Cell Team Leader

Teva Pharmaceuticals; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Teva Pharmaceuticals UK is seeking a Shift Team Leader to lead, develop, and manage production shift teams within a pharmaceutical manufacturing setting. You will drive improvements in planned production, quality, cost, and supply while ensuring compliance with SOPs, TARs, and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities include training, managing BFS/PFS processes, real-time reviews, batch documentation, and reporting on EHS performance.

Qualifications

• Ideally degree qualified in a Scientific or Engineering field or through proven technical competence/experience.
• Relevant leadership experience in a production environment, preferably pharmaceutical, chemical or food environment.
• Able to deliver high performance standards.
• Good communicator, motivator, and team player with high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead shift teams to achieve improvements in planned production, quality, cost and supply plans.
• Ensure SOPG/WI and TARs are up to date and present in training files.
• Provide training to cell/shift members, including other Cell Team Leaders.
• Manage BFS/PFS process and perform online reviews in real time.
• Hand over to oncoming shift and work towards site KPIs.
• Batch documentation to QP within 7 days and raise QIR/CAPA/CCM with full details.
• Ensure logbooks and batch documentation are complete in real-time.
• Develop and support CI through visual management boards and VM boards.
• Lead the development of a proactive EHS culture and escalate issues as needed.

Skills

Leadership experience

Quality compliance

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Continuous improvement

Training delivery

Team motivation

Problem solving

Change management

Education

Degree in Scientific or Engineering field

Tools

Visual management boards

Job description

In this role you will be responsible for leading, developing and managing shift teams to achieve improvements in planned production, pharmaceutical awareness, quality, cost and supply plans and activities in compliance with company, regulatory, pharmaceutical and internal/external standards.,

• Make sure you and your team are up to date with SOPG/WI and TARs and that they are present within relevant training files
• Make known any training requirements and ensure staff attend training sessions when provided
• Provide training to other members of your cell or shift as required, including other Cell Team Leaders
• Management of the BFS/PFS process
• Perform online reviews in real-time
• Perform a suitable handover with oncoming shift
• Work towards site KPIs
• Batch documentation to QP in 7 days
• Raise QIR/ CAPA/CCM with full details to enable the correct assessment of risk for the batch
• Ensure QIR/ CAPA/CCM for process related problems in your cell are completed on time to allow release according to plan
• Ensure logbooks/ batch documentation BMR/BPR/BFR are completed fully and in real-time within your cell
• Develop and support CIs through use of Visual management boards
• Use the batch change over boards and visual management boards to drive improvements
• EHS
• Lead the development of a pro‑active EHS culture within your team
• Encourage reporting of near‑misses and unsafe conditions
• Use the VM boards to make EHS performance (and improvements) visible
• Escalate EHS issues that require support from other departments
  Ideally degree qualified in a Scientific or Engineering field or through proven technical competence/experience.
• Relevant leadership experience in a production environment, preferably pharmaceutical, chemical or food environment.
• Able to deliver high performance standards.
• A good communicator/motivator/team player, with high attention to detail.
• Experienced in Managing Change and Continuous Improvement through people.
• Must have a wide technical base that can be applied in a Pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
• Proven Leadership in a sterile Pharmaceutical Manufacturer is preferred.
  We're Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world‑class generics business. Whether it's innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high‑quality medicine worldwide, we're dedicated to addressing patients' needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high‑performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.