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.