Manufacturing Supervisor - Processing

POSITION SUMMARY

This role will lead the Compounding/Processing department for Fareva’s beauty and cosmetic manufacturing facility located in Morton Grove, Illinois. Our ideal candidate will have significant experience from organizations that drive processes with zero production losses and that envisions break through sustainable business results. Responsibilities include managing/optimizing the daily use of process equipment and people operations, motivating/ engaging workforce initiatives, meeting production schedules, liaise with upstream and downstream departments, monitor chemical processes, assist with new product development, make sure material is FIFO and utilized correctly, continuous improvement, assist with developing preventive maintenance programs, daily management of department manpower, KPIs and training.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for leading, coaching, and developing employees to drive performance, engagement, and alignment with business objectives.
• Address performance issues promptly and fairly, including corrective action when needed.
• Strive for total compliance with all SOPs from staff. Enforces quality processes, standards and procedures, make improvements that contribute to raising efficiency, meeting department schedules while reducing downtime while fully utilizing processing staff.
• Evaluate existing systems, staff and equipment while using opportunities to improve and train staff in operating methods. Update SOP’s, monitor equipment utilization (OEE), submit daily and monthly department reports. Make improvements to comply with regulatory safety, quality, and productivity standards.
• Manage and execute all phases of process improvement projects for processing department.
• Prepares, investigates, and completes all NCI and CAPA’s in the allotted time given.
• Monitor and review equipment and system specifications, assist with selection of equipment and vendors, management of departmental budget, assist with preparing for required permits when required, submission of change control requests, preparation, and execution of all departmental testing standards.
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• Collaborate with other departments to meet or exceed customer requirements regarding schedule attainment, cross functional training, inventory control, scrap reduction, and quality improvements.
• Enforces compliance with all Fareva quality systems and policies. Enforces compliance with all regulatory departments and agencies. Led teams with root cause analysis of processing issues and gaps.
• Partner with Scheduling Manager to ensure proper execution of department schedules, customer requirements, and departmental needs. Accurately, cover all departmental labor demands. Develops people to be cross trained on equipment or in locations.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, employment laws, and safety requirements.
• Partner with HR on hiring, onboarding, employee relations, and workforce planning.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual capital and departmental operations budget, which includes working with customer’s forecast, labor standards, and costing.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• B.S. degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
• 5 years of experience in a fast-paced cGMP manufacturing environment, with a background in root cause problem solving, Lean Manufacturing practices, and continuous improvement.

• At least 1 to 3 years experience in cosmetics, fine chemicals, or pharmaceutical operations (manufacturing and/or R&D Operations preferred).

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge of bulk tank manufacturing or product packaging.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal and organization skills required.
• Must be detail-oriented, committed to service, teamwork and have a high degree of time management skills. Possess working knowledge of statistics - Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design of Experiments (DOE) preferred.
• Familiar with Project management, technical transfer, and regulatory compliance.
• Familiar with Lean tools (i.e., poka yoke / mistake proofing / pFMEA, SMED, Standard work, value stream mapping, TPM, 5S, continuous flow, visual factory, pull systems / Kanban, etc.) Formal training beneficial
• Working knowledge of Equipment and Process Validation, statistical sampling methods, and cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices).
• Background in training, coaching, and project management skills to develop project scopes, specifications, schedules, timelines, and deliverables.
• Intermediate to advanced level computer skills (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, drawing software, SAP).

Salary : $75,000 - $95,000