Bio Products Laboratory (BPL), part of Kedrion Biopharma, has a new vacancy for a Chemistry Team Leader to join the Quality Department located in Elstree, Hertfordshire.
This exciting first-line management role within a laboratory setting will suit someone with experience supervising staff overseeing day-to-day operations and working to GMP standards.
Duties & Responsibilities will include -
Authority and decision making
* Planning day-to-day work across the department.
* To assist with the delivery of departmental objectives.
* Ensure that KPIs are met.
* Raise and lead Minor + Major + Critical deviations
* Support Critical deviations
* Having awareness of all quality records within own area.
* Provide the necessary support for quality records to ensure they are completed within required timelines.
* Ensure OOSs when reported by the department are raised and investigated in accordance with procedure, supporting completion of investigations (Phase I and II) to ensure the right outcome is achieved.
* Tracking/trending of OOSs
* To recommend change controls and to lead and implement agreed actions.
* Deliver the training programme for the section through departmental metrics and business needs.
* Empowering the team to identifying the need for procedure updates and ensuring correct procedures are in place. Reviewing complex procedural updates, and responsible for approving less complex procedures.
* Ensuring sufficient resources are available, for routine work and any additional work taken on by the department communicating to line management when resource limitations exist
* Assisting with recruitment, such as identifying recruitment needs, reviewing CVs for suitable candidates, performing interviews and liaising with HR regarding selection and on boarding of successful candidates.
* Handling of issues
Budget / Capital Expenditure
* Monitoring of spending on consumables and equipment.
* Identifying the need for and raising orders.
* Contributing to preparation of annual OPEX and CAPEX plans.
People Management
* Responsible for the management of Senior Analysts, Analyst II and Analyst I staff.
* Undertaking annual performance reviews, performance management, disciplinaries (up to verbal warning), training, and mentoring.
* Delivery of the training plan for the section.
* Ensure that effective and target driven one-to-ones are delivered for all grades of analyst.
* Managing teams working multiple shift patterns.
* Managing teams working in laboratories and process areas.
* Supervising third party contractors e.g. servicing of laboratory equipment, testing production areas.
Project Management
Delivering agreed projects within the laboratory and across manufacturing.
Skills & experience to help you within the role –
* BSc in relevant subject (or equivalent experience)
* Demonstrated management skills.
* Planning and organisation skills to be able run a section in terms of samples and staffing.
* Capacity to grasp concepts easily.
* Computer literate – competent in the use of Microsoft Office, in particular Word and Excel at an intermediate level.
* Able to ensure high levels of quality are achieved.
* Able to communicate clearly and persuasively with the team.
* Problem solving.
* Extensive laboratory experience and demonstrated competency in managing others
* Competent in 70% of testing performed within department
* Good knowledge/understanding of GMP/GLP.
* Experience of managing or supervising laboratory analysts.
* Experience in OOS and invalid assay investigations.
* Experience of raising, completing, and investigating quality records.
* BSc in relevant subject (or equivalent experience)
* Requirement for business travel.
* Offering support to the department outside of normal hours.
* Requirement to represent the business outside of BPL.
In return we offer -
We're looking for highly motivated and experienced people to drive the business forward. If you are passionate about Human Resources, we want to hear from you.
* Competitive salary
* Bonus
* 25 days holiday
* Pension
* Life insurance
* On-site parking
* Employee assistance programme
* My Healthy Advantage phone app
* Virtual GP
* Cycle to work scheme
* Subsidised canteen