- Company: Pharmaceutical Manufacturer in Nigeria
- Location: Nigeria
- Job type: Full-time
About the role
Our client, a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Nigeria, is recruiting a General Manager to own plant performance, business growth, and profitability. This role is responsible for delivering new manufacturing projects, leading technology transfer and product development, and guiding the facility through commissioning, regulatory approval, and commercial launch.
Responsibilities
- Identify product opportunities and technical partners, overseeing formulation development, analytical method transfer, scale-up, and process validation.
- Coordinate pricing, demand planning, distribution, and product launches with the Group’s commercial team.
- Work with Quality and Regulatory Affairs to secure and maintain NAFDAC approvals.
- Maintain GMP compliance, appropriate facility segregation, cross-contamination controls, and inspection readiness.
- Manage production performance, yields, manufacturing costs, and supply reliability.
- Lead technology transfer and bring new products and manufacturing lines into commercial operation.
- Take priority products through registration, regulatory approval, and commercial launch.
- Report project progress, operational results, and financial performance to the Group Managing Director.
- Manage suppliers, contractors, and technical partners to deliver manufacturing projects within approved scope, budgets, and timelines.
- Own the business unit’s budget and profit and loss, ensuring effective cost control and profitable growth.
- Lead manufacturing operations covering tablets, capsules, powders, syrups, suspensions, creams, and ointments.
- Oversee facility design, equipment selection, installation, commissioning, and qualification.
- Establish the business unit, develop its business plan, prioritise products and manufacturing lines, and build the technical and operational team.
- Oversee granulation, compression, capsule filling, and coating capabilities, together with dedicated oral liquid and topical semi-solid production lines.
Requirements
- Ability to lead GMP-compliant manufacturing operations and work effectively with Quality and Regulatory Affairs on approvals and inspection readiness.
- Demonstrated experience bringing new manufacturing lines and pharmaceutical products into commercial operation.
- Strong technical knowledge of formulation development, analytical method transfer, scale-up, commissioning, qualification, and process validation.
- Business leadership capabilities covering profit and loss, manufacturing performance, team development, and collaboration with commercial functions.
- Experience in both beta-lactam and non-beta-lactam production, with a strong understanding of facility segregation and cross-contamination controls.
- Strong project management capabilities, including supplier coordination, budget management, and delivery against timelines.
- Hands-on commercial-scale pharmaceutical manufacturing experience across multiple dosage forms, including oral solids and either oral liquids or topical semi-solids.
- Proven track record of transferring and manufacturing specialty drugs.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates should click here to apply online.
