Production Manager

Title: PRODUCTION MANAGER(Pharmaceuticals)

Location: Lagos, Nigeria (travel to site/regulators as required)
Reports to: Plant Director / Country Director

Key responsibilities

●     Convert MPS into daily production plans; execute batch records right-first time.

●     Enforce cGMP on the floor: ALCOA+ data integrity, line clearance, reconciliation.

●     Drive deviation/OOS/OOT investigations, CAPA, change control with QA.

●     Own qualification/validation: URS/IQ/OQ/PQ, process & cleaning validation.

●     Keep critical utilities/environments in control (HVAC/HEPA, DP, PW/WFI, clean steam).

●     Coach supervisors/operators; 5S, visual management, tiered daily meetings.

●     Coordinate maintenance/spares for granulators, blenders, tablet presses, coating, caps/lines, autoclaves (if sterile).

●     Support audits (NAFDAC/WHO-GMP/customer), tech transfers, and NPIs.

●     Improve yields, cycle times, safety, and schedule adherence.

Must-have qualifications & experience

●     B.Pharm/BSc Pharmacy, Chemical/Pharma Engineering, or related.

●     7–12 years in GMP pharma production; ≥3 years in a supervisory/manager role.

●     Hands-on with batch docs, validations, cleaning verification, and regulatory inspections.

Skills

●     Deep GMP/ICH (Q7–Q10); investigation writing; risk tools (FMEA/FTA).

●     Cross-functional leadership (QA/Eng/SCM/RA); Excel/ERP competence.

Nice-to-have

●     Start-up/greenfield builds; WHO/EU/FDA audit exposure; Lean/Six Sigma.