Manufacturing Team Manager

With your experience in either logistics, supply chain management, transfusion science, or pharmaceuticals, youre going to have a key role in helping us save lives. Our Regional Manufacturing Manager will depend on your support to deliver a valuable service, from planning and implementation of policy through to meeting business objectives and implementing service developments. Youll help meet a range of performance requirements including quality and productivity targets and reduction of waste and take specific responsibility for an assigned area. Essentially, youll prioritise, organise and manage the work and staff of the Manufacturing department. That will include making sure that the teams output meets patient and product safety standards by working to internal and external quality requirements and operating within the boundaries of Good Manufacturing Practice. The working pattern will be covering the late shift, working Wednesday - Sunday 1500 - 2300, 1600 - 0000, 1700 - 0100 etc. These hours are up for discussion and a degree of flexibility will be expected. Part time working will be considered on a case-by-case basis., In this role you will be required to Support the Regional Manufacturing Manager in the delivery of the service including planning, implementation of policy, business objectives and service developments. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in meeting the performance requirements of the service including quality and productivity targets and reduction of waste having a specific responsibility for a delegated area.
• Managing the team, equipment, resources and workload within relevant area of responsibility.
• Undertaking specific projects or improvement initiatives as identified by the Regional Manufacturing Manager.
You will be required to provide cover in times of operational difficulty, with reasonable notice. You will be required to participate in an out of hours rota which may include evening, weekend or public holiday working

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the