Advanced Operations Director, Advanced Wound Care

Rhian_Convatec; Wales; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global medical products company is seeking an Advanced Operations Director for Advanced Wound Care in Deeside, UK. This hybrid role requires strong leadership in new product introductions, compliance, and operational strategies. Candidates should have a degree in relevant fields and over 5 years of experience in the medical device sector. Join us to make a significant impact in healthcare.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in progressive leadership roles in manufacturing operations.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in the medical device industry.
• Multi-national work experience with responsibilities including operations outside the US.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary BU liaison partner between GQO and the T&I Team.
• Oversee process validations and ensure regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and product safety.
• Drive the Company's Mission, Values and Priorities initiatives.
• Develop and implement strategies for manufacturing optimization.

Skills

Personal and professional integrity

Organizational savvy

Problem analysis and interpretation

Strategy definition and implementation

Team management

Education

Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or related fields

Job description

Overview

About Convatec

Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in Advanced Wound Care, Ostomy Care, Continence Care, and Infusion Care. With more than 10,000 colleagues, products and services are provided in around 90 countries. The company aims to be forever caring. Convatec’s revenues in 2024 were over $2 billion. To learn more please visit convatecgroup.com.

Every day, our products improve the lives of millions of people around the world. We’re transforming our business and looking to add a Advanced Operations Director, Advanced Wound Care.

Position

Advanced Operations Director, Advanced Wound Care

Position Overview

The role of the Advanced Operations Director, Advanced Wound Care is to form, influence, and lead Advanced Operations CC/OC/AWC cross-functional and global teams. This role is responsible for all new product and new technology introductions from a Global Quality and Operations perspective including supporting process development with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) by reviewing and providing input and launch support.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary BU liaison partner between GQO and the Technology and Innovation (T&I) Team.
• Direct leadership of Managers, Technical Project Managers, Engineering and Validations SMEs and technicians.
• Works independently supporting business strategies within the BU.
• Driving Automation strategy for NPD.
• Aligning, knowledge sharing and supporting with other BU peers in AO.
• Direct responsibility for process validations for all new products and technologies.
• Oversee process validations and ensure regulatory compliance, quality assurance, and product safety.
• Limiting opportunities for cost reduction by front loading the implementation of efficient processes in advance of product launch.
• Ensure technology development to support product life cycle management.
• Providing a challenging and rewarding environment for our high talent employees.
• Drive the Company's Mission, Values and Priorities initiatives, as well as the performance coaching process, to ensure a consistent high-performance culture.
• Develop and implement strategies for manufacturing optimization and make-vs-buy decisions in NPD.

Skills & Experience

• High level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness with strong work ethic and the ability to work independently with minimal direction.
• Displays organizational savvy and knows how to leverage networks to bring information and points of view from different areas both inside and outside the company.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret complex problems, incorporating data gathered from a variety of sources.
• Demonstrated ability to define a strategy and translate it into actionable plans and then manage through to implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to manage teams and achieve results across the company, working across borders, cultures, and languages.

Qualifications/Education

• Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or related fields.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in progressive leadership roles in manufacturing operations.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the medical device industry.
• Multi-national work experience with responsibilities including operations outside the US.
• Demonstrated record of building high performance teams.
• Demonstrated record of working successfully within a matrix environment.

This is a hybrid role linked to our office in Deeside, UK. This position will require travel up to 15% of the time, mostly within Europe.

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Ready to join us?

At Convatec, we’re pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch. If you’re ready to make a real impact, apply today and help us bring our Forever Caring promise to life.

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