CARL B. TANNER, JR

• Serves as senior project manager for Raw materials team to ensure reception of material and processing are complete according to needs of client and GOP standards
• Created project plans with established timelines, assigned to appropriate teams and managed workflow throughout construction.
• Leads collaboration between Raw Materials group and all other Catalant departments to prioritize sampling of material, including Material Planning, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and Materials Control
• Writes and provides direct support in Deviations, Change Controls, and CAPAs as it pertains to Raw Materials
• Identified needs and coordinated resource allocation to deliver quality standards on time and within budget.
• Manages growing team of Raw Material Technicians, including day-to-day operations and dynamics of interpersonal relationships
• Led meetings with internal team members, consultants and contractors.
• Models and evaluates all sampling processes of Raw Materials team, including lab sampling, delivery acquisition and release, and internal material testing
• Ensures staff is fully trained works and continuous professional development opportunities are offered and attended

Achievements and Commendations

• Led over 50 external and internal audits for Raw Materials Team
• Special project assignment at Catalant Biopark site for mid and senior level employees
• Selected to participate in fast track Leadership Training program for mid level management (completed winter 2022)

• Founding member of raw materials sampling team at Catalant Hamans site
• Received, inspected, and transported raw materials for use in biopharmaceutical production.
• Coordinated the delivery of samples to QC laboratory for internal testing of raw materials
• Coordinates shipping of raw materials to Contract Testing Laboratories
• Checked incoming deliveries for quality and quantity to promptly identify damage or issues pertaining to orders.
• Contacts Contract Testing Laboratories on testing and the results of testing
• Managed movement of materials and product through production cycle by leading coordination sampling and testing between Raw Materials, Quality Control, and Materials Control departments
• Assisted fellow staff members with tasks to maintain proper workflows and deadlines
• Established and revised material specifications in accordance with current compendial chapters/ monographs and updates as well as client specific requests.

Achievements and Commendations

• Recognized by Regional Director at Catalant Directors Convention in 2020 and 2021
• Multiple exemplar status annual reviews from 2019 to 2021
• Promotion to Raw Materials Supervisor in Jan. 2021

• Managed shipping and receiving department, being the lead facilities contact for materials stored in-house
• Scheduled and coordinated reception of all materials entering facility, including the handling and storage of hazardous, radioactive, and shelf-life sensitive lab materials, including disposal as determined independent of supervisors
• Researched and documented certificates of analysis, quality, or eradiation of incoming lab materials
• Developed and maintained digital CEL-SCI Inventory Management System (CIMS) as well as in hardcopy backup system weekly
• Actively tracked and upheld GMP mandate practices for facility to ensure that products received and inventoried are of high quality and do not violate national standards
• Managed systematic maintenance program to prevent equipment and systems failures.
• Collected, analyzed and prepared reports of statistical data to assess facility management objectives.
• Prepared and reviewed operational reports and schedules.
• Supervised vendors and contracts to support office environment.
• Formed and sustained strategic relationships with clients.
• Provided administrative support for the entire research facility, including clean lab spaces, office areas, and warehouse space with little direct supervision