Associate Manager - Package Design & Development
- India - Vizag
Use Your Power for Purpose
At Pfizer, we believe that every role contributes to our mission of improving patients' lives. Whether you are involved in the design and development of manufacturing processes for products or supporting the upkeep of systems, engineering is crucial to ensuring customers and patients receive the medicines they need. By collaborating with our forward-thinking engineering team, you'll play a pivotal role in accelerating the delivery of medicines to the world.
What You Will Achieve
Role Summary:
The role of Associate Manager Package design and development is to provide technical support on packaging development processes to production-packing and cross functional teams and troubleshoot exercise on packaging commodities and process. The packaging engineer is expected to develop packaging configurations and to manage technical efforts. Must be capable of ensuring resolution of all technical issues and providing timely implementation of all projects to maintain a consistent supply of our products to the market, while maintaining compliance with cGMP.
In this role, you will:
Develop plans for short-term work activities, including timelines, work plans, and deliverables within the team.
Provide technical support and guidance to ensure packaging systems comply with governmental regulations and meet customer and quality needs.
Collaborate with outside vendors and internal teams to develop and engineer packages that ensure functionality, compliance, cost-efficiency, and timely objectives.
Author and approve packaging specifications, pallet patterns, and bills of materials for various packaging systems.
Lead and support technical improvement projects aimed at defect reduction, improved equipment reliability, and better equipment utilization using Six Sigma and other tools.
Identify and implement cost-saving ideas, specifically efficiency improvements and projects that increase equipment capacity.
Communicate and participate in packaging material investigations, deviations, troubleshooting, corrective actions, and vendor capability assessments.
Provide technical support to the production-packing team for smooth product launches and support the Packaging Development Laboratory by procuring and maintaining testing equipment.
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
Packaging related institute & degree with 5+ years of experience if diploma 7+ years of experience
Proficiency in Design Controls for Medical Devices and/or Combination Products
Strong skills in MS Office Suite
Solid understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
Experience with package labeling requirements, particularly in serialization, trade dress alignment, and batch variable imprinting methods, and their operational impacts
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
Relevant sterile pharmaceutical packaging experience
Proficiency in continuous improvement and Statistical Process Control methodologies, such as DMAIC and Six Sigma
Familiarity with a wide range of package performance testing equipment and methods
Understanding of regional pharmaceutical compendia testing requirements
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Demonstrated leadership capabilities and mentoring skills
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
EngineeringBreakthroughs that change patients’ lives
Research confirms what intuition tells us: that purpose-driven companies perform better, are more innovative, attract and retain the best people, and know how to unleash the power of those people. Pfizer’s purpose—Breakthroughs that change patients' lives—fuels everything we do and reflects our passion for building on our legacy as one of the greatest contributors of good to the world.
Each word in our purpose has meaning and reflects the value we strive to bring to patients and society:
“Breakthroughs” - These are the innovations, scientific and commercial, that we seek to deliver every day. All colleagues, regardless of role, level or location, strive for breakthroughs every day.
“Change” - We want to do more than simply improve patients’ medical conditions; we want to dramatically change their lives for the better.
“Patients’ lives” - We consider not only patients, but everyone they touch—including their families, caregivers, and friends—and everything they love to do. It’s an intentionally holistic view.
Our purpose ensures that patients remain at the center of all we do. We live our purpose by sourcing the best science in the world; partnering with others in the healthcare system to improve access to our medicines; using digital technologies to enhance our drug discovery and development, as well as patient outcomes; and leading the conversation to advocate for pro-innovation/pro-patient policies.
Every decision we make and every action we take is done with the patient in mind—and to nurture an environment where breakthroughs can thrive.
Our Values
To fully realize Pfizer’s purpose, we have established a clear set of expectations regarding “what” we need to achieve for patients and “how” we will go about achieving those goals.
The “how” is represented by four simple, powerful values—courage, excellence, equity, and joy—that define our company and our culture.
Courage: Breakthroughs start by challenging convention, especially in the face of uncertainty or adversity. This happens when we think big, speak up, and are decisive.
Excellence: We can only change patients’ lives when we perform at our best together. This happens when we focus on what matters, agree who does what, and measure our outcomes.
Equity: We believe that every person deserves to be seen, heard, and cared for. This happens when we are inclusive, act with integrity, and reduce healthcare disparities.
Joy: We give ourselves to our work, but it also gives to us. We find joy when we take pride, recognize one another, and have fun.
Pfizer Global Supply
Pfizer Global Supply proudly shoulders the responsibility of manufacturing and distributing our wide-ranging pharmaceutical products.
With an unwavering commitment to ensuring the availability and accessibility of these life-saving medications, we play a pivotal role in reaching patients, healthcare professionals, and markets across the globe.
Our network of state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, strategically located distribution centers, and streamlined logistics systems enables us to deliver Pfizer's medicines with utmost efficiency and reliability, making a tangible difference in patients' lives worldwide.
Benefits at Pfizer
Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues. Our Pay for Performance Philosophy and Practices reward colleagues based on the contributions they make to our business.
Our Competitive Benefits Programs help our colleagues by:
- Promoting Health and Wellness to help colleagues maintain and improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Pfizer offerings include health and disability insurance, preventative health programs, medical screenings, free or reduced-cost vaccinations, discounts on Pfizer products, mental health support, nutrition and fitness counseling and more.
- Strengthening Colleagues’ Financial Security by providing company contributions to retirement plans, life insurance and financial planning education to help colleagues achieve their financial goals.
- Providing Benefits and Time off for the Moments that Matter to ensure Pfizer colleagues have the time away from the office to recharge, recover and return to work as the best version of themselves. Vacation, Holiday time and Sick time are just the beginning, with a 12 week parental leave policy for both parents of a new born, 10 day of caregiver leave for those times when your family needs you whether it’s a child, spouse or parent, bereavement leave, and additional country-specific programs.
- And so much more, depending on your country and site, Pfizer offers childcare facilities or discount programs, on-site health and/or fitness centers, movement and mindfulness solutions, “Log in for your Day” work flexibility and so much more.
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