Overview
Site Lead Jobs in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa at BBI Solutions – Maine (Formerly Maine Biotechnology Services)
Title: Site Lead
Company: BBI Solutions – Maine (Formerly Maine Biotechnology Services)
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Vacancy NameSite Lead Vacancy NoVN913 BasisPermanent Duration Work LocationCape Town Job Details
BBI exists to help our customers create advances that improve health and save lives. We are seeking a Site Lead to join our team. This is a permanent, full-time position based at our site in South Africa. Join our team: advancing health, together.
The Role
Responsible for the Operational leadership of the Cape Town site in South Africa and specifically enzymes products, in order to meet Customer and business needs through using direct authority, influence and matrix management to achieve the strategic future state design of Enzymes products for the business under a compliant process.
Responsible for developing the strategic direction of the site, in conjunction with Enzymes UK for operational alignment, commercial and product management teams to deliver growth and productivity targets for BBI Enzymes product portfolio, ensuring the site delivers against the annual business plan.
Responsible for the setting and cascading of the Goals & Goal tree and ensuring line of sight from strategy to execution across site, ensuring clear accountability and measurement of progress via Standard Operations work. Responsible for adherence to leader standard work and its continual improvement through the engagement of staff, eradicating waste and improving flow and productivity.
Govern the technical input and direction of the enzymes portfolio for the SA site ensuring that the right focussed operational projects are prioritised to support productivity and successful execution of commercialisations. Responsible to provide and develop training and organisational development for staff that provides growth and engagement whilst reducing attrition and increasing employee morale.
In This Role Your Responsibilities Will Include
- Ensures safe and compliant operation of the Cape Town site in line with company values and ethics.
- Responsible for the Operation of the site and management of improvement plans: in conjunction with supply chain, commercial and product management.
- Responsible for management of:
- Supply Agreements for raw materials (in conjugation with Supply chain)
- Inventory levels to ensure they remain within operational target
- Delivery performance – OTIF
- Utilization and support the ERP process continuously improving data accuracy
- Introduction of recognized world class manufacturing standards and methods throughout the productive process
- Responsible manager for maintaining Occupational health and safety standards
- Continuous improvement in asset management, with plant renewal including planning and managing CAPEX budget
- Development of a TQM culture with ISO and GMP compliance on site
- Responsible for developing a succession plan to improve site skills risk and retain star performers
- Develop the site and Enzymes product road map in line with UK and 2022 management plan and long term strategic value creation plan for the business
- Govern technical input and support technical trouble shooting utilising technical SA team
- Contribute to the overall continuous improvement culture of the business by eliminating waste and maximising productivity
- Develops their leaders and organisation to deliver world class operations through training, experiences and organisational moves to keep the site and its products competitive and relevant
- Creates and environment where people are treated with respect and listened to enable continuous improvement and development morale.
You Should Apply If
Qualifications and Training
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Lean Six Sigma or equivalent qualification
- Experience in world class leading operations
- Experience in life sciences, medical device or corresponding regulated environment
Knowledge and Experience
- Experience leading teams in an operational and matrix environment.
- Experience of applying Lean and/ or Six Sigma techniques to resolve problems
- Professional level healthcare, pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience preferred, with prior supervisory and management responsibilities
- Track record of successful developing leaders and organisations.
- Working Knowledge of Enzymes production, demonstrating string technical knowledge
Our Recruitment Process
If this role sounds like it’s for you, click ‘apply’ today. Once we’ve received your application, a member of our recruitment team will be in touch to arrange a call. On this call, we’ll be able to tell you a lot more about working here at BBI Solutions, how ‘a day in the life’ of this position looks and discuss the next stages of the recruitment process.
If you are an internal employee applying for this vacancy you and your manager are required to complete an internal transfer form. This needs to be completed in full and attached to your application along with your CV and cover letter.
As part of career development and succession planning internal applicants will receive priority consideration initially, please ensure that you apply within the initial two-week period to support this.
Why Choose BBI
We are committed to promoting and protecting the physical, financial, and emotional well-being of all our employees. With our employees focused on others, we’re focused on them. That’s why, at BBI, we’re dedicated to providing our employees with access to global resources and site-specific benefits that support their health and wellbeing.
- Provident Fund
- % Contributory Retirement Scheme
- Death in Service Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Funeral Benefit
- Private Healthcare Scheme
- 15 days Annual Leave, which increases by 1 day per annum to 20 days
- Birthday leave
- Long Service Awards
- Global Employee Wellbeing Programme
- Reward and Recognition Programme
- Commitment to Career Development
- Refer A Friend Scheme
- State of the Art Facilities – Certified Centres of Excellence
We’re also focused on development, creating an environment that allows our employees to nurture their talent and empowers you to make a difference. This is achieved by providing our employees with access to learning opportunities to help achieve personal career goals.
About BBI
For more than 70 years, we’ve been perfecting reagents, both native and recombinant, to help IVD and life-science teams turn breakthrough ideas into reliable, life-saving advances.
Great products are only the start. From troubleshooting tricky performance issues and customising reagents to meeting new regulatory standards, our scientists work to clear obstacles and accelerate progress. That’s why we continue to invest millions in new recombinant capabilities that help create diagnostics that improve health and save lives – in a more ethical and sustainable way than ever before.
Equal Opportunities
BBI are an equal opportunity employer and believe in fair treatment for all candidates. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, gender expression, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We ask that all applicants complete an equal opportunity monitoring form on a voluntary basis, with all submissions remaining anonymous. The information on the form will be used for monitoring purposes only and will not be used in any decision affecting you.
“AA candidates will be given preference in line with our AA requirements; however, we will select candidates from all groups.”
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