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Job Description

Company Overview

At Empower Pharmacy, our people define who we are as a company. We strive to attain, train, and retain the best people in the industry.

How we work is just as important as the work we do. We have become a leader in our industry by investing in the latest quality systems, facilities, and most importantly, our people.

Together, we’re changing the way people approach personalized care and integrative treatments with innovative solutions for health and wellness.

Based in Houston, Texas, Empower Pharmacy is one of the nation’s leading compounding pharmacies. Empower Pharmacy, employing over pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmaceutical engineers, and operational staff, provides a wide range of customized formulations to patients and prescribers.

As an industry leader, Empower Pharmacy delivers innovative pharmaceutical solutions to patients and prescribers while expanding access to quality, affordable medication.

Position Summary

The Executive Assistant will provide executive level administrative support including but not limited to calendar management, travel arrangement and executive office management as directed.

Responsibilities include developing and implementing high level business processes, tracking and supporting initiatives for business operations, ensuring appropriate milestones and measurements are monitored and tracked.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains confidential materials
• Assists the executive in the development of PowerPoint presentations, financial and special reports, agenda material, and papers for internal and external audiences
• Manages workflow, complex scheduling, booking domestic and international travel
• Handles meeting management including communication, scheduling, reporting, and budgeting of regularly scheduled training and meetings
• Plans and executes internal and external events
• Controls access to the executive and creates and maintains daily calendar, and exercising discretion in committing time and evaluating needs
• Keeps the executive advised of time-sensitive and priority issues, ensuring appropriate follow-up
• Organizes team communications and plans events, both internally and offsite
• Coordinates complex scheduling and extensive calendar management, as well as management of content and flow of information to executives
• Accurately records minutes from meetings and sets follow up meetings as necessary
• Supports ad hoc project requests, marketing and meeting material preparation, events, tracking and maintaining sensitive information, calendar management and drafting correspondence.
• Provides project management support, including maintaining records and assisting in holding reports accountable for a variety of required tasks
• Performs other duties as requested

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent communication and relationship building skills, able to create rapport with internal and external stakeholders of all levels and personalities
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint and other business technologies
• Experience with project management tools such as Asana, Basecamp and Smartsheet
• Ability to manage complex calendars with rapidly shifting priorities
• Ability to take initiative and ownership with little oversight in sometimes ambiguous situations
• Experience conducting in-depth research and preparing findings
• Experience in project coordination and management and budget management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently while keeping multiple projects on track with competing priorities
• Willingness to work collaboratively with others
• Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
• Must be reliable, self-starter and results-driven
• Must possess problem solving and analytical skills
• Sensitivity to confidential documents and information
• Ability to multitask while maintaining a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy in a high-paced, dynamic environment
• Must be flexible and willing to work weekends, if needed

Experience and Qualifications

• 10+ years of Administrative Assistant experience with 5+ years directly supporting a C-Level executive
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Notary public desired
• Experience in the healthcare and pharmacy industry preferred, but not required

Benefits

• Health / Dental / Vision
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) or Health Retirement Accounts (HRA)

k) with company matching, no vesting period

• Paid PTO
• Paid Holidays

Job Description

Company Overview

The A Pharmaceutical Operations Specialist reports to the Manufacturing Specialist Manager and is responsible for executing projects and tasks related to continuous improvement using lean manufacturing principles as well as strategic implementation of upscaling / future projects.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Understands current processes and identify opportunities for improvement, including conducting interviews, observing technicians, collecting data, trending data and analyzing data for improvement.
• Performs regular audits of production processes and helps implement lean six sigma manufacturing principles (5S, OSW / SWIs, Gemba, etc.)
• Develops and maintains Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Standard Work Instructions (SWIs) and Forms used in both sterile and non-sterile compounding operations.
• Work in close collaboration with training and production to develop a robust training program on new processes.
• Collaborates with Quality to maintain alignment of manufacturing systems processes with all quality system requirements to improve overall quality of the product.
• Identifies areas of waste and improves efficiencies and develop strategies to reduce or eliminate it.
• Improves visibility of KPI’s reporting, and development improvement actions based on KPI analysis.
• Collaborates with R&D for downstream processing development activities and optimization of manufacturing processes including formulation.

Assist if required in the development / optimization of upstream manufacturing processes.

• Serves as the SME for details of each specific operation they are supporting
• Provides support to facilitate closure and completion of investigations, deviations and CAPAs (Corrective and Preventative Actions).
• Works closely with quality and engineering teams to help implement new devices, equipment, and processes into production.
• Works with the production team to identify areas for process improvement and implement changes to increase efficiency, reduce waste, and improve product quality.
• Complies with required PPE while utilizing aseptic technique and minimizing contamination.
• Works with cross functional departments to assist in the closure of NCI’s (non-conformance incidents).
• Adapts to and assumes unforeseen responsibilities as the company requires.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience and Qualifications

Education and Experience requirements :

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering or math), life sciences related field, or equivalent experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a pharmaceutical environment, preferably in a A compounding pharmacy setting.
• Strong understanding of USP , , and guidelines and A regulations.
• Experience with aseptic techniques and cleanroom operations.
• Understanding of standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the pharmaceutical field and aseptic practices.
• Strong cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices), aseptic processing, and USP / background. US Pharmacopeia (USP) , , and / or cGMP compliance.
• Ability to operate manufacturing equipment and perform various manufacturing processes such as a vial washer, depyrogenation tunnel and semi-automated filling line.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Willingness to work flexible hours as needed.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and written with personnel at all levels in a professional manner.
• Excellent computer skills in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Familiarity with ERP systems.
• Must be able to gown into cleanroom (daily if needed) and pass media fill tests bi-annually.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Pharmacy technician trainee or certification required
• IV Certification highly preferred

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS :

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices.

The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.