Job Description Are you ready to take charge of antigen and vaccine manufacturing at our Milton Keynes site? As the Production IPT Lead, you'll play a crucial role in our Senior Leadership Team, ensuring our operations meet the highest GMP standards and align with company policies. What you will do: Drive Compliance: Ensure strict adherence to safety and quality regulations while managing manufacturing processes to meet GMP requirements and audit standards. Lead with Impact: Own the success of the Production IPT by overseeing people, safety, quality, delivery, and cost. Plan Strategically: Accountable for finite scheduling of production activities, schedule adherence as well as downtime tracking in order to drive problem solving in order to avoid repeated downtime for same issue Accountable for the proactive supply risk assessment through use of site and enterprise risk assessment methodologies for all aspects of supply. Develop Talent: Accountable for the strategic development of first line leaders to ensure these leaders are equipped with the right support, tools and competencies in order to effectively leader their team and drive the value stream. Embrace Continuous Improvement through MPS tools: Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, driving productivity and customer satisfaction at all levels. Safety First: Promote a robust safety culture within your team, ensuring compliance with all EHS guidelines and conducting regular Gemba walk-throughs. Quality Assurance: Champion GMP compliance by promptly addressing deviations and implementing innovative solutions to complex challenges. What We’re Looking For: A proven leader with significant industry experience, including experience in ERP, SAP, or MRP environments. Minimum of 10 years of experience in pharma industry including manufacturing operations experience Strong background in large-scale bacterial fermentation and downstream processing. Expertise in change management, technical oversight, and risk management. Possess excellent communication skills, and the ability to lead, inspire and influence at all levels across site and promotes sustainable empowerment through transparent team communications. Demonstrated ability to lead both direct and indirect reports fostering effective collaboration and achieving business objectives. Demonstrated application of culture and business change methodologies (CEM, Inclusion and BCCM) when realizing site and cross functional process improvement initiatives. Ready to make a difference? Join us and lead the way in shaping the future of vaccine production We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. Employee Status: Regular Relocation: VISA Sponsorship: Travel Requirements: Flexible Work Arrangements: Not Applicable Shift: Valid Driving License: Hazardous Material(s): Job Posting End Date: 02/13/2025 A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.