FUJIFILM - Head of Raw Material, Quality Control

Are you an experienced people manager and eager to join a fast-growing CDMO, where you will get the opportunity to lead and build a new team? Now you have a unique opportunity in our Quality Control department, as we are looking for a manager for a newly formed Raw Material team.

The position and key responsibilities

As Head of Raw Material you will provide leadership to the department and ensure that we work in accordance with our core behaviours - trust, delight our customers, Gemba (go see), and Genki (enthusiasm), and the goals for our site. You will drive a continues improvement culture and always be ready to challenge status quo. In this role you will work close with peers across the site, to ensure raw materials is released timely to support the production.

The organization is a newly formed team, that will be collecting all QC activities related to Raw Materials. The position will be reporting directly to the Head of Quality Control and be part of the QC core leadership team. Today the department consists of 13 dedicated people including the manager and is expected to grow significant during the next year. Further growth is expected as the new manufacturing facilities, we are currently building, comes into operation.

The Head of Raw Materials will take lead in defining the strategy and direction for the raw material business area for FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies in Hillerød, and across the international organisation supporting the greenfield project in North Carolina, US.

Functions main tasks:

• Raw material sampling
• Raw material specification creation
• Raw material testing
• CLO data entry
• Raw material release
• Implementation of new raw materials

 Your main tasks are:

• Provide leadership, and drive development of your department
• Ensure that we deliver in accordance with our agreements with our customers
• Ensure alignment with your peers across the organization and build an efficient department
• Lead the effort to define a raw material strategy for the site
• Challenge status quo and drive a continues improvement culture
• Ensure procedures and processes are aligned with cGMP

Qualifications

You are an excellent people manager with +10 years’ experience from the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, or similar industries. The ideal candidate has a solid experience with raw material area within the biopharmaceutical industry, and specific knowledge of the unique challenges of a CMO/CDMO is a plus.

You develop efficient working relationships with peers and stakeholders at all levels, and for you, teamwork and collaboration are key to success. You enjoy working as an entrepreneur, finding new smarter ways to work, while fulfil quality requirements, and you can motivate and lead your organisation through change. You have excellent verbal and written English communication skills. Danish is not a requirement but is an advantage.

As a person you are open, curious and motivated by succeeding through you team. You have a pragmatic approach and look for solutions with an open and communicative approach, where you listen to understand. You thrive in an operational environment where priorities may shift on short notice, and where you at times will have to prioritize.

About FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies and the Quality Control Department

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies is a world leading Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) serving customers in the pharmaceutical industry – from pre-clinical investigations to commercial GMP production. Our overall mission is to “Advancing Tomorrow’s Medicines” and we like to invite you to be part of that journey.

The Quality Control (QC) department at our site Hillerød consists of approximately 140 employees divided into different functions which are support teams, testing teams, analytical technologies, QC customer support, and the newly formed Raw Material function. In QC we strive towards a “One QC” team spirit where we help and support each other across teams and function, not only to reach our goals, but also to support a high level of collaboration and possibilities for personal development.

The foundation in our QC department is our employees. Success is only possible due to competent and dedicated colleagues, who wants to make a difference for QC, our site, our customers, and patients all over the globe. As a leading CDMO we, in QC, are obligated to continuously improve our way of working creating a dynamic and inspiring environment with huge individual co-decision making due to our flat organizational structure.

The culture at FUJIFILM Denmark (FDBD) is key if you ask our employees and besides a competitive salary and bonus package, we offer health insurance, massage and physiotherapy, health check, fitness center, possibility to work from home, and most recently we invested in a mobile barista coffee van. FDBD also has a canteen arrangement incl. friday brunch and monthly afternoon cake, just as we have a “bell ringing” tradition when reaching important milestones

Application



Please upload your CV and cover letter as soon as possible as we screen applications on a continuous basis. For more questions on this role please contact hiring manager Head of Quality Control Christian Bechmann at christian.bechmann@fujifilm.com

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Application via website: https://fujifilmdiosynth.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/details/Head-of-Raw-Material--Quality-Control_JR1274