About the role
The Area Production Manager leads manufacturing operations within a designated Oral Solid Dose (OSD) production area, ensuring the safe, efficient, and compliant execution of blending, granulation, compression, coating, and dispensing activities. The role is accountable for achieving safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and people development objectives while maintaining compliance with regulatory, quality, and cGMP requirements.
This position drives operational excellence through effective leadership, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will be a results-oriented leader who fosters cross-functional collaboration, develops high-performing teams, influences stakeholders, leads change, and delivers sustainable business and operational results in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Your responsibilities
- Lead daily manufacturing operations to safely deliver production targets while ensuring compliance with HSE, cGMP, FDA, and quality standards.
- Drive Right First Time (RFT) performance through effective batch execution, documentation accuracy, deviation management, root cause investigations, CAPA implementation, and audit readiness.
- Monitor and improve operational KPIs (OEE, yield, throughput, labor productivity, and waste reduction) through data-driven performance management, resource optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner cross-functionally with Planning, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance to resolve operational issues, support projects and validations, and achieve business objectives.
- Lead, develop, and engage supervisors, technicians, and operators through coaching, workforce planning, training, succession planning, and a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.
The experience we're looking for
- Associate or bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, or equivalent experience, with 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience, preferably in a regulated environment.
- Strong knowledge of cGMP, FDA regulations, batch manufacturing processes, production operations, and quality systems.
- Proven leadership experience developing high-performing teams, with strong communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.
- Proficiency with SAP, batch record and deviation management systems, production planning, inventory control, and related manufacturing technologies; experience with EBR, MES, and audits preferred.
- Experience driving continuous improvement through Lean Manufacturing principles (Lean Six Sigma preferred) and OSD manufacturing processes including granulation, compression, encapsulation, coating, and packaging preferred.
The skills for success
Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business Accumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Distribution Logistics, Logistics Management, Vendor Negotiation, Contract Negotiation, Category Management Expertise, Supply Management, Procurement.
What we offer
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
US salary ranges
USD $115,000.00 - $173,000.00
Hiring range up to 140K
US pay transparency
The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year.
