Executive, Production

**About us**

Novugen is a wholly owned subsidiary company of a UAE-based group, SciTech International. With over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, the company is equipped with vast experience in venturing into strategic healthcare businesses and development of world-class healthcare facilities around the globe. We bring hard-to-source and technology intensive products to the market.

Our manufacturing facility in Bandar Enstek, Negeri Sembilan is the FIRST USFDA approved pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Malaysia and the only in Southeast Asia. We are also the first pharmaceutical company in the region to be vertically integrated from API to Finished Products R&D and manufacturing.

The people behind Novugen are professionals coming from diverse backgrounds and nationalities from all over the world, working together to achieve one common goal. We strive to innovate new concepts to accelerate the launch of pharmaceuticals that lack robust generic alternatives due to their complexity.

Our vision is to be the largest and fastest growing pharmaceutical company in Southeast Asia by 2025, competing in global markets. Through our passionate teams and continuous investment in R&D, we aim to provide early access to affordable medicine of the highest quality. This is our commitment to change lives worldwide.

**About the role**

The Executive, Production will oversee routine manufacturing and packing activity, cost improvement, people management as well as process improvement programs.

Key Responsibilities:

- Responsible for ensuring daily production activities are carried out in accordance to codes of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and local authorities requirement and ensure good housekeeping is practice.
- Responsible to prepare and arrange tasks for the Manufacturing Lines
- Responsible to operate and perform troubleshooting for Manufacturing Lines in safe and efficient manner.
- Participate in all aspects of product and development activities which include upgrading of product quality, process validation, equipment qualification and troubleshooting.
- Responsible to prepare, revise and maintain departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Batch Records, including BMR and BPR in compliance with Good Documentation Practice (GDP).
- Responsible for supporting quality audits (internal and external) and responding to audit reports.
- Responsible for participating in investigation and preparation of reports for QMS documents compliance.
- Responsible to execute and monitor manufacturing process from dispensing up to packing line.
- To support production leadership to monitor and achieve yield and productivity target for manufacturing batches.
- Establishes and maintains effective communication with Production and cross-functional team.
- Responsible to follow Safety guidelines at the workplace.
- Responsible to perform other related duties as assigned to meet departmental and company objectives.
- Coordinate with CFTs like R&D, Technology Transfer, QA, QC, Engineering, Supply Chain & other departments to discuss on process or equipment related issues.

**About you**:
Job Requirement:

- Possess Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy / Science / Engineering / Pharmaceutical Engineering / Biotechnology / Manufacturing or any other related field.
- Minimum 2 years’ related experience from Pharma, Food or any other Healthcare manufacturing industries.
- Has knowledge of pharma manufacturing requirements and GMP requirements.
- Has relevant experience in handling process related document, QMS and troubleshooting knowledge.

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Rotational shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Bandar Baru Enstek: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Application Question(s):

- Please state your notice period.
- Please state you expectation salary.

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: 2 years (preferred)