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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Team Leader - Primary Packaging

Manufacturing & Production OperationsPosted on Nov 11
Full-timeAllschwil, SwitzerlandNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Completed vocational training in the pharmaceutical industry, food industry, or a comparable technical field, with relevant professional experience; an equivalent combination of education and experience is also accepted.
  • Initial experience in technical or disciplinary leadership of employees.
  • Professional experience in a regulated production environment, ideally pharmaceutical manufacturing or packaging.
  • Good knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice requirements and a strong quality and safety awareness.
  • Strong communication and leadership skills, with an interest in developing and motivating employees.
  • Independent, structured, and solution-oriented working style in a dynamic production environment.
  • Good technical and organizational understanding, including the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
  • Very good spoken and written German; English is advantageous.
  • Good Microsoft Office skills; experience with enterprise resource planning systems, TrackWise, and electronic document management systems is advantageous.
  • High sense of responsibility, reliability, assertiveness, and ability to work in a team.
  • Willingness to work a two-shift schedule.
  • Adherence to applicable Good Manufacturing Practice, hygiene, and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure efficient, timely, and Good Manufacturing Practice-compliant execution of manufacturing and packaging orders, including in-process controls.
  • Provide technical leadership and coordinate production suites to ensure smooth production operations.
  • Oversee proper cleaning of production rooms, machinery, and equipment.
  • Ensure complete, accurate, and timely Good Manufacturing Practice documentation.
  • Comply with and enforce relevant standard operating procedures, work instructions, and hygiene, quality, and safety regulations.
  • Provide technical and disciplinary leadership, support, and development for the assigned production team.
  • Conduct employee discussions, performance reviews, regular one-to-one meetings, and support case management.
  • Participate in recruiting, onboarding, and qualifying new employees.
  • Manage staffing, vacation, and shift planning according to operational needs.
  • Coordinate and support temporary employees.
  • Promote an open, respectful, and performance-oriented team culture.
  • Ensure compliance with relevant quality metrics and training requirements.
  • Support and handle quality deviations, investigations, corrective and preventive actions, and change controls.
  • Identify process deviations, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities, and implement appropriate measures.
  • Promote continuous improvement through PPI activities and Gemba walks.
  • Create and update standard operating procedures, work instructions, and forms in the electronic document management system.
  • Conduct and lead daily stand-up meetings and shift briefings.
  • Ensure structured shift handovers and transparent communication within production.
  • Work closely with Quality Assurance, Engineering, Planning, and other stakeholders.
  • Escalate quality issues, production deviations, and resource shortages at an early stage.
  • Contribute to and lead area-specific projects and improvement initiatives.

Desired Qualifications

  • English language skills.
  • Experience with enterprise resource planning systems, TrackWise, and electronic document management systems.
  • Professional experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing or packaging.

About the Company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Makes lab instruments, reagents and supplies

Thermo Fisher Scientific makes and sells the instruments, chemicals, consumables and lab services that drug companies, hospitals, universities and industrial labs use for research, testing and production. Its products cover work from gene sequencing and protein analysis to diagnostic tests and lab freezers, and its distribution arm ships supplies to labs worldwide. Drug developers also hire it to run clinical trials and to manufacture medicines under contract. It earns money from consumables that labs buy again and again, along with instrument sales, service contracts and outsourcing fees. The company traces its roots to Thermo Electron, founded in 1956, which merged with Fisher Scientific in 2006, and it is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Waltham, MA
Founded
1956

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