Shiseido Manufacturing Senior Manager

Role & Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day manufacturing operations, lead supervisors and direct labor employees, and maintain short- and long-term batch schedules.
• Ensure employees receive appropriate training in safety and quality requirements.
• Ensure compliance with company safety policies and procedures and applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements.
• Partner with the Bulk Planner to prepare the manufacturing schedule.
• Schedule trial and launch batches to meet project timelines.
• Execute the manufacturing schedule while optimizing resource use.
• Investigate batch upsets and nonconformances and prepare formal reports.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions to minimize defects, product contamination, and material or component mix-ups.
• Establish regular meetings with Maintenance to review preventive maintenance schedules, equipment breakdowns, and corrective actions that improve equipment uptime.
• Ensure incidents, near misses, and safety concerns are reported immediately and addressed appropriately.
• Monitor adherence to the manufacturing schedule and communicate delays that may extend a run beyond its scheduled completion date.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and implement prioritized improvements based on business needs.
• Administer employee corrective actions when appropriate and in accordance with company policies.
• Oversee batch scale-up and scale-down to meet business demand.
• Contribute to capital investment decisions and support factory acceptance testing (FAT) of equipment.
• Lead the partnership with NPC to ensure launches are completed on time, in full, and in accordance with quality requirements.
• Partner with AIC to obtain technical support for new products and technologies.
• Perform other duties as needed to support the organization’s vision, mission, and values.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree in physical science, engineering, or a related field.
• At least five years of experience supervising or managing batch manufacturing operations in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, chemical, or a related industry.
• Working knowledge of cosmetic formulations and manufacturing equipment operation.
• Training and experience in current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Ability and commitment to effectively lead and develop others.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to apply root cause analysis techniques to identify and resolve problems.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) required for the work area or tasks, including eye protection, hearing protection, safety shoes, gloves, or additional protective clothing.

Skills

Experience

At least five years supervising or managing batch manufacturing operations within the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, chemical, or a related industry.

Education

Four-year degree in physical science, engineering, or a related field.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; paid time off; paid volunteer days; paid company holidays; paid parental leave; 401(k) with 6% company match; talent development and learning programs; internal and international mobility; product discounts and annual gratis; employee-led affinity groups; tuition reimbursement.

About Cerulean

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