Production Manager
Experts Plus Recruitment Services
- Employment
- Full-time
About the role
Title: PRODUCTION MANAGER(Pharmaceuticals)
Location: Lagos, Nigeria (travel to site/regulators as required)
Reports to: Plant Director / Country Director
Key responsibilities
● Convert MPS into daily production plans; execute batch records right-first time.
● Enforce cGMP on the floor: ALCOA+ data integrity, line clearance, reconciliation.
● Drive deviation/OOS/OOT investigations, CAPA, change control with QA.
● Own qualification/validation: URS/IQ/OQ/PQ, process & cleaning validation.
● Keep critical utilities/environments in control (HVAC/HEPA, DP, PW/WFI, clean steam).
● Coach supervisors/operators; 5S, visual management, tiered daily meetings.
● Coordinate maintenance/spares for granulators, blenders, tablet presses, coating, caps/lines, autoclaves (if sterile).
● Support audits (NAFDAC/WHO-GMP/customer), tech transfers, and NPIs.
● Improve yields, cycle times, safety, and schedule adherence.
Requirements
Must-have qualifications & experience
● B.Pharm/BSc Pharmacy, Chemical/Pharma Engineering, or related.
● 7–12 years in GMP pharma production; ≥3 years in a supervisory/manager role.
● Hands-on with batch docs, validations, cleaning verification, and regulatory inspections.
Skills
● Deep GMP/ICH (Q7–Q10); investigation writing; risk tools (FMEA/FTA).
● Cross-functional leadership (QA/Eng/SCM/RA); Excel/ERP competence.
Nice-to-have
● Start-up/greenfield builds; WHO/EU/FDA audit exposure; Lean/Six Sigma.
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