Training Specialist

Pfizer Inc.

Rocky Mount, NC

Job posting number: #7134766 (Ref:pf-4880293)

Posted: March 17, 2023

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Why Patients Need You 

Our breakthroughs would not make it to the hands of patients without our pharmaceutical manufacturing team. We rely on a team of dedicated and agile members, who understand the importance and impact of their role in Pfizer's mission. Patients need colleagues like you who take pride in their work and always look to improve outcomes. You will help to ensure that patients and physicians have the medicines they need, when they need them.  
 
What You Will Achieve 

An important area in every organization is managing the learning and development needs of the teams. You will play a critical role in managing the training activities for all levels of personnel. You will be involved in a range of activities, starting from design and delivery of programs, conducting classes to training effectiveness evaluation. You will keep abreast with the latest learning and motivation theories to identify new and effective methods and techniques to develop in-house programs. 

As an associate, your focus on the job will contribute in achieving project tasks and goals. Through your domain knowledge and commitment, you will create a collaborative team environment for your colleagues. 
 

It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.  
 
How You Will Achieve It 

  • Contribute to completion of project milestones and organize own work to meet project task deadlines. 

  • Develop an area training plan for the Site Annual Training Plan for the delivery of curriculum topics, including required GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) training, as well as other areas. 

  • Perform necessary assessments of site operations and update necessary documents. 

  • Maintain working knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices and emerging regulatory and compliance concerns. 

  • Manage the use of the appropriate technology and resources in order to ensure that adequate technical training is delivered.  

  • Support Supervisors to accurately determine their team / colleagues training status prior to assigning GMP tasks to colleagues and contingent workers. 

  • Work with the site Training team and area SMEs to ensure that training methodology and the need for a learning assessment is properly determined and effectively implemented for all Aseptic SOPs and other related GMP training topics. 

  • In partnership with Area Supervisor, ensure that the process for managing learning assessment failures is defined and implemented effectively.  

  • Create training material, coach Subject Matter Experts to design and develop training materials to improve knowledge and skills in their function and site performance. 

  • Participate in the investigation of deviations in the plant associated with learning gap errors and recommend appropriate learning solutions to aid in reducing human errors to improve business processes and site performance. 

  • Employ training effectiveness methods to evaluate the outcomes of key training programs against business objectives, propose and execute solutions to improve training delivery.

  • Provide recommendations for improvement in trainings regularly in order to ensure Continuous Improvement loop. 

  • Ensure that the training items that require periodic retraining/requalification are managed effectively. 

 

Qualifications  

Must-Have 

  • Applicant must have High School Diploma (or Equivalent) with six years of relevant experience;

  • OR an Associate's degree with four years of experience;

  • OR a Bachelor's degree with 0+ years of experience.  

  • Excellent communication (oral/written), facilitation and presentation skills, deliver with passion and pride. 

  • Good knowledge of GMP and Regulatory Training compliance. 

  • Experience in Technical Training Skills.  

  • MS Office skills, esp. Word and PowerPoint.

 

Nice-to-Have 

  • Knowledge of manufacturing and regulatory compliance. 

  • Knowledge of computer systems and Microsoft Office Suite. 

  • Able to work individually and in a matrix team structure.

 
 

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

  • This position requires sitting and working on a computer for long periods of time
  • Light lifting of paper documents

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be willing and able to work beyond the hours typically defined as a "regular" workday, which may or may not include weekends and holidays. 
  • Position requires regular onsite attendance - this position cannot be performed on a remote or telecommute basis on a temporary, short or long term basis. 
  • Must have the ability to simultaneously multi-task across multiple capabilities and functions and handle multiple competing priorities and requirements, including performing site and functional responsibilities, responding to frequent e-mail and phone communications and attending multiple meetings and conference calls. Note that these activities may not be time bound to core hours or presence at the site. 
  • Must have the ability to work effectively under and manage to strict production, time and performance deadlines. 


Work Location Assignment: On Premise

Last date to apply: 3/22/2023

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

Pfizer requires all U.S. new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to the first date of employment.  As required by applicable law, Pfizer will consider requests for Reasonable Accommodations.

Sunshine Act

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations.  These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure.  Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act.  Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government.  If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

EEO & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status.  Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.

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Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Pfizer also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Pfizer is an E-Verify employer.


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