Bachelor's degree in engineering, Life Sciences, Operations Management, or related field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
Experience in GMP manufacturing operations within aseptic, pharmaceutical, medical device, or biologics environments.
Proven ability to manage multi-shift or 24/7 operations, including weekend coverage and escalation management.
Strong knowledge of aseptic processing, cleaning practices, and packaging operations.
Demonstrated skills in people leadership, technical problem solving, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
Provide tactical and long-range operational directives for Aseptic Filling, Preparation/Cleaning, and Packaging.
Maintain operational ownership across all shifts, ensuring production continuity and issue escalation.
Establish and enforce compliance with GMP, FDA, and internal quality standards among team members.
Set performance expectations and support line leadership in achieving safety, quality, and compliance targets.
Oversee Preparation and Cleaning operations, ensuring production readiness and sanitation performance.
Direct Packaging performance with clear priorities and accountability for safety and quality.
Drive operational excellence through Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to coordinate production schedules and resolve operational risks.
Foster a supportive environment for team development through coaching and recognition.
Benefits
Comprehensive employee benefits package.
Opportunities for professional development and growth.
Supportive work environment focused on team success.
Access to resources for continuous improvement initiatives.
Full Job Description
Objectives/Purpose of Job:
The Manager, Manufacturing is responsible for leading 24/7 manufacturing operations across Aseptic Filling, Preparation/Cleaning, and Packaging. This role provides end-to-end operational ownership for safety, quality, delivery, cost, compliance, and people leadership while ensuring production activities are executed in accordance with GMP, regulatory expectations, approved procedures, and site standards. The role also provides weekend operational support and serves as a key escalation point to maintain continuity of operations across all shifts.
Key Activities/Responsibilities:
Provide tactical and long-range operational directives for Aseptic Filling, Preparation/Cleaning, and Packaging to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and compliance objectives in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
Maintain operational ownership across all shifts, including weekend responsibilities, issue escalation, resource coordination, and decision-making to ensure production continuity.
Establish expectations for team's understanding of and compliance with GMP, FDA, Annex 1, ISO requirements, approved batch records, SOPs, contamination-control expectations, and internal quality systems. Ensure line leaders properly coach their teammates to routinely achieve these standards, driving recognition and accountability throughout the entire team.
Set performance expectations and provide managerial oversight for Aseptic Filling, ensuring line leadership has the resources, priorities, and cross-functional support needed to meet daily safety, quality, delivery, and compliance targets; remove systemic barriers and address issues escalated by line leadership.
Provide strategic and operational oversight for Preparation and Cleaning, holding line leadership accountable for production readiness, sanitation performance, and adherence to established standards while resolving cross-functional constraints and escalated operational risks.
Direct Packaging performance through clear priorities, governance, and accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, compliance, and customer service; enable line leadership to achieve daily targets by aligning resources, removing obstacles, and addressing escalated issues.
Drive operational excellence through Lean, Six Sigma, OEE improvement, 5S, visual management, waste reduction, changeover optimization, downtime reduction, and continuous improvement.
Partner with Supply Chain, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Warehouse to coordinate production schedules, preventive maintenance, reliability activities, investigations, CAPAs, deviations, change controls, validations, inspections, and new equipment startup.
Create an environment conducive to the development of teammates primarily through timely coaching, feedback, and recognition, helping ensure everyone has an opportunity to do their best work.
Manage staffing, labor planning, productivity, and budget performance while ensuring the organization is appropriately resourced to meet daily execution and long-term business needs.
Qualifications/Training:
Bachelor's degree in engineering, Life Sciences, Operations Management, or a related field preferred; equivalent manufacturing leadership experience may be considered.
Experience leading GMP manufacturing operations in aseptic, pharmaceutical, medical device, biologics, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
Demonstrated ability to lead multi-shift or 24/7 operations, including weekend coverage, escalation management, and cross-functional coordination.
Knowledge of aseptic processing, cleaning practices, packaging operations, documentation practices, contamination prevention, and regulatory readiness.
Proven capability in people leadership, technical problem solving, continuous improvement, operational performance management, and change leadership.
This position may be available in the following location(s): US - Greenville, SC (Plant)
Our US Benefit Programs Employee Benefits: Bausch + Lomb
About Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
Bausch & Lomb is a leading global eye health company that specializes in the design, manufacture, and sale of a wide range of eye care products, including contact lenses, lens care products, and surgical instruments. The company has a strong presence in the United States and Europe, and is expanding its operations in Asia and Latin America. Bausch & Lomb is committed to innovation and research, and has a long history of developing new technologies and products to improve eye health.
