Director, Continuous Improvement
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Severn
Posted on: September 28, 2024
Job Description:
Director, Continuous Improvement (CI)Position SummaryCatalent 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.-----The Director, Continuous Improvement is responsible for
overall CI excellence across the BWI/Harmans site.-- This includes
building expertise, establishing predictable and consistent
processes, focusing on business priorities, and accelerating new
technologies.-- This role will lead a site CI team charged with
developing and embedding the skills and behaviors that will result
in a sustainable continuous improvement culture within the
BWI/Harmans site with focus on standardization, simplification, and
rapid adoption of best practices.The Director, Continuous
Improvement is a dedicated resource responsible for operational
transformation through the use of lean, Six Sigma, and other
advanced problem-solving and process improvement tools. By focusing
on CI, this role will contribute to Catalent's Patient First
philosophy by driving the site to improve processes and continue to
meet the growing needs of clients and patients with the highest
quality drugs in a timely manner.The Role
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities throughout the
organization by routinely studying, prioritizing, and selecting
projects that leverage lean Six Sigma tools to drive improvements
in key site KPIs
- Facilitate advanced problem-solving and analysis of specific
improvement opportunities leading to the implementation of
effective sustainable solutions
- Promote the use of data and metrics for identifying improvement
opportunities and problem-solving activities
- Coach and mentor Lean Six Sigma Project Leaders to complete
projects by identifying and eliminating barriers
- Engage teams as a Change Agent to help establish a Continuous
Improvement culture and execute advanced problem-solving
activities
- Support design, development, and delivery of lean Six Sigma
training and project execution
- Assist in the identification and sharing of best practices
across the organization
- Manage weekly/monthly site reporting (People, Safety, Quality,
Delivery, Cost). Develop data collection systems and performance
reporting
- Prepare and deliver complex presentations to ensure adequate
understanding, resources and support for ongoing and future CI
projects
- Coordinate with Global and Regional Deployment Leaders
regarding project status, issues and accomplishments. Network and
collaborate with other Catalent CI Leaders Managers/Directors to
share best practicesThe Candidate
- Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Life Science, Engineering
or Business field
- 7 years of phase 3 and commercial stage manufacturing related
work with demonstrated experience in Continuous Improvement and/or
Operational Excellence preferred
- Preference of three (3) years of experience in Biologics, Cell,
or Gene Therapy operations and production
- Four (4) years of experience leading team improvement efforts
in production facilities
- Experience in a GMP regulated environment
- Certification in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or similar
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the
ability to work with people at all levels of the organization,
including the executive leadership team
- Ability to successfully prioritize, and manage large, complex
projects, deadlines, and tasks with little supervision in both team
and independent environmentKnowledge/Skills Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to define and execute a strategy while
concurrently delivering to metrics and driving a culture
change.----
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are
essential. Strong attention to detail, people skills, organized and
ability to multi-task are essential for success.
- Demonstrated collaboration and influencing skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge as a subject matter expert and
resource.
- Demonstrated understanding of cGMP requirements related to
change and change management.
- Demonstrates the ability to independently prioritize workloads,
motivate/inspire others, and excellent problem-solving and
analytical skills.
- Must be able to interact effectively with a variety of
individuals and personalities within and between sites,
departments, regulators and customers.
- Fully competent in the use of common computer software -
Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel, Microsoft
PowerPointWhy You Should Join Catalent
- Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback
process
- Diverse, inclusive culture
- Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an
organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives
- Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
- Community engagement and green initiatives
- Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one of
employment
- Tuition reimbursementCatalent 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.--personal
initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.Visit to explore career
opportunities.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 . 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.--------Notice
to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma
Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from
agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes
submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or
search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will
become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a
candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited
agency or search firm referral. Thank you.Important Security Notice
to U.S. Job Seekers:Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any
type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification,
social security number or other highly sensitive personal
information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email
or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond-
it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to
spam@catalent.com for us to investigate with local
authorities.California Job Seekers can find our California Job
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