Manager for Drug Product Manufacturing

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 a Manager who shares our passion, drive, and energy – what we call Genki – to join or new and innovative Drug Product facility in Hillerød.

About the Drug Product Manufacturing (DPM) Department
The Drug Product Manufacturing Team will consist of approx. 60 dedicated and enthusiastic people, when the filling suite is ready for commercial production. DPM will contain several teams covering Support including Wash & Sterilization, Formulation, Filling and Inspection. 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.

Our ambition is that the Drug Product Facility will be a state of the art, with an automated isolator filling line and inspection line. All process documentation and EM samples are being executed as per relevant operating procedures. The Inspection Team is part of the Drug Product Manufacturing department within our Supply Chain, which provides e.g., Drug Product filling services to our customers. The department continuously strives to identify opportunities to improve systems and practices to optimize and streamline our operation.

About the Position
When working at FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Denmark you will, besides from the tasks listed below, onboard new customers and products to the site, build a network across DPM and FDBD, support our site expansion project, and assist in finding new and innovative ways of working smarter in a complex everyday life.

As a manager in one of the DPM teams, you will provide direct leadership to a new established team of dedicated employees and you will have two Managers as colleagues and together you will provide leadership to DPM department and ensure that we work in accordance with our core values - trust, delight our customers, Gemba (go see), and Genki (enthusiasm). The department and our organization will continue to expand and adapting due to the site expansion. The position is a newly established position to support the exciting growth journey.

Your will be leading the Support inclusive wash and Sterilization team, with processes and responsibilities within (but not limited to): Batch review, Batch preparation, Material handling and flow, SAP and Logbooks. Your team will consist of Manufacturing associates and Support associates (academic’s).

You will be reporting into the Associate Director of DPM and be a member of the DPM management team

Your primary tasks will be but not limited to:

• Provide leadership and drive development of your team

• Set direction and structure, ensure motivation in the team, and prioritize tasks
• Manage a growing team and ensure the right competencies in the team
• Ensure cross collaboration and cross training for various tasks to ensure flexibility
• Ensure that we deliver in accordance with our agreements with our customers
• Ensure alignment with your peers across DP and build an efficient and high performing team
• Challenge status quo and drive a continues improvement culture
• Ensure the right quality level and cGMP compliance, and deliver according to our KPIs
• Proactively secure a healthy work environment with a safety-first culture
• Environment Health and Safety/AML for DPM

Professional and Personal Qualifications
We are looking for a people manager with great dedication and 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!

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, and 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.

It is expected that you hold an academic degree within Pharma, engineering, etc. with experience from biotech or pharmaceutical industry. You have interest and knowledge of GMP and understands the requirements in a cGMP for Annex 1. You have excellent verbal and written English communication skills as English is our corporate language.

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.

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 Associate Director, Christina Madsen +45 22200717

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.

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Location: FDBD Hillerod