At Repligen, our mission is to advance bioprocessing as a trusted partner in biologic drug production that improves global health.

We are looking for a Director who will lead our Manufacturing department of 35 people. Manufacturing is organized in two production departments: Upstream(13) and Downstream(14) and one Engineering Support department (8). We are producing 25+ different growth factors and affinity ligands based on microbial fermentation in 85-3000 L scale followed by recovery and chromatographic purification in 10-100 cm columns. Operators are working 2-3 shifts 5 days a week. Our Engineering Support department maintains our facility and equipment and ensures calibrated status of all equipment. They are also responsible for automation as well as our capex projects.

Repligen Sweden, a subsidiary of Repligen Corporation (USA), provides products and strategic services for the Life Science and Pharmaceutical sectors. Located in Sankt Lars park, Lund, our facility features advanced production and laboratory capabilities. Our vison is to be leading innovation and manufacturing of proteins for a better world, and we value flexibility, passion, teamwork, and transparency. Quality is a strategic advantage for us, and we have chosen to base our ISO 9001 certified quality systems on EU-GMP. We are actively working with Lean and combined with our ISO45001 and ISO14001 certified management system, this means that we committed to continuous improvements, quality, safety and sustainability.

The position is a part of our Management Team, and the reporting line is to our Vice President European Operations. Join us!

The Director, Manufacturing will be responsible for the following:

• Strategic Leadership: Together with Management Team develop company strategies and develop and implement manufacturing strategies to support the company’s objectives and growth plans.
• Resource Planning: Lead budgeting, staffing planning, and allocation of resources across all sub-departments.
• Operational Responsibility: Ensure that Production- and Engineering Support departments, collaborate effectively to achieve production targets and delivery precision.
• Quality and Compliance: Ensure that all production is conducted in compliance with procedures and safety standards.
• Staff Development: Inspire, support, and develop leaders as well as employees within the three departments. Ensure competence supply, cross training and a positive working environment.

Collaboration: Act as a key person in dialogue with other departments such as QA, QC, R&D, Supply Chain, and EHS.

• Process and Improvement Work: Drive and implement continuous improvements concerning productivity, quality, and cost efficiency –using our LEAN system (RPS).
• Technical Development: Drive company’s capex process, investments and implementation of new technology. Ensure that maintenance and calibration programs are in place to ensure that facilities and equipment are fit for purpose and up to date.
  
  

The Successful Director, Manufacturing will have the following background:

• Technical or Science oriented Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• 10+ years of manufacturing experience, 5+ years of people management experience, including management of managers, preferably in chemical processing environment.
• Life-science sector knowledge, especially from regulated biotech preferred.
• Experience from working in an international matrix organisation.
• Analytical, adaptable, and excels in fast-paced settings.
• Strong communication, change management , fluent in Swedish or Danish, proficient in English.
• Proven leadership and motivational abilities with a proactive, collaborative style and   experience from continuous improvement work.
• Experience from working with SAP and Electronic Batch Records is an advantage.

Repligen offers you a competitive remuneration package. But most importantly Repligen offers you a stimulating, fast-paced environment with steep learning curves and the opportunity to contribute to the healthcare of patients worldwide. All of this with an international team from a modern production and laboratory site in Lund, Sweden.

Good to know is that our internal recruiters is based in the U.S. and you can be reached out with a +1 number. The recruiter will always mail you before calling.

Of course, we apply collective agreements.