Sr. Manufacturing Manager

Location:

Jersey City, NJ

Posted:

July 08, 2016

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SUMMARY O F Q UAL IF I CA TI O NS:

M a nufa cturing a nd M echa nica l Specia list w ith mo re tha n 8 y ea rs o f div ersified ex perience in the pha rma ceutica l indus try .

Skilled in tro ublesho o ting, a dherence to strict pro duct io n schedu le requirement s a nd co mplia nce w ith sa fety,

env iro nmenta l a nd Go o d M a nufa cturing Pra ctices reg ula tio ns. J o b respo nsibilities include da ily prio ritizatio n o f

pro duct io n needs a nd pro v iding necessa ry superv iso ry, mecha nica l, a nd techn ica l supp o rt; the superv isio n o f ho urly

perso nnel o n techn ica l a nd o pera tio na l a spects a nd indepen dent tro ublesho o ting o f the pro cess a nd pro cedura l issues to

ensure tha t A PI ba tches a re o f a ccepta ble qua lity a nd y ield.

M er ck & Co. Exp er ience:

Senio r M a nufa cturing Sup erv iso r - R a hw ay Fa cto ry 31 IPT 2 0 09 to 20 1 3

Su p erv i ses a t eam o f 4 U n io n o p erat ors en g aged i n t h e p ro d u ct i o n o f t h e act i ve p h armaceu t ical i n g red ien t s fo r Imi p en em.

Lead s A BC (A p pl i ed Beh avi o r Sci en ce) i n i ti at iv e, t arg et ed at en h anci n g su ccessfu l o p erat or b eh avi o rs l ead in g t o a mo re

sel f-d i rect ed w o rk fo rce.

In v o l ved i n l ab or rel at i o ns w i t h h o url y p erso n n el t h ro u gh t h e u se o f co ach in g, co u nsel i n g an d d i sci pl i ne. U sed Ro o t

Cau se A n aly si s (RCA ) an d D COM t o accu rat el y d et ermi n e t h e cau se an d co rrect i o n t o u n desi rab l e b eh avi o rs.

Co o rd in at es an d p ri o ri t i zes t h e mech an i cal w o rk i n t h e faci l i t y b ased o n t h e p ro d u ct i o n t i mel i ne t o av o id o r mi n i mi ze

p ro d u ct i o n d el ays o r o v ert i me. Resp o nsi b l e fo r set t i ng u p eq u ip men t fo r mai n t enan ce b y fo l l o wi n g H azard o us En erg y

Co n tro l p ro ced ures, su ch as Lo ck O u t/ Tag O u t.

U ses LEA N p ri n ci pal s t o mak e co n ti n uo u s i mp ro v emen ts t o t h e faci l i t y

D esi g ned a p ro cess fo r sen d i ng N EP w ast e d i rect l y t o a w ast e t an k, i n st ead o f d ru mmi n g i t o ff an d ch arg i ng i t t o t h e w ast e

t an k, el i mi nat i ng w ast ed reso u rces an d t i me.

Ch an ged t h e w eek en d sh u t do w n an d st art u p p ro ced ures i n reg ard t o mai n t ain i ng t h e d ei on i zed w at er sy st em. Th e ch an ges

p ro t ect t h e u l t rav io l et l i g ht s an d t h e feed p u mp s fo r t h e d ei on i zed w at er sy st em i n case o f a p o wer l o ss d u ri n g t h e

w eek en d .

Tro u b l e-sh o ot mech an i cal an d p ro cessi n g p ro b l ems b o t h o n t h e fact o ry fl o o r an d u si n g t h e D i st ri b ut ed Co n tro l Sy st em an d

d at a arch i v i ng sy st em.

Co o rd in at ed t h e mech an i cal set u p t o reso l v e a p ro cessi n g i n ci den t t h at sav ed h al f a b at ch an d al l o wed t h e o t h er h al f o f t h e

b at ch t o b e rew o rk ed .

In i t i ated t h e co mp l ian t co rrect i v e act i on s w h en Co l d Bo x 3 0 0 fai l ed aft er co mp l eti n g t h e i n i ti al i n v est i g ati o n an d

d et ermi n i ng t h at t h e ro o t cau se w as mech an i cal . Co o rd in at ed w i t h M &I fo r rep ai rs an d mo v ed raw mat eri al s t o av o id

co mp ro mi si n g t h ei r q u ali t y .

Senio r M a nufa cturing Sup erv iso r - R a hw ay Fa cto ry 31 19 9 6 to 2 00 9

Su p erv i se a t eam o f 11 U n io n o p erat ors en g aged i n t h e p ro d u ct i o n o f t h e act i ve p h armaceu t ical i n g red ien t s fo r Imi p en em an d

Et o ri co xi b

Su p p ort ed t h e M M D N et wo rk In i t i ati v e b y ex ecu ti n g t h e Imi p en em N SB d emo n st rat io n t ran sfer t o Ch ero k ee as a Rah way

t ech ni cal rep resen t at i ve.

D emo n strat ed t h e su ccessfu l man u fact u re o f Imi p en em N SB, at a p ro d u ct i o n cap aci ty o f ~67 0 k g s/ wk w i t h b at ch ch arg es

~ ev ery 1 2 h o urs, i n Ch ero k ee b y M ay 20 0 7 an d t ran sferr ed p ro cess k n ow l edg e an d sch ed ul i n g u n derst an d i ng t o t h e

D an vi l le Tech n ical Team memb ers i n v ol v ed i n t h e d emo n st rat io n .

Reso l ved p ro cess y i el d i ssu es b y t ro u b lesh o ot i n g t h e d i fferen ces b et ween D an vi l le an d Rah way u si n g D M AIIC

met h o do l og y an d p ro cess k n ow l edg e an d p ro v i ded d o cumen t at io n o n reco mmen d at i on s an d so l u ti o ns t o t h e co mp l ete

d emo n st rat io n t eam.

Wo rk ed o n t h e st art -u p o f Et o ri co xi b To sy l ate Sal t fo r t h e 2 00 7 V i rg i n, Rep ro cess an d Seco n d -Cro p camp ai g ns, l earn i n g a

n ew eq u ip men t t rai n an d t ro u b le-sh o o t in g p ro d u ct i o n p ro b l ems as t h ey aro se

Su ccessfu l l y p rep ared Fact o ry fo r FD A Pre- A p p ro val In sp ect i on fo r To sy l ate Sal t i n 20 0 6.

Pro mo t ed t o sen i o r su p erv i so r i n 1 99 9 .

C hemica l Opera to r- R a hw ay Fa cto ry 31 / Fa cto ry 1 2 1 98 7 - 1 9 96

Wo rk ed i n t h e p ro d u ct i o n o f A ct iv e Ph armaceu t i cal In t ermed i at es fo r Imi p en em (Pri max i n ), Et o ri co xi b To sy l ate Sal t

(A rco x ia), Lo v ast it i n (M ev acor) an d Cl o rsu l on

Rev i ewed an d i n t erp ret ed p ro cessi n g sch ed ul es, o p erat i ng l o g s an d t est resu l t s fo r o p t imal b at ch p ro cessi n g.

Co n tro l l ed v ari ab l es i n cl ud i ng t emp erat u re, p ressu re an d feed rat es t o assu re p ro cessi n g i n st ri ct co n fo rman ce w i t h safet y,

en v iro n men t al, q u ali t y an d p ro d u ct i o n req u i remen t s. Co l lect ed rep resen t at i ve samp l es fo r q u ali t y assu ran ce t est i ng .

Prep ared, o p erat ed an d cl ean ed eq u ip men t fo r react i o ns, h y dro g en ati o ns, cat al yst reco v ery, so l v ent reco v ery, Po d b i el n i ak

ex t ract i on s, ch ro mat o grap h i c sep arat i o n, rev erse o smo si s, u l t ra-fi l t rat i on, cry st al l i zat i on, fi l t rat i o n an d d ry i n g.

Pro cessed, i so l ated an d p ack aged raw mat eri al s, i n t ermed i at es an d fi n i sh ed p ro d u ct s u si n g a w i de v ari et y o f eq u ip men t

i n cl ud i ng : ag i t at o rs, cen t ri fu g es, co mp resso rs, co n den sers, d ry ers, fi l t ers, h eat ex ch ang ers, p u mp s, react o rs an d t an ks.

Ch arg ed raw mat eri al s, so l v ent s, cat al yst s an d g ases, co n tro l l i ng react i o n an d ch arg e rat es w h il e co mp l yi n g w i t h Perso n al

Pro t ect i v e Eq u i pmen t req u i remen t s an d Ex p o sure Co n tro l l i mi t s asso ci at ed w i t h h azard o us mat eri al s.

M o v ed mat eri al as a l i censed Po w ered In d u st ri al Tru ck o p erat or.

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