Job Title: B55 Operations Manager - 2nd Shift

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

The Manager, B55 Recombinant Manufacturing Facility (RMF) will provide the leadership, direction, and the overall oversight of the B55 RMF department on 1st shift at the Swiftwater, PA site. This position is responsible for operational and project results of B55 operations, including safety, quality, supply, and costs as well as employee engagement and management.

Sanofi is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Manager to oversee our manufacturing processes. The ideal candidate will have outstanding organizational and leadership skills, a firm grasp of manufacturing processes and standards, and the ability to ensure that our manufacturing processes deliver products of maximum quality.

We are an innovative global healthcare company that helps the world stay ahead of infectious diseases by delivering more than 500 million vaccine doses a year. Across different countries, our talented teams are exploring new technologies to protect people and promote healthy communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you’ll help reimagine how life-changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster.

About Sanofi:

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main Responsibilities:

• Manage Multiple priorities independently or as part of a team to meet key deadlines.

• Communicate issues and progress across all levels of the organization.

• Resolve QA shop floor observations promptly to maintain product quality.

• Perform monthly HSE audits, complete HSE investigations, and provide support for HSE Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs).

• Perform GEMBA Walks to ensure strict adherent to quality and compliance in our facilities.

• Support Deviation closures to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.

• Support CAPAs, Change Controls, internal audits and any other regulatory commitments.

• Execute Batch Record Sections and Final Review in a timely manner in order to hit production targets.

• Manage +QDCI L1 boards to meet company KPIs and drive change. Establish performance expectations and evaluate direct reports.

• Manage employee development goals to foster growth and skill. Support a culture of teamwork.

• Drive efficiently in communication between employees through shift change huddles.

• Manage personnel attendance using Labor Utilization Role-Based Schedule Tool, ADP, Workday.

• Actively involved in onboarding new hires to ensure smooth integration.

• Monitor Metasys/Lab watch applications to ensure GMP status of the production floor.

• Serve as an escalation point and make decisions to resolve issues promptly.

• Responsible for project work on the shop floor, provide assistance and recommendations regarding processes or equipment.

• All other duties as assigned.

About You
 

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma with a minimum of 5 years of experience that includes: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing or cGMP experience

• Working within a quality or production department of a Biotechnology/ Pharmaceutical company

• cGMP experience

• Excellent communication and interpersonal Skills

• The ability to work on cross functional project teams.

• Demonstrated ability to meet/exceed timelines/deliverables.

• Continuous improvement techniques and problem solving/analytical skills.

• Ability to negotiate/Influence.

• Organized and detail oriented.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the management of direct reports.

• Experience in Viral manufacturing and/or Bacterial Manufacturing

• Leadership, people development, driving the right culture and mindset (10+ people report to this position, helping to drive Tier 1 Site Projects)

• Operational Excellence – Adaptation and driving the use of SMS tools, continuous improvement, cost savings, inventory control (SAP / S4), Digital and AI – Openness

• Quality and Compliance – regulatory audit experience, driving compliance performance (deviation elimination, implementation of CAPAs to improve or error proof).  Root cause analysis and Change Management.  Experience in driving an initiative or project to completion as an owner

• Able to work with multiple stakeholder groups, adaptable (ability to respond to changes in initiative / timeline / priority)

Special Working Conditions

• Ability to lift to 50 lbs.

• Ability to stand on average 8 hours per shift.

• Ability to gown and gain entry to manufacturing areas.

• Ability to work a twelve-hour rotating shift and every other weekend, including holidays as scheduled.

• May require personnel to flex into another platform within MTech and/or another M&S department, as well as the possibility to work weekends, holidays or off shift hours based on business need.

• May also include working in an aseptic processing area.

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to gain experience and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take diligent care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

• Shape the future of medicine and vaccine delivery with cutting-edge technology, ensuring seamless launches and a resilient global supply.

• Power industry-leading performance by leveraging digital, data, and AI-driven innovation – at speed and scale.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is:

$90.000,00 - $130.000,00

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK.