Manager Operations Excellence - Memphis, United States - Charles River Laboratories

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Manager Operations Excellence

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Location:

Memphis, TN, US, 38118Memphis, TN, US, 38118

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, well help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

**Job Summary**

This role is responsible for effectively developing, deploying, and successfully executing projects related to the operational improvement program for Charles River Laboratories Memphis. This position creates, coordinates and drives all aspects of identifying opportunities for operational improvement as well as for the deployment and collaborative execution of operational excellence strategies and programs at the Memphis site. This role is a key contributor to the development, implementation and management of programs and tasks to achieve operational improvements and excellence in the end-to-end site operations work streams. The role requires the individual to be primarily onsite.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:**

+ Work with Executive Director to create a strategic vision and road map for the operational excellence program for the Memphis site.

+ Serves as a subject matter expert in identifying, prioritizing and implementing changes at all levels to effect improvements in operational excellence.

+ Provide assistance in prioritization and management of programs and tasks and working with functions and/or cross-functional teams to support achievement and sustainability of improved operational excellence

+ Support and collaborate with functional leadership teams to develop a strategy and implement operations excellence programs and projects/tasks for their respective areas leading to improved function operational excellence.

+ Create, maintain, and deliver training, as required, to support the advancement of operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives

+ Provide coaching, mentoring, and contribute toward identification of methods for regular effectiveness assessments and key performance indicator tracking to assist functional leadership teams toward success in implementing changes and gains in effectiveness.

+ Lead comprehensive analysis, options evaluation and other methodologies to support optimal efficiency gains, continuous improvement initiatives and projects

+ Utilize broad experience and understanding of operations and needs in evaluating challenges, identifying options and selecting programs and tasks to improve operations, prioritizing and implementing changes to achieve improved operations excellence.

**Job Qualifications**

+ At least 6 years of experience across the multiple of the following areas: manufacturing operations, quality, project management and regulatory support preferred

+ At least 3 years of experience in operations.

+ Bachelors degree in business or scientific discipline or work experience equivalent;

+ LEAN/six sigma experience preferred

+ Abitlity to motivate others creating a positive work environment and fostering effective departmental and inter-departmental collaboration, coaching and performance feedback.

+ Ability to clearly assign objectives, clear goal SMART goal setting and monitoring progress, managing resources and handling competing priorities.

+ Experienced in adapting to changing circumstances and competing priorities to assist in making recommendations and proper decisions related to evolving needs for operational excellence program for the site

The pay range for this position is $115,700 - $124,900. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

**About Biologics Testing Solutions**

With more than 50 years of experience and proven regulatory expertise, the Charles River Biologics group can address challenging projects for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Offering a variety of services such as contamination and impurity testing, protein characterization, bioassays, viral clearance studies and stability and lot release programs, we support clients throughout the biologic development cycle, from the establishment and characterization of cell banks through preclinical and clinical studies to marketed products. Whether clients need stand-alone services, a unique package of testing, or insourced support, our Biologics group can create a custom solution to suit their needs. Each year more than 20,000 biologic testing reports are sent each and over 200 licenses products are supported by our biologics testing solutions team.

**About Charles River**

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our clients unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of peoples lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.

**Equal Employment Opportunity**

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [email protected] . This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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