Global Food Manufacturing

Location: Oxfordshire, England (Site-Based)

Engineering | Manufacturing | Quality

Allerton Bishop is delighted to be partnering with a global manufacturing organisation to appoint a Site Engineering Manager for one of its flagship UK production facilities.

This is a pivotal leadership position responsible for engineering, maintenance, utilities, facilities and capital projects, ensuring the site delivers world-class operational performance, asset reliability and continuous improvement.

Working as a key member of the Plant Leadership Team, you will develop the site's long-term engineering strategy while leading a multidisciplinary team of over 60 individuals responsible for asset management, maintenance excellence, digitalisation and operational efficiency.

The Opportunity

This role offers the chance to make a significant impact within a highly automated manufacturing environment by:

• Leading engineering, maintenance, utilities and facilities functions
• Developing and executing the site's engineering and asset management strategy
• Driving equipment reliability and maintenance excellence
• Delivering capital investment and engineering projects
• Improving operational efficiency through Lean, TPM and continuous improvement
• Supporting sustainability initiatives including energy reduction and carbon footprint programmes
• Developing high-performing technical teams and succession plans
• Partnering with global engineering and operational excellence functions to implement best practice across the site.

About You

We're looking for an experienced engineering leader who can demonstrate:

• Degree qualified in Engineering or a related discipline
• Proven leadership of engineering and maintenance teams within a manufacturing environment
• Experience managing CAPEX projects and engineering budgets
• Strong knowledge of asset management, reliability and maintenance systems
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing, TPM or Six Sigma methodologies
• Experience implementing engineering improvements and operational excellence programmes
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of GMP, HACCP, food, pharmaceutical or highly regulated manufacturing environments would be advantageous.

Why Apply?

This is an outstanding opportunity to join an internationally recognised manufacturer investing heavily in its people, engineering capability and operational excellence.

You'll work within a collaborative leadership team, influence long-term site strategy and play a key role in delivering manufacturing performance across a complex production operation.

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This is a high-profile leadership appointment for a strategically important manufacturing site in Northern Germany, supporting both commercial production and new product introduction across global markets. The site plays a critical role within the organisation's European manufacturing network and is positioned for continued growth through investment, operational excellence, and manufacturing innovation.

The Site Director will have full accountability for site performance, leading Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Technical Services, Operational Excellence, EHS, Quality, and Site Functions. The successful candidate will drive world-class operational performance, regulatory compliance, continuous improvement, and the execution of strategic initiatives that strengthen manufacturing capability and support future business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for all site operations, ensuring safe, reliable, and GMP-compliant manufacturing.
• Drive operational excellence across manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and technical operations, delivering improvements in productivity, quality, service, and cost.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing cross-functional leadership team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Deliver strategic site objectives, including capacity expansion, technology transfer, new product introductions, and capital investment programmes.
• Partner with the COO and global leadership team to define and execute the long-term manufacturing strategy for the site.
• Maintain the highest standards of GMP compliance, quality culture, environmental health and safety, and regulatory readiness.
• Act as the senior site representative during inspections by international regulatory authorities, including the EMA, FDA, and other global agencies.
• Own site financial performance, including budget management, operational KPIs, forecasting, and resource planning.
• Build strong relationships with global functions, commercial teams, customers, and external stakeholders to ensure successful execution of business objectives.

Candidate Profile

• Significant senior leadership experience within pharmaceutical manufacturing, with a strong background in small molecule drug product operations.
• Demonstrated success leading complex GMP-regulated manufacturing facilities within international pharmaceutical organisations.
• Deep understanding of oral solid dose, liquids, semi-solids, or other small molecule drug product manufacturing technologies.
• Proven experience delivering operational transformation, manufacturing excellence, capacity expansion, or major capital investment programmes.
• Strong knowledge of GMP, quality systems, pharmaceutical supply chain, engineering, and operational excellence methodologies.
• Track record of leading large, multidisciplinary teams within complex matrix organisations.
• Commercially astute with exceptional strategic thinking, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience operating within a European manufacturing network and interacting with global regulatory authorities is highly desirable.
• Fluency in English is essential, with German language skills advantageous but not essential.

Confidential Search

Due to the strategic nature of this appointment, the search is being conducted on a strictly confidential basis. Further information will be shared with selected candidates following an initial discussion and the execution of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).

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Paris, France | Specialty Pharmaceutical Company

Shape the future of Medical Affairs across a growing international portfolio.

Allerton Bishop is partnering with an ambitious specialty pharmaceutical company to appoint a Senior Medical Affairs Director based in Paris, France.

This is a high-profile leadership opportunity for an experienced Medical Affairs professional who thrives at both strategic and operational levels. Working across multiple therapeutic areas, you will define and execute the global Medical Affairs strategy, ensuring scientific excellence while driving meaningful engagement with healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders and internal stakeholders.

You will play a pivotal role in bridging clinical development, commercial and market access functions, ensuring medical strategy supports both product lifecycle management and future portfolio growth.

Responsibilities:

As Senior Medical Affairs Director, you will:

• Develop and implement the global Medical Affairs strategy across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Lead the execution of medical plans throughout the product lifecycle, from launch preparation through to lifecycle optimisation.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with international Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), investigators and scientific societies.
• Provide strategic medical leadership to cross-functional teams including Commercial, Market Access, Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs.
• Ensure all Medical Affairs activities are delivered in accordance with ethical, regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Lead scientific communication strategy including congress activity, advisory boards, publications and medical education programmes.
• Provide medical insight to support business development opportunities, portfolio expansion and product differentiation.
• Generate and communicate medical evidence that supports patient outcomes and commercial success.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing Medical Affairs team while fostering a collaborative, patient-focused culture.
• Represent Medical Affairs within senior leadership discussions, contributing to overall business strategy.

Candidate Profile

We are seeking an accomplished Medical Affairs leader who combines strategic thinking with the ability to successfully execute complex medical initiatives.You will demonstrate:

• Significant Medical Affairs leadership experience within the pharmaceutical or specialty pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience developing and implementing medical strategy across multiple therapeutic areas.
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and launch excellence.
• Proven success partnering with commercial, clinical, regulatory and market access functions.
• Experience building trusted relationships with international KOLs and external scientific stakeholders.
• Advanced scientific qualification (MD, PharmD or PhD preferred).

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THE ROLE:

• Develop and execute category strategies across direct materials
• Lead procurement of raw materials, APIs, excipients and packaging
• Manage category spend across multiple European manufacturing sites
• Lead strategic sourcing, tenders and supplier negotiations
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, supplier consolidation and value improvement
• Develop strategic relationships with key suppliers
• Improve supply-chain resilience and mitigate supplier risk
• Partner with Quality, Supply Chain, Operations and Technical teams
• Monitor supplier performance across cost, quality, service and delivery
• Support new product introductions, technical transfers and changes to the supply network

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

• Experienced Category Manager, Procurement Manager or Strategic Sourcing professional
• Strong experience purchasing pharmaceutical raw materials and/or packaging
• Background within pharmaceuticals, CDMO, life sciences or regulated manufacturing
• Experience managing suppliers across multiple sites or countries
• Strong commercial negotiation and supplier-management skills
• Track record of delivering measurable procurement savings
• Fluent English; additional European languages advantageous

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Small Molecule | Late-Stage Development | Commercialisation | United States

Allerton Bishop is supporting a global biotech to appoint an CMC Director.

This is a senior technical position responsible for Drug Product activities across late-stage clinical development, regulatory submission, validation and commercial readiness.

The successful candidate will combine strong small molecule Drug Product expertise with the ability to provide strategic CMC leadership, manage external manufacturing partners and support global regulatory submissions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Drug Product CMC strategy through late-stage development and commercialisation.

• Provide technical leadership across formulation, manufacturing, packaging, stability and product supply.

• Manage and provide technical oversight of external CDMOs and manufacturing partners.

• Lead manufacturing troubleshooting, technical investigations and process improvements.

• Oversee process characterisation, PPQ, validation and technology transfer activities.

• Ensure manufacturing processes and control strategies are suitable for regulatory approval and commercial supply.

• Support Drug Product forecasting, manufacturing campaigns and supply continuity.

• Provide Drug Product CMC input into IMPD/IND and NDA/MAA submissions.

• Contribute to the preparation and review of Module 3 regulatory documentation and responses to Health Authority questions.

• Work closely with Regulatory CMC, Quality, Supply Chain, Analytical Development, Drug Substance and Clinical teams.

• Manage Drug Product budgets, timelines and external partner performance.

• Support ongoing lifecycle management and continuous improvement activities.

Requirements:

• Significant pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience.

• Strong small molecule Drug Product development expertise.

• Experience with oral solid dose products.

• Experience taking products through late-stage clinical development, validation and regulatory submission.

• Hands-on experience supporting or authoring NDA and/or MAA CMC documentation, ideally including Module 3.

• Demonstrable experience managing CDMOs/CMOs and outsourced manufacturing activities.

• Experience taking a product through commercial launch.

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This is a pivotal role within a GMP sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, where you will provide strategic and operational leadership across sterility assurance, microbiology and contamination control, ensuring the site maintains the highest standards of microbial control and sterility assurance across its manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team across Microbiology and Sterility Assurance, building a high-performing culture focused on scientific excellence and patient safety.
• Provide strategic leadership for the site's sterility assurance programme, ensuring robust contamination control and microbial control strategies are embedded across sterile manufacturing operations.
• Ensure all sterility assurance and microbiology activities comply with GMP, regulatory, safety and quality requirements.
• Partner closely with Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Engineering and Technical Operations to maintain and continuously improve the site's contamination control strategy.
• Provide expert oversight of environmental monitoring, aseptic process simulations, microbiological testing, cleanroom controls and sterility assurance activities.
• Lead and support investigations relating to contamination events, environmental monitoring excursions, sterility failures and other microbiological or aseptic process risks.
• Act as a key technical leader for regulatory inspections, audits and quality initiatives, providing expertise across sterility assurance and microbiology.
• Drive continuous improvement across sterility assurance systems, processes and ways of working, ensuring the site remains aligned with evolving regulatory expectations and industry best practice.
• Support the introduction, transfer and ongoing manufacture of sterile drug products, ensuring appropriate sterility assurance considerations are incorporated throughout the product lifecycle.

Your Background

• Degree in Microbiology, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related scientific discipline.
• Extensive experience within sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing, with significant expertise in sterility assurance and microbiology.
• Proven experience leading microbiology and/or sterility assurance teams within a GMP manufacturing environment.
• Strong technical understanding of contamination control, environmental monitoring, aseptic processing, cleanroom microbiology and sterility assurance principles.
• Experience leading investigations, risk assessments and remediation activities associated with microbiological and sterility assurance issues.
• Strong understanding of current GMP and regulatory expectations relating to sterile manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive a strong culture of contamination control and quality across a manufacturing site.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections and operating at a senior site leadership level would be highly advantageous.

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Northern England | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Lead the transformation of Supply Chain for a major UK pharmaceutical manufacturing site.

Allerton Bishop is partnering with an established pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Northern England to appoint a Head of Supply Chain.

This is a senior site leadership appointment with significant influence across the manufacturing organisation. The successful individual will lead the development and execution of the site's Supply Chain strategy, ensuring reliable product supply while balancing service, inventory, working capital, capacity, cost and operational performance.

The opportunity requires a leader who can combine strategic thinking with operational delivery, developing greater maturity, visibility and performance across Supply Chain while building a high-performing team capable of supporting the future growth of the site.

Key Responsibilities

As Head of Supply Chain, you will:

• Provide overall leadership of the site's Supply Chain function.
• Develop and execute the site Supply Chain strategy aligned with manufacturing and wider business objectives.
• Lead production planning, material planning and supply planning, ensuring effective alignment between demand and manufacturing capacity.
• Lead capacity planning and constraint management across the manufacturing operation.
• Optimise inventory and working capital while maintaining customer service and supply continuity.
• Oversee warehouse operations, material flow and supply chain execution.
• Support new product launches, technology transfers and manufacturing changes.
• Partner closely with Site Leadership, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance and Global Supply Chain.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for an accomplished Supply Chain leader within a complex manufacturing environment.

• Significant Supply Chain leadership experience within pharmaceutical, healthcare, FMCG or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading a broad site Supply Chain function encompassing planning, inventory, warehousing and material flow.
• Strong knowledge of S&OP, production planning, capacity planning and inventory optimisation.
• A proven track record of improving Supply Chain performance and delivering transformational change.
• Experience working within complex, high-volume manufacturing operations.
• Excellent people leadership skills with experience developing teams and improving organisational capability.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate effectively across local and global functions.

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This is a key leadership position within a GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, where you will provide strategic and operational leadership across the QC organisation, ensuring the delivery of robust, compliant and timely analytical testing to support manufacturing, release and the wider product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of approximately 100 QC professionals across Chemistry, Bioanalytical and Microbiology.
• Provide strategic direction across the QC organisation, ensuring analytical operations support manufacturing, testing, release and business objectives.
• Ensure all QC activities are performed in accordance with GMP, regulatory, safety and quality requirements.
• Drive operational excellence across laboratory functions, improving efficiency, right-first-time performance, capacity and turnaround times.
• Partner closely with Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Technical Operations and other site functions to ensure effective resolution of quality and analytical issues.
• Oversee laboratory performance, resource planning, capability development and succession planning across Chemistry, Bioanalytical and Microbiology.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across QC processes, systems and ways of working, embedding a culture of quality and scientific excellence.
• Act as a senior technical and quality representative for QC, supporting regulatory inspections, audits, investigations and remediation activities.
• Ensure the organisation maintains appropriate analytical capability, scientific rigour and regulatory readiness to support current and future manufacturing requirements.

Your Background

• Degree in Chemistry, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences or a related scientific discipline.
• Extensive GMP Quality Control leadership experience within pharmaceutical manufacturing, ideally with responsibility across multiple analytical disciplines.
• Proven experience leading large-scale QC organisations, with the ability to lead and develop teams across Chemistry, Bioanalytical and Microbiology.
• Strong understanding of GMP laboratory operations, analytical testing, investigations, data integrity and regulatory expectations.
• Demonstrated success in driving operational improvement, organisational change and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate effectively at site leadership level.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections and working within a highly regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

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UK on site | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Lead a strategically important UK manufacturing site through its next phase of growth and transformation.

Allerton Bishop is delighted to be leading the search to appoint a Vice President of Operations on behalf of a leading global pharmaceutical manufacturer operating a complex, sterile manufacturing facility in the UK.

This is a high-profile, senior leadership appointment with full responsibility for site performance and the continued development of the organisation, its people and culture. The facility operates within a highly regulated GMP environment, manufacturing complex pharmaceutical products through sophisticated manufacturing processes and technologies.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Site Director will provide strategic and operational leadership across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, MSAT, Operational Excellence, EHS and Quality, developing a high-performing organisation capable of delivering operational excellence today while building the capabilities required for future growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership of a complex, sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing site.
• Develop and execute the site strategy in partnership with the COO and wider executive leadership team.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing, multidisciplinary site leadership team.
• Drive manufacturing performance across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People.
• Build a culture of operational excellence, accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Lead significant site investment, expansion and transformation programmes, ensuring successful delivery against strategic objectives.
• Ensure the site maintains the highest standards of GMP, Quality, EHS and regulatory compliance.
• Provide senior site leadership during regulatory inspections, including interactions with the MHRA, FDA and other international regulatory authorities.
• Develop organisational capability and manufacturing capacity to support future growth and increasingly complex production requirements.
• Manage site budgets, forecasting, capital planning and operational performance.
• Work effectively within a global organisation, influencing senior stakeholders and ensuring alignment between site and corporate priorities.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for an established pharmaceutical manufacturing leader with the credibility to lead a sophisticated site organisation while continuing to develop its people, culture and operational capability.

• Significant Site Head, Site Director, VP Operations or senior Operations leadership experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
• A strong track record within complex sterile, aseptic, biologics, vaccines or advanced therapy manufacturing environments.
• Experience leading large, multidisciplinary organisations within highly regulated GMP manufacturing facilities.
• Demonstrable success developing leadership teams and creating high-performing, engaged manufacturing cultures.
• Experience of site transformation, manufacturing scale-up, operational improvement or major capital investment programmes.
• Strong understanding of GMP manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain and operational excellence.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder-management skills.
• The ability to combine strategic leadership with visible, credible and engaging site-level leadership.

Confidential Search

Due to the strategic nature of this appointment, the search is being conducted in strict confidence by Allerton Bishop. Further information regarding the organisation, facility and opportunity will be shared with suitable candidates following an initial confidential discussion.

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