Senior Director - Technical Services (m/w/d)

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Position Description:

The Senior Director TS / MS Elanco Manufacturing Network is responsible for providing technical and strategic leadership for Elanco’s TS/MS function within the network.

This role is accountable for all technical product and process support activities for the following Elanco Manufacturing Sites (Kiel, Banwol, Huningue, Santa Clara, Kanas City) and oversight of Solids/Parenteral central support as warranted to internal Elanco sites/EEM hubs.

Additionally, in support of our IPP Mission this role has responsibilities for maintaining a TS/MS network SME/Product steward group for solid/parentral technology platforms and oversight of the Huningue Pilot plant.

The TS/MS network SME/Product Stewardship group may partner with Elanco EEM Hubs, TS/MS internal sites and R&D to support Elanco’s IPP Agenda.

The technical transfer, Value Capture and Network rationalization agenda may include consolidation of CMO and internal product manufacturing footprints, new product introductions from R&D, BD&L acquisitions or moving existing commercial products between CMOs and to/from internal Elanco sites and vice versa.

Functions, Duties, Tasks:


* Elanco Manufacturing-TSMS:  Responsibilities include: a) ensuring that products and manufacturing processes are in control, capable, compliant and continuously improving, b) ensuring that the TS/MS external manufacturing organization meet the Global Quality and Global Contract Manufacturing Standards.

The network TSMS Sr.

Director is responsible for ensuring that the right TS functional capability is in place at each of the designated internal sites.



* Elanco’s commercialization process as it relates to new products introduced to manufacturing units: Responsibilities include: a) ensuring the robust implementation and hand-over per the manufacturability review process and b) ensuring that the right technical capability (TS/MS) is in place for Elanco commercial hand-over activities within the manufacturing units.

c) ensuring that robust manufacturing processes are installed and maintained throug...