Continuous Improvement Principal

We're hiring a Continuous Improvement Principal to support continuous improvement and operational excellence throughout our Bloomington, Indiana facility by identifying, planning, facilitating, and implementing projects for sustainable improvements. 

Catalent is a global, high-growth, public company, and a leading partner for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and manufacturing of new treatments for patients worldwide. Your talents, ideas, and passion are essential to our mission: to help people live better, healthier lives. 

The Continuous Improvement Principal is a Subject Matter Expert who is responsible for collaborating with various departments in the facility to identify, eliminate and sustain the reduction of waste in the plant. The Continuous Improvement team is an effective change-agent who collaborate continuously with front-line personnel and spends extensive time in the areas of improvement. This is a full-time, salaried position and is 100% site based. The schedule is Monday - Friday 1st shift.

Catalent Biologics in Bloomington, Indiana is a state-of-the-art, GMP manufacturing facility, providing one million sq/ft of drug substance manufacturing, drug product manufacturing, and related pharmaceutical services. This award-winning facility helps customers accelerate biologic drug development programs and bring better treatments to help patients live better, healthier lives.

The Role

• Utilize lean, 6 Sigma, and other continuous improvement problem-solving approaches.

• Create and implement solutions for problems related to manufacturing and business operations.

• Role time is balanced 50/50 between shop-floor execution and project management.

• Provide visibility to company leaders and prepare project schedules.

• Drive all activities required to complete continuous improvement projects.

• Develop plans and metrics for improvement initiatives.

• Lead Kaizen events for rapid and ongoing process improvements with a moderate scope.

• Trains, coaches, mentors, and develops other team members up to senior-level engineers.

• All other duties assigned.

The Candidate

• Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline.

• Bachelor's in Industrial, Mechanical, or Process Engineering preferred.

• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience.

• GMP and/or pharmaceutical experience preferred. 

• 6 Sigma Black Belt, preferred. 

Why you should join Catalent

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process.

• Medical, dental and vision benefits effective on the first day of employment.

• Potential for career growth on an expanding team and organization.

• 152 hours of paid time off annually plus 8 paid holidays.

• Community engagement and green initiatives.

• Competitive salary with bonus potential.

• Tuition reimbursement program.

• Diverse, inclusive culture.

• Generous 401K match.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

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