Senior Operations Manager

Catalent Pharma Solutions; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company in Singapore seeks a Senior Operations Manager to oversee pre-production planning, label production, manufacturing, and packaging teams. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in operations, strong leadership skills, and knowledge of GMP and clinical trial packaging. This role offers competitive salary and benefits while contributing to life-saving products for patients globally.

Benefits

Competitive salary and company benefits

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in operations, including proven years in management.
• Strong knowledge of GMP, clinical trial packaging, and supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to a dynamic operations team.
• Manage staffing and planning using S&OP data to meet production demands.
• Maintain audit-ready standards and uphold EHS regulations.
• Monitor KPIs and implement continuous improvement strategies.
• Partner with stakeholders across QA, PM, and Supply Chain.
• Coach, mentor, and develop your team for long-term success.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Lean/Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Supply Chain, or related field

Job description

Senior Operations Manager

• Monday to Friday
• 100% onsite

Our Singapore facility is a strategic hub in the Asia Pacific region with 22+ years of expertise in the import/export, secondary packaging and labeling of clinical supplies, cold chain handling of temperature sensitive products, and full returns and destruction management.

Catalent Singapore is seeking a Senior Manager, Operations the team and drive excellence in clinical trial supply production. This pivotal role oversees pre-production planning, label production, manufacturing, and packaging teams, ensuring world‑class quality and compliance in a GMP environment.

The role

• Lead & Inspire: Provide strategic leadership to a dynamic operations team.
• Optimize Resources: Manage staffing and planning using S&OP data to meet production demands.
• Ensure Compliance: Maintain audit‑ready standards and uphold EHS regulations.
• Drive Performance: Monitor KPIs, implement continuous improvement strategies, and maximize efficiency.
• Collaborate: Partner with stakeholders across QA, PM, and Supply Chain to achieve delivery goals.
• Support Growth: Coach, mentor, and develop your team for long‑term success.

The candidate

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Supply Chain, or related field.
• Experience: Extensive experience in operations, including proven years in management.
• Expertise: Strong knowledge of GMP, clinical trial packaging, and supply chain.
• Skills: Excellent leadership, communication, and problem‑solving abilities. Lean/Six Sigma experience is a plus.

Position Benefits

• Competitive salary and company benefits

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life‑saving and life‑enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

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