Production Manager

Title: PRODUCTION MANAGER(Pharmaceuticals) Location: Lagos, Nigeria (travel to site/regulators as required) Reports to: Plant Director / Country Director Key responsibilities Convert MPS into daily production plans; execute batch records right-first time. Enforce cGMP on the floor: ALCOA+ data integrity, line clearance, reconciliation. Drive deviation/OOS/OOT investigations, CAPA, change control with QA. Own qualification/validation: URS/IQ/OQ/PQ, process & cleaning validation. Keep critical utilities/environments in control (HVAC/HEPA, DP, PW/WFI, clean steam). Coach supervisors/operators; 5S, visual management, tiered daily meetings. Coordinate maintenance/spares for granulators, blenders, tablet presses, coating, caps/lines, autoclaves (if sterile). Support audits (NAFDAC/WHO-GMP/customer), tech transfers, and NPIs. Improve yields, cycle times, safety, and schedule adherence.

Requirements Must-have qualifications & experience B.Pharm/BSc Pharmacy, Chemical/Pharma Engineering, or related. 7?12 years in GMP pharma production; ?3 years in a supervisory/manager role. Hands-on with batch docs, validations, cleaning verification, and regulatory inspections. Skills Deep GMP/ICH (Q7?Q10); investigation writing; risk tools (FMEA/FTA). Cross-functional leadership (QA/Eng/SCM/RA); Excel/ERP competence. Nice-to-have Start-up/greenfield builds; WHO/EU/FDA audit exposure; Lean/Six Sigma.