# Sterile Value Stream Operations Delivery Director

**Company**: GSK
**Location**: Barnard Castle
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Sterile Value Stream Operations Delivery Director role supports the Value Stream Operations Manager in delivering safe, compliant, and reliable end-to-end performance across the Sterile Value Stream, focusing on operational delivery, execution discipline, and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities:

- Support the Value Stream Operations Manager in delivering Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People objectives and deputise when required.

- Coordinate daily and weekly operational performance across the Value Stream Leadership Team.

- Drive delivery of production, service, schedule attainment, capacity, throughput, and productivity commitments.

- Provide visible safety and quality leadership, supporting cGMP compliance, inspection readiness, risk management, and a strong compliance culture.

- Lead cross-functional resolution of operational constraints, supply risks, and performance gaps.

- Support delivery of operating plans, budgets, productivity commitments, loss elimination, and waste-reduction priorities.

- Lead selected continuous-improvement programmes using the GSK Production System, Lean, Six Sigma, and structured problem-solving.

- Coordinate operational readiness for new products, technology transfers, capital projects, commissioning, qualification, and start-up activities.

- Use operational, quality, and financial data to improve visibility, decision-making, predictability, and performance.

- Coach leaders and teams, strengthening accountability, inclusion, engagement, capability, and sustainable high performance.

The ideal candidate will have:

- A degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in Engineering, Science, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or Business Management.

- Operational leadership experience in a highly regulated manufacturing environment.

- Experience coordinating delivery across operations and cross-functional partners.

- Demonstrated delivery of safety, quality, service, productivity, or cost improvements.

- Experience using performance data, governance routines, and structured escalation to drive action.

- Capability to influence stakeholders, lead teams, and coach others without relying solely on direct authority.

- Working knowledge/experience of cGMP, quality systems, supply planning, and production-system principles.

- Experience supporting inspections, audits, operational risk management, or business continuity.

Preferred qualifications include:

- Advanced qualification in Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manufacturing Leadership, or Operations Management.

- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or equivalent improvement experience.

- Experience in sterile or aseptic manufacturing.

- Experience deputising for a senior operations leader or leading through delegated authority.

- Experience supporting new product introductions, technology transfers, capital investments, or organisational change.

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## Skills

### Required
- Data Integrity
- Detail-Oriented
- Digital Fluency
- Emergency Response
- Financial Acumen
- GxP Regulations
- Lean Management
- Manufacturing Processes
- Problem Solving
- Production Management
- Project Coordination
- Quality Compliance
- Regulatory Compliance
- Risk Awareness
- Site Operations

### Nice to have
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Black Belt
- Sterile or aseptic manufacturing experience
- Deputising for a senior operations leader
- Leading through delegated authority
- New product introductions
- Technology transfers
- Capital investments
- Organisational change

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