Description
**Why Patients Need You**
Our breakthroughs would not make it to the hands of patients without our pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on a team of dedicated and agile members, who understand the importance and impact of their role in Pfizer’s mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and always look to improve outcomes. You will help to ensure that patients and physicians have the medicines they need, when they need them.
**What You Will Achieve**
Your expertise in the manufacturing domain will help you in communicating and directing the activities of employees in the production areas in an effective manner. You will be entrusted with addressing deviations to process problems in the production areas and manage timely equipment maintenance. You will ensure current Good Manufacturing Practices compliance, meet area performance measures, and promote employee training.
As an associate, your focus on the job will contribute to achieving project tasks and goals. Through your domain knowledge and commitment, you will create a collaborative teaming environment for your colleagues.
**How You Will Achieve It**
It is your hard work and focus that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
+ Identifies and implements cost savings ideas, specifically efficiency improvements and other projects that increase equipment capacity.
+ Develops and validates manufacturing processes for drug products, taking into consideration problems inherent in inspection and packaging processes & technology.
+ Conducts tests and measurements throughout stages of production to determine control over applicable variables.
+ Investigates deviations that occur on the manufacturing floor. Performs root-cause analysis and identifies appropriate, effective corrective actions. Implements corrective actions in conjunction with the appropriate enabling groups, i.e. engineering, maintenance, quality, validation, environmental health and safety.
+ Leads technical improvement projects aimed at defect reduction, improved equipment reliability, and better equipment utilization.
+ Serves as customer project manager on equipment purchases or improvements; interface closely with engineering to specify user requirements, review and approve drawings, define project scopes.
+ Collaborates with and influences other enabling departments (Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, etc.) to assure initiatives are successful.
+ Provides concise and thorough updates on initiatives to site leadership.
+ Contribute to completion of project milestones and organize own work to meet project task deadlines.
+ Respond to safety related items and assures corrective actions are taken when necessary.
+ Promote cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) compliance within the workplace by following site cGMP procedures.
+ Assures standard operating procedures are updated and adhered.
+ Develop appropriate metrics and action plans to ensure customer/business needs are met.
+ Manage supervision of inspection, reconciliation or dispensing and receivals of components.
+ Apply project management skills to lead and participate in cross-functional teams to deliver objectives on time.
**QUALIFICATIONS**
**Must-Have**
+ Applicant must have six years of relevant experience; OR an Associate’s degree with four years of experience; OR a Bachelor’s degree with 0-2 years of experience.
+ Strong aptitude for learning process technology and equipment
+ Excellent written and oral communication skills
+ Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization including diverse educational and cultural backgrounds.
+ Flexibility and ability to embrace and lead change
+ Effective verbal and written communication skills
+ Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office programs, including MS Project or equivalent
**Nice-To-Have**
+ Pharmaceutical experience in Operations, Engineering
**PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS**
Job will include standing, walking, and sitting. Occasional lifting may be required.
**NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS**
+ Up to 5% domestic and/or international travel
+ This position supports a 24x7x365 operation.
**Other Job Details:**
+ Last day to Apply: April 291th, 2024.
+ Eligible for Relocation Assistance: YES
+ Work Location Assignment:On Premise
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $64,600.00 to $107,600.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 7.5% of the base salary. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
**Sunshine Act**
Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations. These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure. Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act. Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government. If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.
**EEO & Employment Eligibility**
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer. This position requires permanent work authorization in the United States.
Manufacturing
