Associate Manager for Drug Product Maintenance

Are you a people manager and eager to join a fast-growing pharmaceutical company? Now you have a unique opportunity as we are looking for an Associate Manager who shares our passion, drive, and energy – what we call Genki – to join or new and innovative Drug Product facility in Hillerod.

We are looking for a people manager with great dedication, who enjoys going above and beyond, and one who knows that this is only done by teamwork. We believe in teamwork, a high degree of delegation, giving responsibility to those closest to the work. We believe in people!

About the position
You will get the overall responsibility and authority to deliver value to our customers, including people and process management, safety and quality compliance, continuous improvement and supporting of planning activities. You will lead a team of 7 employees to achieve the expected results in terms of efficient technical support and maintenance of our Drug Product area. Additionally, daily management of the DP Maintenance team is part of your job which also includes coordination of activities with cross functional teams.
Besides this, you will be part of a leadership team in Drug Product (DP) & Finished Goods (FG) maintenance, currently consisting of 3 leaders. Furthermore, you will also be part of the site engineering extended leadership team.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Operations

• Ensure timely and efficient technical support and maintenance of the DP equipment at shop floor
• Follow up on DP equipment issues together with relevant parties in the organization
• Responsible for timely and sufficient communication to relevant parties in case of a breakdown or another critical issue at one of the production lines
• Come up with improvement ideas together with the team, work with relevant parties to implement optimizations as part of the daily work
• Work closely with the equipment engineers in the Manufacturing science and technology team to support various projects on the equipment. This could vary from smaller optimizations to larger investments projects.
• Act as a natural partner for the production team in the daily work at and around the shop floor

Transformation and people leadership

• Create and foster an employee-oriented culture supporting engagement and diversity.
• Lead and execute process improvements together with your team.
• Lead activities to improve safety in your area, keep focus on cost reduction and energy optimization.
• Develop, sustain, and grow a lean culture.
• Ensure that your employees are properly qualified and trained.

Professional and Personal Qualifications

• You hold an academic degree within Pharma, engineering, etc.
• Experience from a biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
• As we are a biopharmaceutical company, our processes take place in a GMP regulated environment. Therefore, we expect you to have interest and knowledge of GMP and understands the requirements in a cGMP for Annex 1.
• As English is our corporate language, you have excellent verbal and written English communication skills.

The position requires a manager with experience in both people management and the technical areas of production. You are not expected to be an expert in each area, but you must be able to act as a sparring partner for your team on the various subjects. Furthermore, experience with or professional training related to operational excellence and LEAN methodologies is an advantage.

As a person you are open, curious, and motivated by succeeding through your team. You meet and greet people with a smile and have a can-do attitude. You work with a humility and respect for the people around you. You have a pragmatic approach and look for solutions with an open and communicative approach, where you listen to understand. You thrive in an operational environment where priorities may shift on short notice, and where you at times must prioritize. Working in a continuously changing environment is appealing to you.

At FDBD we put people first and we always look for candidates with the right combination of personality and skills. FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies will, as any other modern company, ask our employees for agility and flexibility from time to time but we always make sure to have a controlled work-life balance. We are many different nationalities and personalities at FDBD and for us to succeed we all need to focus on communication, take responsibility, organize, and execute on various tasks, solve problems, and display great interpersonal skills.

About the Drug Product Maintenance (DP Maintenance) Team
The DP Maintenance team is a part of the Technical Operations and maintenance (TOM) Organization at FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies´ site in Denmark. We are responsible for continuous operation and maintenance of all the drug product machines/equipment.
In the team we are currently 8 employees on dayshift. The common denominator of the teams is the acknowledgement and development of every employee and the diversity of the employees, who have different experiences and educational backgrounds, but collaborate closely on getting our medicine safely and quickly to the market.

We are team players, entrepreneurs, and people who like both details and taking greater responsibility beyond our scope of work, and we hope you are too!

The work environment is international and informal. We keep a high pace and focus on a vital work life balance while having fun. We put a strong emphasis on psychological safety through trust and empowerment within our teams and hope that this is something that speaks to you as well.

About FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies is a world leading Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) serving customers in the pharmaceutical industry – from pre-clinical investigations to commercial GMP production. Our overall mission is to “Advancing Tomorrow’s Medicines” and we like to invite you to be part of that journey.

The culture at FUJIFILM Denmark (FDBD) is key if you ask our employees and besides a competitive salary and bonus package, we offer health insurance, massage and physiotherapy, health check, fitness center, possibility to work from home and most recently we invested in a mobile barista coffee van. FDBD also has a canteen arrangement incl. Friday brunch and monthly afternoon cake, just as we have a “bell ringing” tradition when reaching important milestones.

Application
Has this sparked your interest? Then we urge you to send an updated CV and cover letter as soon as possible. We will continuously invite relevant candidates for job interviews and will close the position as soon as we have found the right candidate.

In case you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Manager, Michael Flittner +45 4194 9617.

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies is an industry-leading Biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with locations in Hillerød, Denmark, Teesside, UK, RTP, North Carolina and College Station, Texas, USA. We use our skills, dedication, and ambition to enable impact for the world’s most innovative biotech and biopharma companies reimagining healthcare’s potential. We work across the entire lifecycle of our customers’ products – enabling success throughout. Every cure, vaccine, biologic, and advancement we contribute to starts with our people and our passion. We fuel one another’s passion, help accelerate progress, expand capabilities, strengthen innovation, and improve processes to improve lives.

We offer the chance to be part of a global workplace where passion, drive and commitment are met with opportunities for professional and personal development. Deeply committed to diversity and inclusion, we ensure that everyone no matter their background or gender has an opportunity to develop. We take pride in enriching our communities, caring for our environment, and cultivating a world of opportunity for future generations.

We aim to foster a collaborative, innovative and rewarding environment, where diverse perspectives and people come together united by a common purpose and shared values. We pursue our fullest potential as individual contributors and team members. We strive to be the employer of choice and offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Denmark (FDBD) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identify or any other protected class.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of FUJIFILM about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at FUJIFILM via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of FUJIFILM, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by FUJIFILM for this requisition and a valid agreement with FUJIFILM is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the FUJIFILM agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

Location: FDBD Hillerod