Manager, Packaging/Labeling (3rd Shift)

ThermoFisher Scientific; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Annual bonus

Employee benefits

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific in Allentown, PA seeks a Manager, Packaging/Labeling (3rd Shift) to oversee the daily packaging operations for clinical products. You will coach staff, ensure cGMP and SOP adherence, monitor quality and safety, and drive improvements through PPI and cross‑functional collaboration.

Join a team that aims for precision, efficiency, and patient‑focused outcomes. Leadership responsibilities include staffing, training, and aligning labor with production targets, all while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 3-5 years in a regulated environment (cGXP industry such as Clinical Packaging, Commercial Pharmaceutical, Devices, etc.) required.
• 3-5 years of people management and/or leadership experience, serving as a role model for diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Oversee workflow to maximize productivity, efficiency, and quality.
• Ensure training and adherence to cGMP and SOP guidelines.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with other departments (Quality, Client Services, Facilities, etc.).
• Implement Continuous Improvement through Thermo Fisher’s PPI model.
• Manage labor and resources to meet production targets in line with client timelines and cost targets.
• Drive improvements to production processes and promote collaboration across teams.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Packaging processes

cGMP

Quality systems

Operations management

Project management

Lean manufacturing

Critical thinking

Decision making

Collaboration

Adaptability

Human resources

Engineering principles

Financial principles

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Work Schedule

Third Shift (Nights)

Environmental Conditions

Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards, Cleanroom: no hair products, jewelry, makeup, nail polish, perfume, exposed piercings, facial hair etc... allowed, Cold Room/Freezers -22degreesF/-6degrees C, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

Title: Manager, Packaging/Labeling (3rd Shift)

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information

Role reports to Allentown, PA site and supports Clinical Trial Division. CTD partners with pharmaceutical and biotech customers around the world to ensure the right patients get the right therapies in the right doses at the right time – a concept that we internally embrace as “There is a Patient Waiting.” Our unique blend of services includes project management, packaging, distribution, transportation management and specialty logistics, ancillary supply management, clinical supply optimization, bio-repository storage and much more.

Our more than 3000 employees in over 15 countries work hard every day knowing that what they do matters.

Discover Impactful Work:

The Manager, Packaging and Labeling is responsible for the daily oversight of clinical products processed through primary and secondary packaging operations. This role requires attention to details, the ability to interact with all levels of the organization, the desire to provide hands‑on coaching and mentoring of staff, ability to communicate both verbally and written, and collaborate with cross‑functional groups.

A Day in the Life:

• You will oversee workflow with an eye toward maximizing productivity, efficiency, and quality through ongoing review of data and metrics as well as use of PPI in a fast‑paced environment.

• Must maintain awareness of business results and financial results and ensure alignment with division goals.

• Applies Good Manufacturing Principles in all areas of responsibility.

• Demonstrates and promotes the company through 4 I’s - Intensity, Integrity, Innovation, and Involvement. Implements Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for manufacturing and packaging operations.

• Responsible for ensuring training and adherence by all packaging associates for all cGMP and SOP guidelines as well as ensuring quality guidelines and timelines are met.

• Responsible for adherence to health and safety policies and procedures.

• Responsible for product quality standards and SQIPP (Safety, Quality, Identity, Potency, and Purity) of the product.

• Analyzes and monitors production to detect safety, quality, and productivity problems and trends. Creates effective actions to resolve them.

• Resolves and owns the labor and resources to meet production targets with consideration of client timelines, cost effectiveness, and workforce scheduling.

• Resolves and implements improvements to the production process by participating and actively encouraging a culture of Continuous Improvement through Thermo Fisher’s Practical Process Improvement (PPI) business model.

• Ensures effective cross‑functional participation and collaboration with other relevant departments (e.g. Quality, Client Services, Facilities, etc.).

• Acts as an effective Change Leader, supporting change and continuous improvement in the department.

• Performs other duties as assigned to meet the needs of business.

Keys to Success:

Education

• Bachelor's degree is required.

Experience

• 3-5 years in a regulated environment (relevant cGXP industry such as Clinical Packaging, Commercial Pharmaceutical, Devices, etc.) required.

• 3-5 years of people management and/or leadership experience, serving as a role model for diversity and inclusion.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Exceptional leadership ability and excellent communication skills

• Thorough understanding of all packaging processes, SOPs, and cGMP requirements.

• Knowledge of Quality systems and standards

• Knowledge of Engineering principles and practices

• Sound eye for business, with knowledge of financial principles and practices

• Knowledge and experience in operations management

• Knowledge of human resources practices

• Knowledge of project management practices

• Knowledge of lean manufacturing.

• Ability to think critically and problem solve

• Decision making skills

• Communication and influence skills

• Conflict Management

• Cultivation of collaboration and partnership

• Adaptability and ability to multi‑task in an environment where priorities may change on a daily basis

• Mastery of skills required to read, understand, and adhere to the SOPs and policies of a GMP environment.

• Vision requirements for this position: close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less), distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more), color vision, peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point), depth perception (three dimensional vision) and the ability to adjust focus.

Environment

Personal Protective Equipment Certification (PPE) including but not limited to filtering face masks, PAPR, N-95 masks, half face masks and safety glasses is required to perform this position

Must be able to work in temperature‑controlled, cold and frozen, environments

Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward‑thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.