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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

You’ve earned your degree. How will you use that achievement to reach your goals? Do more with the knowledge you’ve worked hard to acquire and the passion you already have. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Become the professional you are meant to be in this meaningful role.

Manufacturing Manager

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be leading a team in production operations on the manufacturing floor. This role will bring to bear continuous improvement, ground-breaking approaches and innovation to drive reliability, efficiency, agility and differentiation. The manager will champion a safe and compliant production environment through structured on floor presence.

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our outstanding contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek possesses these qualifications. Responsibilities:

• Create a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement

• Oversee right first time on the floor execution of the production plan

• Deliver strong business results

• Develop a successful team, build technical and leadership capabilities within the organization to meet current and future business needs

• Ensure the right people and resources are in place and optimally allocated to achieve results

• Create an environment that develops accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, learning and knowledge-sharing

• Ensure effective decision-making

• Supervising manufacturing validation activities

• Responsible for overseeing new technology implementation in manufacturing

• Attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent

• Conducts short and long-range talent planning to ensure readiness of talent to implement future organizational objectives

• Works across functions to build organization and individual capabilities

• Develops strong relationships with staff members, provides open and clear feedback to improve individual and team performance

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate Degree OR

• Master's Degree and 3 years of Manufacturing and Operations experience OR

• Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of Manufacturing and Operations experience OR

• Associate's degree and 10 years of Manufacturing and Operations experience OR

• High school diploma/GED and 12 years of Manufacturing and Operations experience AND

• Previous managerial experience directly handling people and/or experience leading teams, projects, programs or the allocation of resources.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or Engineering

• Knowledge and experience within a cGMP or other highly regulated environment including a basic understanding of technical elements across engineering, biological or chemical processing

• Solid understanding cleaning and sterilization validation

• In depth experience with New Product Introduction and technology transfer

• Strong leadership and teambuilding skills (coaching, mentoring, counseling)

• Experience with Lean Principles and continuous improvement

• Experience with performance management including conflict resolution and performance reviews

• Analytical problem-solving skills

• Project Management skills

• Thorough understanding of regulatory requirements

• Ability to be flexible and lead change

• Excellent verbal and written communication (technical) skills

Thrive

Some of the vast rewards of working here

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Full support and career-development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximize your potential along your career journey

• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

• Generous Total Rewards Plan—comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits—with compensation and benefits rated above 4 stars (out of 5) on Glassdoor

Apply now for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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