- Permanent role with excellent remuneration and career growth opportunities
- Lead in executing a flawless manufacturing operation
- Rare opportunity to leverage your expertise in a new, secure venture
- Total remuneration of $205k–$238k including Super
OUR CLIENT CS Executive Group is partnering with an Australian owned and managed start-up company that aims to become Australia's highest quality manufacturer of complementary and compounded medicines. Its premier manufacturing facility (~1800 m²) is situated within an industrial suburb of Sydney that is nestled in the Camden Council local government area, along the M5 corridor. This fledgling business is under the stewardship of a successful entrepreneurial founder, someone who is passionate about recruiting a best-in-class team to achieve their new venture’s stated aim. Having established a highly successful distribution business catering to the Health Sector, the logical progression for the founder was to venture into manufacturing the distributed products. By reinvesting profits from this successful distribution business, the company is laying the groundwork for manufacturing complementary and compounded medicines in Australia. Collaborating closely with an experienced
Head of Quality, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, the company seeks an experienced
Head of Production, ready to navigate the challenges of obtaining a TGA license for the manufacturing facility. If you're prepared to embark on this exciting and rewarding journey, read on for more details.
WHY THIS OPPORTUNITY? Given the challenges ahead, we understand you'll want to know what's in it for you. Here are a few reasons why we believe the
Head of Productionrole might pique your interest:
- Experience the satisfaction of playing a pivotal role in the ramp-up of a purpose-built facility
- Utilize your expertise to ensure flawless execution of operations
- Collaborate with a dedicated team who share your passion for excellence
- Enjoy market-leading remuneration and opportunities for future career growth
- Lead a committed team in manufacturing high-quality products right here in Australia
ROLE The role of
Head of Production, reporting directly to the Managing Director, offers a permanent full-time position within a dynamic new venture, presenting an exceptional opportunity to leverage your manufacturing expertise for growth. As the
Head of Production, you will assume primary responsibility for all production operations, overseeing manufacturing and warehouse activities at our client's purpose-built facility. Your leadership will be instrumental in ensuring the site's efficient and compliant operation.
You will be responsible for: - Maintaining manufacturing schedules to ensure precise batch production and proactively addressing quality issues to minimize deviations and reprocessing
- Driving process improvements, implement LEAN methodologies, and oversee safety protocols and waste management
- Leading change controls and deviations, conducting risk assessments, and providing technical support for quality issues and recalls
- Promoting enhancements to quality and safety documentation and processes, fostering a collaborative and team-focused environment
As a people leader, you will mentor and manage the production team, oversee recruitment and performance management, and prioritise occupational health and safety practices. Effective stakeholder management, including collaboration with Quality, will ensure efficient production and maintenance activities.
REQUIREMENTS To be considered for this role, you must meet the following requirements:
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in management/leadership experience in the complementary and/or pharmaceutical medicines industries—mainly in the areas of manufacturing and QA/QC—experience in complementary medicine is preferred
- Tertiary qualifications in engineering, science, medicine, health, or life sciences
- Effective leadership of Production, Quality, and Validation teams of 10+ employees
- Excellent knowledge of cGMP and PIC/S guide
- Solid understanding of regulatory requirements for therapeutic and non-therapeutic products including a strong working knowledge of Quality Risk Management and compliance
- Experience in the setup and operation of manufacturing facility and equipment
- Experience in LEAN methodologies and proven experience in their implementation
- Experience in external audits TGA and other regulatory audits
- Demonstrated strong technical knowledge and understanding of the inter-relationship of quality attributes and process parameters
- You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia
APPLICATIONS For a confidential discussion and to find out more about this rare opportunity, please call
Helen on +61 438 620 *** or
Jo on+61 411 197 *** . Alternatively, please text us to organise a suitable time to discuss this role. To apply, pleasesubmit an up-to-date resume and a cover letter addressed to CS Executive Group. MS Word documents are our preferred format for uploaded files (i.e., .doc or .docx).
THANK YOU Given we appreciate the effort it requires to express an interest in response to a job advert, we would like to thank you in advance for taking the time to apply for this role. Unfortunately, due to the large volume of applications we receive daily, we typically only make contact with individuals whom we consider to have suitable qualifications and experience to be assessed further for shortlisting. Nevertheless, all resumes submitted to CS Executive Group are retained on our database—you might therefore be contacted by us for suitable roles arising in the future. Please follow our LinkedIn page to be notified when we have new job opportunities: #J-18808-Ljbffr
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