Cell Culture Development Group Leader

Cell Culture Development Group Leader

Lonza

Slough, United Kingdom

The role:

This is a great opportunity for somebody with supervisory experience in Cell Culture Development, ideally with a focus on Upstream. As a Group Leader within our Cell Culture Development division you will be responsible for a team of between 6-8 with the opportunity to work on some key department strategic projects. The suitable candidate will also be responsible quality, planning, training and team development.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage team members of the department who may be performing more diverse activities;
• Maintenance of resource schedule for team;
• Performance management for direct reports;
• Accountable for ensuring that direct reports are appropriately trained;
• Accountable for the execution and delivery of Customer projects as required;
• Encourage the professional and personal development of direct reports;
• Contribute to the day-to-day running of the department;
• Deliver an element of departmental strategy;
• Lead problem-solving / lessons learned activities;
• Accountable for Customer proposals.

Key requirements:

• BSc in a relevant scientific/technical field;
• Strong planning skills and the ability to run productive meetings;
• People management skills and the ability to motivate others;
• Proven experience of the application of Continuous Improvement tools and techniques such as 6S, visual management, mistake proofing and the 8 wastes; Desired/Operational Excellence;
• Ability to facilitate improvement using RCA, Kaizen workshops and Kata coaching;
• Previous experience in upstream cell culture techniques such as process transfer & scale-up, and cell line construction.

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