Production Manager - Kazakhstan

Abdi İbrahim Global Pharm, the Kazakhstan affiliate of Abdi İbrahim, is seeking a highly qualified Production Manager to lead and oversee all production operations at our site in Almaty . The role will be based in Almaty and requires a strong, results-oriented leader who can drive operational excellence, ensure full compliance with GMP and regulatory standards, and promote continuous performance improvement in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise all production operations to ensure timely, efficient, and high-quality output.
• Ensure full compliance with GMP, HSE requirements, and company SOPs across all production activities.
• Manage production teams across multiple shifts, maintaining workforce efficiency, discipline, and a strong safety culture.
• Collaborate closely with Planning, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, and Engineering teams to meet production targets and minimize downtime.
• Ensure optimal workload distribution across all production areas and efficient use of equipment and personnel.
• Track, analyze, and optimize key production KPIs such as yield, OEE, waste, and batch cycle times.
• Support technology transfer, scale-up, and validation activities for new products in collaboration with R&D and technical teams.
• Complies with quality system documentation requirements, analyzes causes of nonconformities, and participates in implementing corrective and preventive actions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and operational excellence tools.
• Contribute to production budgeting, capacity planning, and resource optimization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering, or a related scientific/technical field.
• Minimum 8 years of pharmaceutical production experience
• Strong knowledge of GMP standards and experience in regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
• Strong leadership, communication, and team management skills.
• Strong know – how of pharmaceutical production technologies (granulation, compression, coating, mixing, filling, packaging, etc.).
• Ability to manage multi-shift operations and drive team performance.
• Fluency in English both written and spoken; knowledge of Russian is an asset.