Shift Supervisor - Production

Position Summary:

Catalent Pharma Solutions in Somerset, NJ is hiring a Shift Supervisor for the Operations group. This person will lead the training, monitoring and supervising of the production staff. The Shift Supervisor is responsible for employee assignments, safety, quality, production rates, material reconciliation, production reports, timelines and aligning on strategic goals to improve line efficiencies and output.

This is a full-time 2nd shift position: Monday

• Friday, 3:00PM-11:30PM.

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company, and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives. Catalent in Somerset, NJ is home to oral solid dose manufacturing operations as part of the Oral and Specialty Delivery (OSD) business unit. On site we have our state-of-the-art laboratory, clinical, and commercial manufacturing plant for oral dose forms in addition to being the Catalent Center of Excellence for handling Highly Potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients.

Catalent is committed to a Patient First culture through excellence in quality and compliance, and to the safety of every patient, consumer, and Catalent employee.

The Role

• Monitor, organize, and perform all functions associated with commercial and clinical manufacturing and packaging and assures compliance to GMPs, SOPs, FDA, DEA and OSHA rules and regulations.

• Oversees unit operations consisting of and not limited to Hot Melt Extrusion, Fluid Bed, high speed Encapsulation, Compression, Coating, Milling, Blending, Sifting and other processes where assigned.

• Work seamlessly with partnering Team Leaders and direct report Technicians in ensuring productive and compliant operations within and between shifts

• Address employee capacity constraints through the cross training of technicians on various manufacturing equipment in the facility.

• Leads the Employee performance evaluations, new employee hiring and progressive discipline according to company guidelines and performance requirement, as well as approves staff vacation/personal days and leave of absence requests

• Enter Trackwise PRs as needed to ensure a culture of Continuous Improvement.

• Ensure document accuracy via completion of Batch records, label verification, raw material verification.

• Investigate and prepare out of specification reports and customer complaints related to production in Trackwise program.

• Staging, reconciliation and inventory label generation in ERP system (JD Edwards).

• All other duties as assigned

The Candidate

• Bachelor's Degree within an area of Science and Technology required with 1 or more years of experience with a minimum of 1 year of experience in a leadership role within the pharmaceutical industry.

• Associates or no degree required with 4 or more years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry in Quality Control/Assurance or Manufacturing, and 2 or more years in a leadership role

• Related industry experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry or a Food Manufacturing Environment

• Thorough knowledge of cGMP and the ability to complete compliance/regulatory records/processes

• Full understanding of FDA cGMP and DEA regulations

• Experience with JD Edwards or a similar ERP system is required

• Ability to trouble shoot and resolve enhanced problems on the manufacturing equipment

• Show a bias for action and demonstrate a can-do attitude by being a self-starter with demonstrated passion.

• Requires excellent written and verbal communication

• Candidate must be comfortable in a fast-paced work environment

• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds

Why you should join Catalent:

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process

• Diverse, inclusive culture

• 19 days of PTO + 8 paid holidays

• Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on D&I

• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment

• Positive working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative

• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives

• Competitive salary with bonus potential

• Community engagement and green initiatives

• Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual

• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Let us help you finish your degree or earn a new one!

• GymPass program to promote overall physical wellness

• Perkspot - offers exclusive or private discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in a wide array of categories

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve. As a result of the global pandemic, we have modified many of our recruitment and on-boarding processes to maintain everyone's safety. The Human Resources teams will communicate all necessary safety processes and procedures throughout each stage.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

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