Director Operations

Piramal Pharma Ltd; Aurora; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Piramal Pharma Solutions in Aurora seeks an experienced Operations Director to lead Production, Warehouse, Technology Transfer and Facility & Maintenance. You will align site operations with corporate strategy, drive OTIF and Right First Time delivery, and ensure robust compliance, budgeting, and governance.

The Director of Operations will be an integral member of the Senior Management Team, providing strategic leadership and mentorship across departments.

Responsibilities

• Lead Production, Warehouse, Technology Transfer and Facility & Maintenance across the Aurora site.
• Ensure delivery performance with OTIF (On-Time in Full) and Right First Time (RFT).
• Drive continuous improvement, CAPA closure, and adherence to safety and quality standards.
• Align operations with corporate strategy and budgeting; provide strategic and tactical leadership.
• Coach and mentor teams; foster a culture of safety, quality, and collaboration.
• Represent operations in audits and customer/client interactions; support proposals and project scoping.

Job description

Division

Piramal Pharma Solutions

Piramal Pharma Solutions is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), offering end-to-end development and manufacturing solutions across the drug life cycle. We serve our clients through a globally integrated network of facilities in North America, Europe and Asia.

This enables us to offer a comprehensive range of services including Drug Discovery Solutions, Process & Pharmaceutical Development services, Clinical Trial Supplies, Commercial supply of APIs and Finished dosage forms. We also offer specialized services like development and manufacture of Highly Potent APIs and Antibody Drug Conjugation.

Our capability as an integrated service provider & experience with various technologies enables us to serve Innovator and Generic companies worldwide.

For more details, please visit : www.piramalpharmasolutions.com

Job Title

Director Operations

Job Description

The Operations Director will serve as a leader in the company overseeing, Production, Warehouse, Technology Transfer, Facility & Maintenance departments with the main purpose of managing the delivery of products and services to our Customers by maintaining Compliance, Right First Time(RFT), and On-time in Full Delivery (OTIF). Provide leadership and expertise to related department activities allowing for efficient and robust development, manufacturing, and commercialization of existing and new products. The Director of Operation will be an integral member of the Senior Management Team and provide strategic and tactical leadership in relation to business needs, organizational development, succession planning, and budgeting.
Strategic and operational leadership for the Aurora site in alignment with the vision and objectives of Pharma Solutions

• Provide leadership in meeting customer requirements and timelines and developing and aligning teams to meet leading and lagging Key Performance indicators. KPIs
• Safety - Providing cultural improvement to improve mindset and behaviour for positive enforcement of Safety Culture
• Quality- Maintain Right First Time (RFT), Problem-solving to put effective CAPAs, Deviation & CAPA closure on time, and positive reinforcement of the quality culture.
• Delivery - On-Time in Full (OTIF),
• Productivity - Improve performance to meet Plan Vs. Scheduled, Reduce downtime to increase efficiency and Maintain Budget
• Operational Excellence (OE) and Sustainability focus in the operations
• People - Coach and mentor teams to help them succeed in their jobs. Provide feedback to employees to improve their performance.
• Provide leadership and expertise to ensure that project and company goals/timelines are consistently met and appropriately communicated to internal and external customers.
• Participate in assessing potential new projects and provide technical input to the Proposal team regarding the project’s feasibility.
• Perform site leadership responsibilities during regulatory and client audits
• Conduct reviews and provide approval of company policies and procedures
• Assess data provided by Operation departments and determine if any additional information is required to comprehensively address the requirements of a Request for Proposal (RFP).
• Provide input to the proposals for potential and existing clients, including services with associated costs and timelines that Aurora Piramal will provide for their specific project.
• Develop and maintain working timelines that detail project tasks and associated timelines
• Initiate operation meetings as required to ensure all departments understand the scope and timeline of specific projects.
• Update and educate potential and existing clients with respect to Aurora capabilities, requirements, and project scope/status. Ensure that project scope is maintained and inform clients and employees when required activities are out of scope and subsequently provide proposals to cover associated costs for those activities.
• Regularly communicate with all departments to keep abreast of project progress and communicate activities with clients as needed.
• Assist in Business Development activities as needed to attain additional work and projects.
• Support Plant Startup for an expansion project
• Provide URS to the engineering for completing the Engineering projects on time.

Perform other duties as assigned