Manager, Manufacturing

Do you want to contribute to a larger purpose to save the lives of infants in the NICU? This is Prolacta Bioscience's mission! Take a look at this opportunity with our Manufacturing team, which is seeking a passionate individual, to fill the role of Manufacturing Manager. This role is responsible for managing all aspects (Safety, Quality, Productivity, Service, Talent Management, and Morale) of warehouse shipping and receiving, freezer milk storage management, raw milk receiving and sampling, and fortifier or whole milk manufacturing process. Specific department focus will be divided during team expansion to have primary and secondary focus department(s) with other manufacturing managers.

Who Is Prolacta Bioscience?

We give babies a brighter future by unlocking the biological power of human milk. Established in 1999, Prolacta Bioscience is a privately held life sciences company that has touched the lives of more than 100,000 premature infants globally. Prolacta is the world's leading hospital provider of 100% human milk- based nutritional products. Based in Southern California, we employ more than 300 people globally, many of whom have dedicated their lives to neonatal care.

For more information, please visit www.prolacta.com

How you will contribute

This role will provide you with the opportunity to contribute to the growth of our organization and develop your professional skills by performing the following...

• Ensure that all Safety, Quality and regulatory requirements are met in the responsible areas.
• Develops the manufacturing plan and establishes procedures for maintaining high standards of manufacturing operations to ensure that products conform to established customer and company quality standards. Helps define and regularly reports on manufacturing metrics.
• Assists Plant Manager in the development and formulation of long and short-range planning, policies, programs and objectives.
• Develop leadership skills among the team leaders/lead technicians to execute daily operation plans.
• Hires, trains, develops and evaluates staff. Takes corrective action as necessary on a timely basis and in accordance with company policy. Ensures compliance with current federal, state and local regulations. Consults with Human Resources Department as appropriate.
• Work across departments which include but not limit to supply chain, milk bank operation, QA, QC, accounting, and engineering.
• Coordinate with master schedule planner to fulfill the need of all production based on the production schedule and demand. Maintain understanding of current market demand and takt time.
• Identifies, recommends and implements changes to expand capacity, improve productivity and improve yield, monitor discrepancies and rework data.
• Assist in department budget planning and approval of daily spending.
• Manage continuous improvement through Lean and Six Sigma methodology.

What you bring to the role

• A minimum of bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or a related discipline.
• 8 years of health care operation management experience, and familiar with varieties of GMP standards, 3 years in manager role

• Warehouse supervision experience preferred

• Able to manage manual work cell operation and semi-automatic production line

• Able to create and manager budget
• Ability to work without supervision
• Effectively interview and select candidates
• Handle conflict management and bring resolution
• Effective relationship building skills
• Ability to produce and present clear, concise and professionally written communications and presentations
• Performance Management, effective coaching and directing of others
• Positive attitude and motivation
• Ability to operate in a complex matrix environment
• Visionary and forward-thinking
• High level of business acumen
• Project management
• Strong PC skills, MS Outlook, Word, etc.
• Must be able to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and be flexible when working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong Critical thinking and decision-making skills
• Strong business ethics
• Scorecard management

• For manufacturing Lean and Six Sigma qualified

How Prolacta benefits you

To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we're committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From up to 100% healthcare coverage starting on the first day of the month after you start and 401(k) match, we value our employees' health and financial wellbeing. We offer four weeks PTO during your first year of employment and support our new parents with a generous time-off program. We encourage employees to participate in our employee affinity groups, take volunteer time off, and provide access to different educational opportunities.

What else do you need to know

Location: Duarte, CA

Schedule: Monday - Friday

Travel: 5%

FLSA: Exempt

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Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to effectively communicate (e.g., talking/ hearing), walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle, feel and reach things. The employee is occasionally required to taste, smell, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Sedentary to light work; repetitive motions; pushing; pulling; visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal.

EEO Statement

"Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer." Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is committed to a proactive program of affirmative action and diversity development. The Company will continue to recruit, hire, train, and promote into all job levels without regard to race, religion, gender, marital status, familial status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, or veteran status.