Supervisor, Quality Control

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Job Description

About the role:

As a Supervisor, Quality Control, you will have a staff performing many biological, chemical, or physical analyses on pharmaceutical products (biologics and drugs) through all stages of the manufacturing process from incoming raw materials to finished goods and may include environmental monitoring programs. You may be applicable to QC Analytical or Microbiological testing, Compliance, QCMIS, or Laboratory Operations. You will be responsible for results regarding product quality and conformance to regulations and quality policies. In some instances, you will be responsible for a functional area and may not have team members.

Shift Details: 2nd shift, Monday-Friday 12:00 PM-8:00 PM

How you will contribute:

• Plan and coordinate daily QC laboratory activities, schedules, and workloads to support testing and production requirements.
• Oversee laboratory testing, inspections, and documentation to ensure compliance with established procedures, product specifications, and regulatory requirements.
• Review quality results and support product disposition, lot release, and resolution of quality concerns, as applicable.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, and Engineering to resolve compliance issues, evaluate testing requirements, and maintain accurate procedures and controlled documentation.
• Monitor laboratory performance indicators, quality trends, and defects; prepare reports and communicate findings to management.
• Maintain laboratory procedures and documentation, support change controls and quality investigations, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide floor support to manufacturing teams, identify procedural gaps, implement corrective actions, and escalate issues appropriately.
• Support customer complaint investigations and responses, as well as periodic quality data reviews.
• Lead, train, coach, and develop team members while coordinating activities and maintaining clear communication across personnel and departments.
• Use applicable laboratory and business systems, including LIMS, TrackWise, EBM, and related computer systems, to support quality operations and documentation.

What you bring to Takeda:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of related or laboratory experience is required.
• Experience in biochemical, analytical, or related laboratory operations is preferred.
• Experience in a GMP-regulated or comparable regulated environment is strongly preferred.
• Experience with TrackWise and LIMS is required.
• Previous supervisory, management, or team-leadership experience is preferred. Candidates with extensive laboratory experience and demonstrated leadership potential may also be considered.
• Experience coaching employees, providing feedback, and supporting employee development is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of laboratory procedures, documentation practices, quality requirements, and compliance expectations is preferred.
• Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills are required.
• The ability to exercise sound judgment, maintain accountability, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams is required.

Important Considerations:

At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. In this role, you may:

• In general, the position requires a combination of sedentary work, standing work, and walking around observing conditions in the facility.
• May work in a confined area.
• Inside working conditions.
• Some clean room and cool/hot storage conditions.
• May work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body. This may include additional hearing protection for loud areas.
• Will need to remove all make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish and artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment.
• May work in a cold, hot or wet environment.
• May work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.
• May work or be assigned to a different shift to meet needs. Must be willing to work off shift's hours.
• Will work supplemental hours to complete work commitments.

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

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U.S. Base Salary Range:

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

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