Plant Manager (Pharmaceutical Manufacturing)

For a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing company: Plant Manager

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage the overall operations of the pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, ensuring efficient, safe and compliant operations across all departments.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership to approximately 130 employees working across three shifts, ensuring effective workforce planning, team development and performance management.
• Drive organizational and operational transformation, implementing improvements in processes, structures, systems and ways of working.
• Ensure full compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), regulatory requirements, internal quality standards and applicable pharmaceutical legislation.
• Establish and monitor key operational performance indicators (KPIs), including production efficiency, OEE, productivity, quality performance, waste and downtime.
• Develop and implement production plans, ensuring optimal utilization of resources, equipment and manufacturing capacity.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, Lean Manufacturing methodologies and operational excellence programs.
• Oversee engineering and maintenance activities, ensuring equipment reliability, preventive maintenance and minimal production interruptions.
• Work closely with QA and QC teams to ensure product quality, regulatory compliance and effective management of deviations, CAPAs and change controls.
• Manage operational budgets, cost optimization initiatives, capital expenditure (CAPEX) and resource allocation.
• Identify operational risks and implement effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Foster a strong culture of accountability, collaboration, safety and continuous improvement across all manufacturing functions.
• Report directly to the General Management, providing regular updates on operational performance, challenges, investments and strategic initiatives.