Site Name: Belgium-Wavre
Posted Date: Oct 3 2024
Job purpose:
You contribute to the GSK Vaccines strategy in your area of responsibility:

• Contribute to production by aligning material and human resources and skills
• Ensure the performance and commitment of the team in order to achieve production objectives while guaranteeing EHS, Quality, Costs and Supply requirements
• Are responsible for a team of workers and/or employees (between 10 and 15 people)
• Manage your team on a daily basis by ensuring the level of performance, motivation and priorities on value-added activities
• Play a driving role in the continuous development of the members of your team.

Your responsibilities:
Operations

• SLAF = Seed Laboratories Azote Freezer
• Manage the interaction between planning, QC, external suppliers, warehouse and daily production activities (Logistic and process)
• Supervise and manage daily operations related to vaccine production (bulk, formulation and filling)
• Participate in the development of the production plan for the coming period based on the standard agenda while including needs such as maintenance, validation, EHS and development
• Evaluate the resources necessary for the realization
• Use resources where it has the most impact and is most critical to the organization
• Ensure compliance while remaining agile and remedy any gaps as soon as possible
• Ensure the follow-up of KPI's related to Quality, Supply and EHS in its area, monitors them and guarantees the deployment of possible actions
• Identify value-added activities and does what is necessary for your team to focus on them
• Are able to carry out investigations for deviations from your sector
• Are involved in the definition, execution and/or coordination of Change Controls in its sector
• Provide resources for running validation protocols
• Dare to say “no” by giving meaning and stay aligned with priorities
• Animate or participate in certain governance meetings
• Participate in the drafting of production documents
• Simplify, standardize and challenge the status quo for continuous improvement purposes
• Know the continuous improvement ecosystem and tools and applies them on a daily basis to contribute to the continuous improvement of production activities and resources
• Ensure compliance of operations with c GMP and authority requirements and contribute to production quality in close collaboration with QA by taking corrective actions if necessary
• Are task owner in the e CCs
• Write and are the owner of minor and major deviations whose problems are related to your field of activity and is responsible for the definition and implementation of the associated CAPAs
• Perform internal audits (L1), participate in inspections of subjects within your scope during internal (L2, L3) and external (FDA, WHO, EMA, etc.) audits and participate in the definition of the associated responses.
• Ensure effective communication and optimal collaboration within your team, and vis-à-vis other partners (TS, QA, Supply, HR, EHS, support teams, LT) within his S/MPU
• Apply the recommended processes while ensuring compliance with Change Management processes

EHS

• Ensure compliance on EHS topics in your field of activity and develops the EHS mindset within the team
• Ensure that all people working in the production area remain safe at all times
• Ensure that all risk assessments are carried out and of the understanding of the risks by your team
• Participate in risk assessments with the risk assessor and benefits from the support of the competent functions
• Understand and ensure operational implementation of risk assessments
• Regularly checks that the training of his team is up to date as well as the risk profiles
• Implement corrective actions and monitor the effectiveness of corrective actions
• Ensure transversal sharing of CAPAs in its community of practice.
• Follow EHS processes and anticipate as much as possible the risks associated with all activities in its production area

Why you?
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• University degree in chemistry, pharmacy, bioengineering or other scientific orientation or equivalent relevant experience
• 2 years of experience in leadership
• Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning
• Sustaining energy and well-being
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations
• Budgeting and cost-consciousness
• Excellent EHS and Quality mindset
• Ability to develop and build strong interpersonal relationship with peers
• Strong planning, problem-solving and prioritization skills
• Active listening skills
• Positive mindset
• Ability to giving and receiving feedback
• Very good sense of accountability
• Work well under pressure, independently and collaboratively to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Fluency in written and spoken technical English & fluency in written and spoken French.

If you have a disability and require assistance during the course of the selection process, you will have the opportunity to let us know what specific assistance you require in order to make suitable arrangements.

Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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