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Job Description
About the Role:
The Supervisor, Manufacturing oversees daily shift operations to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient production. This role leads and coaches manufacturing employees, sets team objectives, addresses operational challenges, and ensures adherence to cGMP, quality, documentation, data integrity, EH&S, and regulatory requirements. The Supervisor partners with cross-functional teams, supports training and performance management, contributes to workforce planning and process improvements, and fosters a collaborative, productive, and compliant work environment.
Shift Schedule: This position follows a weekend-focused schedule consisting of two 12-hour overnight shifts (Friday 10:00 PM–Saturday 10:00 AM and Saturday 10:00 PM–Sunday 10:00 AM), in addition to two 8-hour weekday shifts. Weekday schedules are determined based on operational requirements and may offer flexibility in assigned days and hours.
What you bring to Takeda:
• Will supervise employees on one or more teams on a shift that supports either Small, Mid, or Large-Scale Manufacturing.
• Supervise and coordinate daily manufacturing operations for an assigned team to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient execution of production activities.
• Set clear daily priorities and expectations for team members to support schedule adherence, quality standards, and operational goals.
• Provide frontline leadership, guidance, and coaching to manufacturing employees to support task execution, employee development, and team effectiveness.
• Monitor day-to-day operations in the manufacturing area and address routine operational issues, escalating to management or support functions as needed.
• Ensure team adherence to cGMP, Good Documentation Practices, data integrity, EH&S requirements, and established company policies and procedures.
• Support quality systems activities by identifying, documenting, and following through on deviations, investigations, CAPAs, and corrective actions within the assigned area.
• Maintain a visible floor presence to monitor work practices, reinforce standards, support troubleshooting, and promote safe and compliant behaviors.
• Coordinate staffing, work assignments, shift handoffs, and team communication to ensure continuity of operations and effective execution across shifts.
• Partner with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Labs, EHS, IT, and other support groups to resolve operational issues and support area performance.
• Ensure employees are trained, qualified, and current on required job, safety, and compliance training before performing assigned work.
• Conduct regular coaching, performance feedback, and performance evaluations, and support employee development planning.
• Support workforce administration activities including timekeeping, attendance monitoring, overtime tracking, onboarding support, and maintenance of employee information in company systems.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and use problem-solving tools to improve safety, quality, efficiency, and team performance.
• Represent the assigned area in meetings, audits, inspections, and investigations, providing accurate information and follow-up support as needed
• Use manufacturing and business systems to support production tracking, documentation, training compliance, and routine operational oversight.
What you bring to Takeda:
• High School Diploma or GED plus 6+ years of related experience OR bachelor's degree in science, engineering or other related technical field and 3+ years of related experience. Some leadership experience preferred for Supervisor role.
• Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment, preferably in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other cGMP-regulated operations.
• Prior experience leading, coordinating, or directing the work of manufacturing employees, such as operators, technicians, or leads, preferred.
• Working knowledge of cGMP, Good Documentation Practices, data integrity principles, and quality requirements in a manufacturing environment.
• Basic understanding of deviations, investigations, CAPAs, and change control processes.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement and problem-solving tools such as Lean, DMAIC, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies preferred.
• Ability to troubleshoot routine operational issues and collaborate with support groups for timely resolution.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly with team members, peers, and support functions.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and the ability to coach, support, and develop employees in a team-oriented environment.
• Working knowledge of environmental, health, and safety practices and the ability to reinforce safe work behaviors.
• Familiarity with manufacturing, training, and business systems used to support production and workforce administration.
• Ability to work flexible hours and support off-shift, weekend, or business-critical operations as needed.
Important Considerations:
At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. In this role, you may:
• Work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body. This may include additional hearing protection for loud areas.
• Need to remove all make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish and/or artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment.
• Work in a cold, wet environment.
• Work multiple shifts, including weekends, or be asked to work supplemental hours, as necessary.
• May be required to work in a confined area.
• Inside working conditions.
• Some Clean Room and cool/hot storage conditions.
• Work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.
• Must be able to lift, push, pull and carry up to 35 lbs.
• In general, the position requires a combination of sedentary work and walking around observing conditions in the facility.
• This position is on-site.
• 5% Travel
More about us:
At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.
Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.
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Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary
We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.
For Location: USA - CA - Los Angeles U.S. Base Salary Range: $89,900.00 - $141,240.00 The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.
U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/ or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
EEO Statement Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law.
Locations USA - CA - Los Angeles Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time Job Exempt Yes