Team Leader

Job Description:

At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world start a family and live a better life. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in reproductive and women's health, gastroenterology, and urology. Ferring + You is about working together and sharing ideas so we can bring science to life for patients worldwide.

Everyone at Ferring works together to change lives and help people start a family. Our teams offer challenging, innovative, and rewarding careers – we are motivated to make a difference. To reach our full potential, we collaborate, respect, and value diverse contributions so we can grow as an organization and as professionals. Together, we can influence the world around us to improve life and work.

Ferring+You

Reporting to the Production Manager, you ensure the organization of the packaging sector at our St Prex site.

You ensure the smooth running of secondary packaging operations in the assigned sector in compliance with quality standards (cGMP), safety, production schedule, cost, and proper use of equipment. You are the point of contact for all issues related to packaging processes.

Your day at Ferring

• Lead and supervise a team composed of operators, line pilots, and production technicians (~15 people) to ensure compliance with safety, quality, compliance, and performance standards.
• Unite and influence your team members by sharing future goals, vision, their added value, and the impacts generated at the end of the supply chain.
• Coach and support the development of your team members (behavior and performance).
• Manage difficulties (including disciplinary) as well as absences.
• Monitor and analyze performance indicators. Analyze the current state and identify the "Top 3 problems." Implement actions.
• Know cGMP to meet the requirements expected by regulatory bodies to ensure our products meet all GMP requirements.
• Understand packaging processes and their critical parameters (daily problem-solving to ensure product safety).
• Ensure the area meets standards again after a safety, quality, or performance issue.
• Ensure deviations have been properly recorded, addressed, and fixed through CAPA Management/interim corrective action plans.
• Ensure follow-up and review of batch records in the system.

Behind our innovation…There’s you

• 3-shift flexibility
• Experience in the Pharmaceutical or Chemical industry
• Proven experience in managing production teams
• Experience in leading Lean Manufacturing projects
• Ability to lead and motivate a team to achieve production goals
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with team members, management, and other departments
• Ability to plan tasks, organize team work, and monitor production processes
• Ability to foster a strong team spirit, encourage collaboration, and promote a positive work environment
• Understanding individual team members' needs and ability to develop them through training and coaching
• Analytical and anticipatory mindset
• Proactive person demonstrating a high level of personal initiative
• Good knowledge of IT tools and management systems (SAP, MES Rockwell & Trackwise)
• Languages: French excellent oral and written skills, English an asset

People come first at Ferring

• Be inspired by our commitment to defend everyone’s right to start a family, no matter who you are, where you live, or who you love.
• Our inclusive support program – "Building Families at Ferring" offers equal and accessible policies to all employees wishing to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard regardless of location and role.
• Parental leave for biological and non-biological parents.
• Extensive support throughout the family-building journey.

Making a difference in the lives of millions means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives allow us to find solutions to the toughest problems, and our success is linked to the contributions of every team member. Imagine the power of your career when it comes to Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose… There’s you

If our mission and your vision align, do not hesitate to apply!

We strive to create and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees, regardless of their background and socio-economic status.

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