Job Description
Company Overview
At Jamieson Wellness, we’re dedicated to improving the world's health and wellness with our portfolio of innovative natural health brands. Established in 1922, Jamieson Vitamins is our heritage brand, available in over 40 countries and recognized as Canada's #1 consumer health brand. We manufacture and market sports nutrition products and specialty supplements under our Progressive, Precision and Iron Vegan brands, and market products by Lorna Vanderhaeghe Health Solutions (LVHS), the #1 women's natural health focused brand in Canada. In 2017, Jamieson Wellness was named one of the top ten most reputable companies in Canada. For more information please visit jamiesonwellness.com.
Overall Responsibilities
To provide leadership and direction through proper training and communication to operations personnel to meet schedules. To supervise the manufacturing and packaging of product in a safe and cost effective manner in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices.
Specific Key Responsibilities & Duties
Assign operators to specific duties on a day-to-day basis
Assist in planning of daily and weekly production schedules and staffing requirements
Trouble shoot any production problems to minimize impact
Provide initial, and ongoing training to operators in areas of safety, equipment and handling, Standard Operating Procedures, GMP requirements and company policies and practices
Inspect all machinery for cleanliness, safety requirements and proper set up prior to production
Monitor and maintain housekeeping and sanitation programs/standards
Investigate opportunities for improvement to increase efficiencies
Interact with peers, subordinates and other departments to achieve common goals
Complete and offer suggestions for improvement of all manufacturing and packaging documentation
Check and approve labour reports and overtime as submitted by employees
Monitor equipment and premises, issuing work orders for maintenance required and continued follow-ups to ensure that repairs are completed on a timely basis
Participates in employee evaluations and discipline
Maintain necessary inventory of tablet tooling, spare parts and materials
Ensure all ingredients are present as stated in the manufacturing formula and packaging form prior to production
Escalate any problems during a production run with recommendations for their solution
Escalate deviations from Standard Operating Procedures and manufacturing/packaging instructions
Working in compliance with the company’s Health & Safety Policies/SOPs including but not limited to the Safety Responsibilities Procedure
Will comply with Good Manufacturing Practices in all GMP sensitive areas of Jamieson Laboratories Ltd. facilities
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Requirements
Three (3) years supervisory experience in the pharmaceutical industry specifically in the manufacturing of tablet Compression and coating and/or equivalent University or College degree in a science related field
Managing/supervising unionized employee an asset
Computer literate
Working knowledge of regulations (GMP’s and WHMIS)
Problem solving skills and abilities
Proven human relation and communication skills
Must be self-motivated and be able to work in a TEAM environment
Validation experience would be an asset
Our Values
ACCOUNTABILITY
- We take personal ownership and pride in everything we do
- We demonstrate a bias for action
- We challenge the status quo constantly seeking to improve
- We eliminate barriers and bias to empower others to achieve our goals
- We are accountable to build and promote environments free of bias in regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, and all other types of discrimination
TEAMWORK
- We constructively challenge ourselves and others to achieve desired outcomes
- We demonstrate mutual respect, inspire trust and promote equality with colleagues and partners alike
- We collaborate toward common vision and objectives across all persons, levels, functions and locations as one company
- We recognize, celebrate and value each other’s differences, styles and contributions as one of our greatest strength
- We lead with a passion for winning together
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
We are empowered to pursue opportunities that will have great impact
Our curiosity drives us to find better ways to accoumplish our goals
We are agile, embrace change and persevere through adversity
We demonstrate initiative and take calculated risks together
INTEGRITY
- We do what is right even when it’s not easy
- We demonstrate humility in everything we do
- We courageously stand up and support our diverse heritages, traditions, experiences, beliefs and styles
- We allow ourselves to be vulnerable, admit mistakes, learn from them and move forward
TRANSPARENCY
- We respectfully communicate honestly and directly in a timely manner
- We proactively seek diversity of ideas and provide real feedback in the interest of improvement and development
- We constructively share and respect each other’s opinions and ideas to enable sound decision-making at all levels
- We encourage differing point of views and productive debate to develop the best solutions
EXTERNAL FOCUS
- We focus our efforts with the community, consumer and customer in mind
- We continually seek opportunities through insights that affect our business, customers, consumers, government, environment, technology, competition and suppliers
- We foster positive collaboration with external partners that promote diverse and inclusive environments