Senior Manufacturing Manager

Location: Speke, UK

Competitive salary and benefits

Day role 37.5 hours per week

Introduction to Role:

Join us at AstraZeneca, where we prioritize patients and strive to meet their needs globally. We're seeking a Senior Manufacturing Manager to support the Manufacturing Director in setting and deploying the strategy for Manufacturing at our biologics site in Speke, Liverpool. If you're ambitious, collaborative, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

Accountabilities:

As a Senior Manufacturing Manager, you'll lead and mentor a team of 4 Team Managers, ensuring your team operates within the required standards with respect to documentation, good housekeeping, cGMP, health and safety, timekeeping, regulatory legislative requirements and in accordance with any other company policies and procedures. You'll be responsible for leading manufacturing operations and ensuring that the site production plan supports commercial and clinical manufacturing commitments.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- Proven previous management experience

- Confidence in leading a team and driving performance to meet the company's strategic direction

- Strong awareness and understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices and Safety, Health and Environmental requirements

- Ability to demonstrate Lean behaviours and to use relevant lean tools and techniques

Desirable Skills/Experience:

- Pharmaceutical industry or regulated industry background

- Degree qualification in or equivalent in Business, Logistics, Sciences or Engineering

- Experience of working with seasonal or temporary resource

- Experience of working in a unionised environment

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working give us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of five days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we're pioneering new approaches and processes across our sites, empowering our teams to foster a Lean mindset and sustainable practices. Every change we make is to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We're always willing to listen, taking ideas from anywhere and giving others ownership to make their idea a reality. We understand the importance of getting our teams' buy-in to our decisions. This is the place for people who want to be challenged in their everyday work, it takes drive and determination. We take the extra initiative to overcome barriers and make things happen.

Ready to join us? Apply now and be part of an exciting journey where you can make a real difference!

Date Posted

28-Mar-2024

Closing Date

14-Apr-2024

Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.