Laboratory Team Leader (Packaging Materials)

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Full time
Location: Ware
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Job offered by: GlaxoSmithKline
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UK - Hertfordshire - Ware Posted Date:

Jan 13 2025 The Quality Assurance Department at the GSK Ware manufacturing site is responsible for ensuring that all aspects of the manufacture of products is performed in a controlled manner and meet commitments to international regulatory bodies (as well as the requirements of current Good Manufacturing Practice). The laboratory teams work as part of the Site Value Streams to ensure that manufactured products are compliant and fit for purpose. This includes product analysis, laboratory investigations, and trend analysis of results. This role is aligned to provide support to the Packing & Manufacturing Quality Control (PMQC) process. Job Purpose: The purpose of the Lab Team Leader is to provide day to day direction to a team within the GSK Ware manufacturing site’s laboratory to support the achievement of regulatory and business strategies for people, processes and plant. Laboratory teams can be circa 8 to 10 direct reports (depending on number of interim / outsourced staff). Your team is responsible for carrying out analysis on incoming materials across all value streams on the GSC Ware site. Key elements include: You will develop daily plans for the team’s workload and escalate issues to the departmental managers (as required), whilst ensuring your team performs all activities in compliance with departmental, company and regulatory (safety and quality) procedures. This will include embedding governance, standards and capability development to ensure Safety, Quality and Efficacy are built into all laboratory operations. At least 70% of your time will be focused on GEMBA and Coaching the team (i.e., on the shop-floor, rather than in offices). You will create and confirm standards required to manage safety, quality, compliance and output. You will also be the first point of contact for any Problem solving and Performance management items that require attention. You will develop new, efficient and compliant working standards, create supporting procedures and training packages, and enable best practice to be quickly embedded. Develop and coach team members, to build a motivated and high performing team. Supporting Laboratory Investigations to ensure the correct outcome is achieved for the product in a timely manner. Performing proactive process confirmations to improve safety, quality and remove waste from processes. About You: This role would suit a motivated person who has strong experience of working in a GMP (Quality) environment. Strong people skills and a proven ability to work in a team (e.g., flexible approach, good communication, planning and organizational skills) are a pre-requisite for the role. You should have knowledge/experience of chemical laboratory testing techniques (within a GMP environment). About Ware Manufacturing Site: Medicines at Ware are presented as either Respiratory devices or in Oral Solid Dose form, and the site has circa 1,500 highly-motivated and capable people working at it. The Ware site holds a unique position in our network as the only site responsible for launching the company’s pipeline of new medicines in Oral and Solid Dose forms, as well as operating a high-volume commercial production for respiratory devices. Closing date for applications: Monday 27th of January 2025 (COB). Basic Qualifications: Relevant qualifications and/or experience (e.g., relevant Scientific degree). Understanding of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP). Experience of supervisory or management. Preferred Qualifications: Strong interpersonal and management skills. Able to prioritize and select appropriate courses of action. Strong continuous improvement mindset. Ability to motivate and develop your team members. Understanding of laboratory methodologies and analytical techniques related to packaging component testing. GSK offers a range of benefits to its employees, which include, but are not limited to: Competitive base Salary. Annual bonus based on company performance. Opportunities to partake in on-the-job training courses. Opportunities to attend and partake in industry conferences. Opportunities for support for professional development. Access to healthcare and wellbeing programmes. Employee recognition programmes. If you would like to learn more about our company-wide benefits and life at GSK we would suggest looking at our webpage

Life at GSK | GSK . Why GSK? Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/immunology and oncology). Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only). We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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