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The Senior Manager of Manufacturing Program Support leads a small team that provides direct program support to critical initiatives impacting commercial drug substance manufacturing operations, including Production Scheduling, Asset Scheduling, and Batch Record Review.

**This role is eligible for up to 50% work-from-home with management approval.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruits, develops, and retains a high performing team with diverse backgrounds and talents

• Maintains and communicates objectives and performance metrics, maintaining high expectations for team performance

• Demonstrates the company, site, and department mission and values

• Leads team of 4-8 direct reports responsible for the following programs in support of the Large Scale Cell Culture Manufacturing Facility & Operations:

  • Production Scheduling: Maintains production schedule, including daily and long-range planning, schedule recovery, new product entry and product changeover and future-state modeling

  • Asset Scheduling: Coordinates with Site Engineering planners to schedule preventative and corrective maintenance on all Large Scale Cell Culture equipment

  • Batch Record Review: Ensures timely and accurate review of manufacturing batch records to support on-time disposition

  • Resource Allocation/Projection: Responsible for ensuring appropriate resource allocation and coverage via labor modeling and capacity planning and tracking departmental commitments

  • Operational Excellence: Works closely with Operational Excellence team to implement continuous improvements and support the Tier and Yellow Belt initiatives

• Collaborates with Manufacturing, Manufacturing Science and Technology, Quality, Environmental Health and Safety, Site Engineering (Validation, Maintenance, and System Lifecycle Engineering), Digital Plant, and Supply Chain in support of initiatives, projects, change controls, and investigations.

• Ensures proper coverage to support operation of a 24/7 manufacturing facility

• Coordinates resources to support daily and weekly production meetings, forums, and projects.

• Acts as a back-up for team members on critical time-sensitive tasks

• Secures off-hours or ad-hoc coverage, as needed

Qualifications & Experience:

• Knowledge of engineering and/or science normally attained through studies resulting in a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Engineering, a related discipline or its equivalent.

• A minimum of 6 years GMP Biopharmaceutical manufacturing experience with strong experience with multi-product facility operations.

• Demonstrates a strong knowledge of cGMP compliance and regulatory agency requirements

• Excellent computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft applications- Sharepoint, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio

• Knowledge or familiarity with Lean Manufacturing concepts and tools

• Demonstrated expertise in Project management process and tools

• Excellence in business change management processes

• Demonstrated success working with cross-functional teams

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Completes varied and complex assignments with little supervision, with the ability to organize multiple work assignment and establish priorities and processes.

• Ability to be flexible and adapt quickly to changing needs of the organization

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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 an inclusive culture, promoting diversity 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
Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

COVID-19 Information
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