Sr Production Manager

Intuitive; Mexicali; Presencial; MXN 1,471,000 - 2,024,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading medical device company is seeking a Senior Production Manager in Mexicali, Baja California. The role involves managing production activities to ensure quality and safety compliance, while collaborating across departments. Candidates should have at least 10 years of experience in the medical industry and a strong background in operations management. This position offers an opportunity to lead a diverse team in a pioneering environment.

Formación

• Medical Devices experience is mandatory.
• 10+ years of experience in the medical industry (Production, Engineering, Planning, Quality) preferable.
• 5+ years of Production Manager or personal management experience.

Responsabilidades

• Manage production activities and ensure quality specifications.
• Collaborate with departments for alignment and execution.
• Ensure compliance with ISO and safety requirements.

Conocimientos

Excellent oral and written skills in English and Spanish

Leadership

Collaboration

Continuous Improvement methodologies

Operations Management knowledge

Educación

BS in Engineering or Business Administration

Master's degree

Herramientas

ERP systems (SAP, Agile, o9)

Descripción del empleo

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Job Description

The Senior Production Manager is responsible for managing production activities of a business unit to deliver products that meet quality specifications, achieve or exceed service level and cost targets while ensuring employees' safety, complying with applicable regulations and company policies.

Under indirect supervision, works with the Director of Manufacturing to establish short to midterm strategies to assure employee engagement, culture deployment, talent management, cost reduction – cost management, and continues improvement processes.

This role requires collaboration with all the departments at the site and at corporate offices to ensure alignment and flawless plan execution. The Senior Production Manager needs to participate, support, and sometimes lead the introduction of new processes, new products, and new technical platforms targeted for his areas of influence.

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 complying with Quality System requirements.
• Interact and collaborate 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).
• Ensure compliance with ISO and Environment, Health, and Safety requirements, as well as all applicable company procedures and policies.
• Provide timely and effective support for new products introduction and existing process transfers to the department.
• Effective management of employee development plans (OPT & TAPs).
• Constantly review direct reports' training curricula in ISU.
• Foster performance and teamwork culture as well as rewards and recognition.
• Partnership with Human Resource department to address personnel-related activities.
• Accountable for communicating to upper management business-related issues per escalation process.
• Responsible for ensuring employees follow all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety, and Environmental practices. Ensure all the resources required to do so are available and in good condition.
• Responsible for ensuring employees comply with Federal, State, local, and Company regulations, policies, as well as procedures.
• Perform other duties assigned as needed.
• 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 retaining talent.
• Complete Performance and feedback process (C.I.P and MERIT) per Company guidelines to direct reports.
• Drive our Culture Strategy by fostering our mission, founding principles, individual and leadership expectations.

Qualifications

Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:

Education/ Experience

• BS in Engineering or Business Administration.
• Master's degree is preferred.
• Medical Devices experience is mandatory.
• Green Belt / Black Belt Certified in Lean-Sigma is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in the medical industry (Production, Engineering, Planning, Quality) preferable.
• 5+ years of Production Manager / Superintendent or 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.

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 translate it into actions.

Intuitive is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and we prohibit any type of discrimination and harassment, regardless of race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, veteran status, or disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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