Med-Tech Industrialization Manager

EssilorLuxottica; Créteil; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

EssilorLuxottica is seeking an Industrialization Manager to lead manufacturing process development for the med-tech product portfolio. You will bridge R&D and manufacturing, shaping scalable production, qualification, tooling, and testing, with CE/FDA considerations.

You will manage a growing team of engineers, collaborate with Sourcing, Supply Chain, and sites across Europe and North America, and travel frequently to R&D and production sites to ensure cost, reliability, and performance goals

Qualifications

• Bachelor or MSc level equivalent in engineering or related field.
• Proven ability to translate design into scalable manufacturing processes.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Industrialize new products by designing manufacturing options and qualification plans (IOQ/OQ/PQ).
• Sustain and improve products by implementing changes from R&D, Sourcing and Manufacturing.
• Benchmark manufacturing performance and promote lean practices across sites.
• Lead product transfers to other sites and manage automation/capacity expansion projects.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Multicultural collaboration

Education

MSc in engineering

Job description

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As we continue to reinforce GEARS'(Group Equipment and Automation Robotics Systems) role in supporting the Group's growth in the med-tech domain, we are creating this position to consolidate our organization in the industrialization of our MedTech product portfolio.

Reporting to the Head of Med-Tech Manufacturing, the Industrialization Manager is responsible for product industrialization, meaning the development of manufacturing processes to meet product specifications and achieve expected economic performance targets. In a pivotal role between R&D and Manufacturing, the Industrialization department works closely with other stakeholders such as R&D, Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing sites.

The Industrialization Manager focuses their efforts on four key areas

• Industrialization of new products participating in product design to propose the best manufacturing option, developing the manufacturing process with site Methods process qualification IOQ/OQ/PQ, manufacturing procedure, tooling and testing development, testing benches, process improvement, support for CE/FDA/NMPA registration.
• Product sustaining and improvement managing change requests coming from R&D, Sourcing, and Manufacturing to improve costs, reliability, and performance.
• Manufacturing performance sites benchmarking, sharing best practices within other GEARS Dpt, and promoting a lean manufacturing culture.
• Industrial project management product transfer to other sites, automation projects, capacity expansion projects, etc.

This person leads a team of engineers which is still being finalized in order to gradually integrate the entire scope.

Candidate Profile

• MSc in engineering, with 5 to 10 years in industrial management,
• Significant experience in manufacturing or industrialization of medical devices with mechatronics system.
• Endowed with a very strong spirit of service, you have the sense of analysis and business, and you are stimulated by the search for permanent progress through the pragmatic questioning of what exists.
• Rigorous and structured, you have an excellent interpersonal skill and you enjoy teamwork in a multicultural context.
• Fluent English required, French should be appreciated.
• Frequent travel to R&D and manufacturing sites in France, Europe, NorthAmerica, China.