Clinical Packaging Manager

**Make your mark for patients.**

We’re here because we want to build the future and transform patients’ lives for the better.

At UCB, our people are our experiences and achievements, our passion and drive. That’s why we’re looking for talented individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences - not just the best and brightest, but those who care about making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. We promote an environment of diversity, openness, and respect where people can make valuable contributions.

An exciting journey lies ahead. Will you join us in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible?

To strengthen our Global Supply Chain Team, we are looking for a high caliber, self-motivated, Clinical Packaging Manager based in Braine l’Alleud, Belgium

At UCB everything we do starts with a simple question: “How will this make a difference to the lives of people living with severe diseases?” We do that by connecting our ground-breaking science with patients and their families around the world living with the physical and social burdens of autoimmune and neurological disorders. Those connections offer new perspectives, drive innovation, and offer the hope of a new generation of therapies that will help improve lives on a global scale.

You like to work in an environment where you will be able to:

- Manage and coordinate Clinical Packaging & Compliance Operations and staff, responsible for meeting the production goals with the required quality / environment and safety requirements.
- Own Clinical Label printing and visual inspection, Primary and Secondary processes.
- Effectively support the UCB development portfolio by providing quality clinical trial materials on-time and cost effectively, in a GMP-compliant facility and always inspection-ready.
- Ensure that the appropriate workflows, controls, procedures and systems are in place to allow efficiency with respect of the compliance requirements.
- Control activities of work team to ensure that safe & GMP best practices are in place and being demonstrated.
- Drive and implement solutions regarding defects or related production issues.
- Organize team work in order to meet production goals
- Anticipate changing priorities and lead team decisively to develop and implement appropriate initiatives.
- Define, communicate and improve KPI's linked to Packaging Operations
- Ensure the training and coaching of operators and interim staff in Production activities.
- Manage the team by motivating and building team spirit through meetings and indicators.
- Maintain collaboration and effective communication with all appropriate parties (internal and external), develops and implements methods and procedures to eliminate operation problems and improve product quality.
- Provide user insights and partner with IT/Super User to ensure a constant and continously improving system environnement (ERP-MES).
- Ensure conformity of the premises and coordination with internal and externals stakeholders (Pest control, SEM, HVAC, Compressed air, water controls ).
- Control the activities in GMP area during packaging (packaging start-up & closure, daily controls, IPC, etc...).
- Conduct Batch Record reviews before transfer to QA.

Interested? For this position you’ll need the following education, experience and skills:

- At least 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in the field of Manufacturing. Experience in Clinical Trial Supplies in a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a team, motivate people, assess and develop employee skills, manage conflict.
- Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP-SAP) and/or Electronic Batch Management System (MES) is a plus.
- Experience implementing and using continuous improvement/lean tools such as Six Sigma, 5S, Lean Manufacturing, etc. to drive improvements.
- Experience coordinating technical aspects in a manufacturing environment (HVAC, Pest Control, Environment monitoring,) is a plus.
- Demonstrate and enforce an environment of safety, good working relationships, quality and productivity.
- Strong leadership, multitasking and problem-solving skills.
- Analytical risk-management skills, process-minded. Customer focus.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact and influence individuals, internally and externally.
- Ability to honor commitments and deadlines.
- Ability to lead change management.
- Fluency in French, Good knowledge of English
- Knowledge in project management is a plus.
- Lean certification is a plus (YB,GB,BB)
- Interactions : Quality Assurance, Planning, Warehouse, IT, HSE, Engineering, Facilities, Development & Commercial Manufacturing, Suppliers,

Why you should apply

We can offer you an informal and open working environment that does not lock scientists into structure and hierarchy. Freedom to take space to pursue your own ideas and make a difference. Opportunity to gain internal and external visibility through interactions with other UCB teams and w