Production Leader

We are looking for a production leader for our site in Hillerød, Denmark. The Production Leader guides rotating day and night shifts, overseeing 24–30 Manufacturing Associates (operators) and ensures seamless production operation. Therefore, this role calls for a flexible leader who also gains energy from working odd hours due to our rotation.

The Production Leader models exemplary behavior: building teamwork and mutual support, following Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to ensure product quality and safety, sustaining productivity across all shifts, maintaining efficiency, and demonstrating professionalism through collaborative, respect and accountability.

The position
As our new Production Leader you will be working the same days as your team, following the color-shift rotation (5/2): odd weeks (Mon–Tue, Fri–Sun); even weeks (Wed–Thu). You practice visible, hands-on leadership on the shop floor.

As a leader you understand your role in the acknowledgement and development of each employee and the diversity of the employees who have different experiences and educational backgrounds. You also understand your role in promoting close and trust-based collaboration across functions and getting our medicine safely to the market.

Major responsibilities but are not limited to:

• Ensure high psychological safety on the team and create purpose and commitment.
• Building a high performing team by focusing on training and development of the individual.
• Clear communication and collaboration across the team and peers.
• Ensure identification of technical/compliance gaps and implementation of applicable plans/objectives.
• Recruitment of new team members.
• Scheduling of manufacturing activities, timely communication of scheduling changes/issues to staff and relevant stakeholders.
• Promote and facilitate systematic problem solving and continuous improvement on shop floor e.g., when troubleshooting process and equipment issues.
Own timely deviation processing within the value stream, ensuring robust containment and effective countermeasures

Professional and personal qualifications

• Experience leading others in a diverse team in a production environment.
• Experience in conversation techniques, conflict handling, feedback tools and taking action on input.
• The ideal candidate has experience with supporting drug substance manufacturing or similar processes/Industry and is now eager to develop more on the people’s skills side.
• Able to set direction for a team while building trust and relations with their employees.
• High proficiency of the English language is a must.
• You must be able to work on a fixed shift schedule which includes work every second weekend.
• Driving and improving visual management systems.

We hope you enjoy working in a dynamic environment with a strong sense of urgency. You take ownership of your areas of responsibility, and you can independently resolve a variety of issues without the need for close supervision. You have good interpersonal skills and enjoy cooperation with colleagues on different levels both locally and globally.

The area
The area Drug Substance Manufacturing includes three value streams (DSM 1, 2, and 3) operating 24/7 covering upstream and downstream manufacture. You will lead one production team of 24–30 manufacturing associates in upstream, split across day and night shifts. You will report to a Value Stream Director and work closely with Production Leaders in other value streams, key stakeholders, and the Value Stream 1 leadership team.

Application
Has this sparked your interest? Then we urge you to please upload your CV as soon as possible and latest by July 10th. We ask you to be patient, as the recruitment process can be prolonged due to the summer holiday period.

Curious to know more about the company? Then check out our home page: https://fujifilmdiosynth.com/cdmo-facilities/denmark/

Working at FUJIFILM Biotechnologies
We offer a competitive compensation package in a site/company growing rapidly, with many opportunities for individual growth, we also offer access to fitness and an attractive canteen.

FUJIFILM 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.

Our Manufacturing site in Hillerød, Denmark, brings together a complete range of expertise, capabilities and technologies to manufacture advanced biologics. As we continue to enhance and expand our capabilities, we are looking for people who share our passion, drive, and energy – what we call Genki – to join our team.

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 Biotechnologies Denmark (FLBD) 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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