Compounder Team Lead

Swiss American CDMO, LLC.; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Swiss American CDMO, LLC is seeking a Compounder Team Lead to supervise a team of Compounders on the production floor, ensuring that batches are produced safely, efficiently, and in compliance with FDA, GMP, ISO and SOP policies.

You will guide daily operations, review standardized work, train staff, and escalate critical issues. The role requires strong communication, problem solving, and a collaborative leadership style to maintain quality and delivery targets.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma or equivalent.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
• Ability to perform calculations using US customary units.
• Prior supervisory experience in a compounding environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Compounders to meet safety, quality, and delivery targets.
• Oversee standardized work and daily audits to ensure compliance.
• Train and coach team members on procedures and safety.
• Identify and address process deviations; escalate critical issues to management.
• Ensure proper PPE usage and facility hygiene on the floor.
• Communicate downtime or delays to the Compound supervisor and technical services as needed.

Skills

Communication

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Numerical ability

Decision making

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Calculator

Basic computer proficiency

Job description

Position Summary: The Compounder Team Lead is a worker who leads a team of Compounders. Team lead will assist in supervising of the compounding floor by taking a leadership role with employees and ensuring that batches are produced in a safe, efficient, timely, and compliant manner meeting all FDA, GMP, ISO, OSHA, contract customer, and SOP policies.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Able to understand Standardized Work for Labor, equipment and material, and use it to achieve team safety, productivity, quality, and delivery targets.Use of standardized work audit sheets to do daily checks.Practical knowledge of Plan-Do-Check-Adjust, an experienced problem solver.Able to compound Tiers 1-111 formulas, and train individual team members.Assist in non-conforming investigations.Continually assess the work environment for safety and problems.Helps maintain healthy communication between management and the team.A high level of responsibility, integrity, and discipline mixed with a positive attitude, a strong work ethic and team spirit.Able and willing to take direction, accept coaching, and work in a team environment.The potential to grow into a supervisory level position.Proficient in all jobs in the team. Able to perform and train individual team roles.Able to ensure Standardized Work is followed. Quickly identify and communicate any abnormalities.Evaluate manufacturing equipment for safety, compliance with validated specifications and functionality.Communicates any downtime delays to Compound supervisor and alerts technical services when necessary.Check each station at the start of the day to ensure that everyone has the proper tools to perform their duties.Ensure that all department employees are in uniform to include safety glasses, smocks, shoe covers, and beard net (if applicable). Also verifies that each employee has a black pen, black sharpie, and a box cutter and is ready for success.Motivate workers to enhance quality and deliver efficiency.Review Pick Lists that have been weighed to verify that all chemicals have been weighed out properly.Other duties may be assigned.Essential Skills and Qualifications:High school diploma or equivalent.Minimum of 4 years of experience in cosmetic/food compounding.Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.Ability to effectively communicate with colleagues and management.Proficient in basic arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) using a calculator.Ability to accurately perform calculations using both American and International units of weight and volume.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.Ability to make sound decisions and escalate critical issues to management.Basic computer proficiency is requiredPrior supervisory experience within a compounding environment is preferred.Work Environment:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.Physical Demands:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with assistance, if required. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk.The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.