About the Company
At SFI Health, we believe we have the responsibility to bring proven natural health solutions to people’s healthcare needs. We are a global natural health company committed to sourcing and producing natural medicines to the highest standards. Backed by evidence of effectiveness, quality and safety, our products are marketed around the world using our international community of leading life sciences companies and distributor networks. To find out more, please visit https://www.sfihealth.com/
About the Role
Essential job functions:
Leadership/Team Management
- Working to establish and maintain company goals, budgets, strategies, vision, culture, and direction
- Working with cross functional teams to provide input on sourcing, quality control testing, regulatory and production teams by clearly communicating product capabilities, constraints and design trade offs.
- Providing feedback on new product concepts and feasibility of manufacturing
- Responsible for direct reports training and development
- Coaching product development team to achieve high performance
- Development and maintenance of departmental performance measurements
Product Development and Formulation Management
- Develop formulations for a variety of oral, solid dosage delivery forms (i.e., capsules, tablets, powders)
- Work with Purchasing/supply chain to source raw materials that meet quality and regulatory requirements
- Work with Purchasing and Regulatory to qualify vendors and raw materials
- Perform process improvements and analyze formulas for reformation
- Coordinate and execute bench work, pilot production, and manufacturing scale up
- Create and maintain formulation parameters for qualified raw materials (bulk density, moisture, particle sizes, etc.)
- Provide guidance to development team and project management to achieve launch timelines
- Assist team members in troubleshooting manufacturing issues tied to formulation
- Provide technical assistance towards analytical and microbiological test methods and testing plans
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education:
- Advanced Degree preferred in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Food Science, Chemical Engineering or other related science background
Experience:
- Experience with Quality Management Systems, SAP software, and project management software desired
- 10+ years industry formulation development
- 10+ years managing staff or teams or,
- Combination of education and experience
- Working knowledge of solid dose form equipment such as tablet presses, tablet coating encapsulation machines, and granulation processes
- Comprehensive knowledge and practical experience with product/process development, processing laboratory techniques and regulatory requirements
Skills & abilities:
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to work in a team environment
- Proven leadership and multi-tasking skills
- Demonstrated ability (and passion) to thrive in an often chaotic and rapidly changing environment.
- Creative problem solving and negating skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex product attributes, limitations and value propositions into clear customer focused explanations.
Technical/Functional Skills
- Demonstrates excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and communicates clearly in all situations
- Translates organizational goals and objective into actionable plans
- Prioritizes work to meet multiple deliverables and deadlines
- Assesses and drives improvement in employee performance by providing clear, attainable goals, actionable coaching feedback and maintaining clear, detailed, written documentation
- Identifies performance and career development needs in team members and works with the employee to prepare an effective development plan
- Serves as an effective subject matter expert to cross-functional teams
- Thinks strategically to find and implement new and better solutions
Computer skills:
- Microsoft Office suite
- Database management
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position supervises the following positions:
- Document Specialist – PD
- R&D Analyst (2)
- Manager, Product Development
