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Position Overview
We are seeking a passionate and experienced manager to oversee our clinical supply packaging and labelling operations.

The Manager, Clinical Supply Packaging is pivotal in ensuring the highest standards of GMP, safety, and procedural compliance within our state-of-the-art cGMP production facility.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Training: Inspire and oversee the team in all packaging and labelling aspects, maintaining accurate employee records. Conduct and manage training for all employees, ensuring up-to-date documentation.
Technical & Compliance Expertise: Apply comprehensive cGMP knowledge to ensure the highest standards in clinical supply packaging and labelling. Ensure compliance with cGMPs and SOPs, with expertise in the precise execution of SAP transactions.
Production & Schedule Management: Efficiently manage the master production schedule, set priorities, and adjust to meet specifications.
Health, Safety & Technical Writing: Champion adherence to health and safety guidelines. Develop key documents such as COSHH assessments, risk assessments, procedures, and guidelines.
Facility Oversight & Compliance: Oversee facility maintenance and ensure all production areas remain compliant with GMP standards, supporting a safe, efficient, and audit-ready environment.
Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement: Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective and preventative actions. Promote a culture of continuous improvement aligned with Quality Systems and procedures.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work effectively with Packaging & Labelling, Quality, Logistics, and Quality Control teams.

Key Skills Required

Leadership and Scheduling Experience: Proven experience in supervising production staff or leading within a production operation, with strong skills in scheduling, organising, and team building. Demonstrated capability to effectively schedule multiple jobs/orders.
Regulatory and Pharmaceutical Knowledge: In-depth understanding of cGMPs and regulatory requirements (MHRA, FDA, EU CTR, etc.) within a clinical packaging and labelling environment. Solid understanding of the pharmaceutical development process and associated scientific principles. Previous experience with Health Authority/GMP audits is desirable.
Attention to Detail and Adherence to Procedures: Exceptional attention to detail and strict adherence to procedures and regulations.
Packaging and Labelling Expertise: Expertise in both manual and automated packaging operations.
Communication and Team Leadership Skills: Excellent ability to communicate effectively with various support groups and lead in a team environment.
Adaptability and Responsibility Management: Skilled at managing competing priorities, adapting to change, and embracing additional responsibilities.
Technical Proficiency: Proficient in MS Office, MS Outlook, and business software systems commonly used in the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., SAP, Veeva).

Education and Experience Required

Bachelor of Science or Mechanical Engineering Degree.
Industry Experience: Proven experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
Preferred Experience: Background in pharmaceutical manufacturing with a focus on Clinical Trial Supplies production.
Leadership Experience: Extensive experience in progressive leadership or supervisory roles within the pharmaceutical industry.

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If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol
BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo -accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

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