([email protected])
Description
BioMarin is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. We target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. BioMarin will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind.
BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients. Come join our team and make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives.
BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients. Come join our team and make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives.
Process Team Lead
Closing date for applications 20th September 2024
Standard Operating Model
Improving Our Process To Strengthen Our Future
Description
TOPS leadership firmly believe that a manufacturing facility’s success is dependent on high performing cross functional matrix teams that support the front-line operations and processes.
Process Teams are typically cross functional teams in a manufacturing facility that have direct ownership of a set of defined unit operations and that they are the most fundamental work group above the shift teams.
The Process Teams are an integral part of the overall site operating model to ensure there is efficient business processes to support flow of information and escalations. The Process Teams sit at Tier 2 and are the first escalation point for the Tier 1 teams.
The role of the Process Team Lead across the organisation will be to empower the process teams to make informed decisions and deliver excellence in operations, while creating an environment for continuous growth and shared accountability.
Process Team Lead Roles and Responsibilities
- The Process Team Lead will be a full-time operational role who drives cross-functional alignment and integration across the business.
- The Process Team Lead (PTL) will support our manufacturing facilities in front line operations.
- The PTL will lead a cross functional Team to support day to day manufacturing and release activities and strive towards long-term effectiveness in the following ways:
- Champion the essential attributes of decision making, influence and collaboration, agility, and leadership
- Encourage and navigate the team through changes and drive continuous improvement to develop a mindset of operational excellence
- Support the development of the team through the lifecycle of team members. Team development sessions.
- Define Team Goals and Objectives including Core Metrics, KPI’s and goals that may cascades from Global Standard Operating Model.
- Accountable and Responsible for delivery of the production plan and PT objectives
- Work towards building processes that have well defined ownership, empowering teams to make decisions and, in effect, creating a more engaged and involved workforce.
- Strive to reduce process variability, unplanned activities, and rework through an aligned cross-functional focus.
- They will recognize accountability for all aspects of the Process Team results and own the change and improvement agenda for the Process Team.
- The Process Team Lead will ensure the process team is operating as an effective, well balanced team, and ensuring that the Process Team is capable of making appropriate, science-based, compliant decisions
- The Process Team Lead will work closely with direct line functional managers of team members to ensure appropriate development plans are in place and aligned with site and functional goals
- The Process Team Lead will participate in the creation, approval, and support of the production plan and serve as a link between the Process Team and the wider site and network management teams
- The Process Team Lead will leverage other site resources to resolve the issues associated with his/her area and address all issues related to the manufacturing processes assigned
- The Process Team Lead will escalate issues to the appropriate management level when necessary and recognize when issues are beyond the technical capabilities of the process team and when to request additional technical assistance
- Ensure that Process Team members understand and use of the appropriate tools to resolve problems & improve the process.
- The Process Team Lead will assure that Process Team members understand the process economics and how team decisions impact the plant financial scorecard
- Other duties as assigned.
Experience required
- The Process Team Lead will have a demonstrated a substantial understanding of the processes/unit operations assigned to that particular Process Team
- Demonstrated ability in leading/managing cross functional, multi disciplinary teams
- Ability to start up and lead cross functional teams in the resolution of short-term issues and sustained performance for long-term goals
- Experience with CAPA, FMEA, RCAR tools in a highly regulated manufacturing environment is desired
- Excellent people management, organizational, written and verbal communication & negotiation skills
- A high level of initiative, influencing, coaching and questioning skills are key role requirements, as well as excellent organisational skills
Reporting Structure
- The Process Team Lead role is a headcount neutral role. The Process Team Lead will be expected to lead the Process Team in addition to performing all duties associated with their existing role
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.