Ewing Manufacturing Supervisor
Millipore Corporation

Work Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Shift:
Department: LS-SC-PMLEAD
Recruiter: Guadalupe Barragan

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Your Role:

• Supervise a group's personnel and resources for manufacturing or support manufacturing of chemicals.
• Develop subordinates knowledge and skills to improve performance and expand abilities.
• Coordinate group's efforts to assist meeting department and company objectives.
• Select, train, develop, motivate, and evaluate employees.
  • Assist in the selection process of candidates in a manner consistent with company policies.
  • Ensure subordinates are trained for the tasks and processing expected.
  • Lead and motivate through positive reinforcement, encouragement, example and communication of company values. Quickly resolve personnel conflicts and problems as they arise.
  • Ensure skills and knowledge development occurs to allow employees to maximize performance in their current positions.
  • Encourage/assist development toward individual career objectives or potential consistent with company needs. Provide guidance, additional training and development opportunities.
  • Evaluate employee performance and provide timely feedback.

• Organizes the group's efforts and oversees production processes:
  • Schedule tasks and processes to meet department and company objectives, which include scheduling personnel, equipment, and ordering raw materials.
  • Maintain awareness of general area operations to ensure that resources (personnel and facility/equipment) are used towards maximizing our overall effectiveness and provide assistance or guidance, if needed.
  • Ensure tasks are completed properly and that processes proceed consistent with operating procedures and quality guidelines.

• Ensure information to effectively perform the group's function is communicated:
  • Ensure information is passed on to subordinates in a timely fashion.
  • Pro-actively review "Safety Procedures", MMFs, Operating Procedures, etc. for inconsistencies and errors and modify as appropriate in a timely manner.
  • Communicate information to other groups or individuals to ensure company objectives are met.
  • Communicate group's status, data and feedback to management.
  • Pro-actively support company and department policy.

• Direct group's effort toward improvement and company goals:
  • Identify, evaluate and implement process improvements and expand group's abilities through subordinates.
  • Encourage collaboration between subordinates and other groups.
  • Ensure subordinates know department and company goals and that they assist as possible.
  • Ensure interaction between groups is cooperative.
  • Identify, evaluate, and implement continuous improvement.

• Supervise employees to accomplish all departmental goals and objectives in safe manner and in compliance with all various state, federal and company regulations (OSHA, EPA, FDA, etc.):
  • Create/Maintain positive pro-active approach toward quality compliance and safety.
  • Ensure group maintains acceptable housekeeping.
  • Report incidents, assist in investigating causes and follow up with appropriate actions.
  • Ensure personnel are trained and have access to proper equipment.

Work Location: 545 South Ewing Avenue St. Louis, Missouri.

Shift: Day Shift (Typically 7am-3:30pm).

Physical Attributes:

• May sit, stand, walk, reach above the shoulder, stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, or crawl for short periods of time.
• May occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted and more than 50 pounds assisted.
• Must be able to perform tasks while wearing personal protective equipment such as respirator or chemical protective clothing for extended times.
• Wear Personal Protective Equipment, "PPE," including but not limited to hard hats, glasses/goggles, chemical-resistant suits, gloves, safety shoes.
• Involves the use of close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth vision, and adjusting focus.
• Work area may occasionally be wet, humid, abnormally hot, or cold.
• Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts.

Who you are:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology or other life science discipline.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree or Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biology, or other life science discipline.
• Familiar with manufacturing concepts such as GMP, ISO9000, and quality management, specifically ISO13485 and CFR 820 regulations.
• Knowledge of technical production issues in the areas of Biology and Biochemistry.
• 5+ years of method development or research experience.
• 2+ years supervising personnel.
• Ability to manage, motivate, and develop employees.

• Interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, motivation, leadership.
• Communication skills including writing and oral, ability to communicate with various disciplines and levels both one-on-one and group communication.

The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, marital status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and programs relating to recruitment and hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Any applicant or employee who believes they have been discriminated against by the Company or anyone acting on behalf of the Company must report any concerns to their Human Resources Business Partner, Legal, or Compliance immediately. The Company will not retaliate against any individual because they made a good faith report of discrimination.

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