Roles & responsibilities:
* department goals deployment (i.e. Hoshin kanri (hk) x3/x4) aligned to site overall goals & objectives (x2), measure department metrics (kpis) to monitor performance and coordinates actions to ensure improvements.
* review production plan and coordinate manufacturing resources to ensure timely delivery of products while be sure to comply with quality system requirements.
* interacts and collaborates with other departments to solve any restriction that may stop or slow down production, including material, personnel, equipment, and process issues.
* responsible for department budget planning (hc, suppliers, equipment purchases) and expense management to meet or exceed financial targets.
* identify and coordinate cost reduction projects including labor productivity, material usage, defect reduction, space and inventory optimization using lean manufacturing and six sigma tools.
* foster implementation of preventive and corrective actions that may result from production non-conformances, audit observations, capa and others (vrs, pls, ncrs, dns, fe, ees).
* provide timely and effective support for new products introduction and existent process transfers to the department.
* effective management of employee development plans (opt & taps).
* accountable for communicating to upper management business related issues per escalation process
* responsible for employees to follow all company guidelines related to health, safety and environmental practices.
* responsible that employees comply with federal, state, local and company regulations, policies as well as procedures
* mentor and develop team members through tactical problem solving, define clear performance objectives, and translate challenges into growth opportunities to drive team engagement to meet department and organizational goals
* responsible for attracting and retain talent
* drive our culture strategy by fostering our mission, founding principles, individual and leadership expectations.
education/ experience:
* bs in engineering or business administration
* master’s degree is preferred
* medical devices experienceis mandatory
* green belt / black belt certified in lean-sigma is preferred
* 10+ years of experience in medical industry (production, engineering, planning, quality) preferable.
* 5+ years of production manager with a strong personal management (coaching and talent development)
* 3+ years of experience with continuous improvement manufacturing systems (lean, six sigma, kaizen, 5s, etc.), project management, product transfer / npi
* experience with erp and planning systems (sap, agile, o9) preferred.strong p&l experience
skill/ job requirements:
* excellent oral and written skills in english and spanish with the ability to do effective presentations for different organizational levels.
* knowledge of the quality system requirements such as iso-13485 and mdsap
* knowledge of operations management, including resources and capacity planning as well as project management.
* ability to identify opportunities for improvement through continuous improvement methodologies (lean sigma, root cause problem solving techniques)
* knowledge of financial concepts applied to manufacture, including budget preparation and spending management.
* excellent leadership, collaboration, and teamwork skills.
* ability to manage complexity and translated to actions.
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