Manufacturing Supervisor

Danaher; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in life sciences is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to oversee production activities in San Jose. This role demands strong leadership in a fast-paced environment focused on safety and quality while driving continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have a blend of education and supervisory experience, ready to lead a skilled team towards operational excellence.

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Qualifications

• High school graduate with 8+ years, Bachelor's with 5+ years, or Master's with 3+ years, plus supervisory experience preferred.
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing and kaizen teams is desirable.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee manufacturing activities ensuring safety and quality.
• Lead and train a diverse workforce, manage daily production requirements.
• Implement Lean initiatives and ensure adherence to SQDC.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Continuous Improvement

Lean Manufacturing

Education

High School Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we know time is the most critical facet in the laboratory today: time to get life-saving therapies to patients faster; reclaiming time by automating tedious manual workflows; and saving time spent addressing erroneous or complex results.

We are partners in time and accelerate answers to critical questions through the power of automation. We develop innovations for scientists by scientists, with many of our 3,300+ global colleagues coming from the laboratory.

It’s all part of our time-tested approach to bringing meaningful innovations at the speed of life since 1935. And we’re just beginning. Working together, let’s put our time and talents together to advance human health for tomorrow.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Manufacturing Supervisor oversees and supervises the implementation of manufacturing activities in one or more production areas, ensuring safety, quality, and production goals as well as ensuring cost objectives are met. The position prioritizes production schedules based on product introductions, equipment efficiency, material supplies, and coordinates procedures. This individual may make budgetary recommendations on capital expenditures, direct, and indirect labor; develops schedules and proposes staffing requirements; and directly supervises associates.

This position reports to the Senior Plant Manager and is part of the Manufacturing team, located in San Jose and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead a team of skilled associates, including interviewing, hiring, counseling, focusing, write and give performance appraisals, training and development, adherence to company policies and procedures, approving hours worked and time off.
• Responsible for building the best team, training the associates on standard manufacturing processes and ensuring all Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC) and Lean initiatives are met and sustained.
• Typical responsibilities include coordination of daily production requirements, managing and training a diverse workforce of dedicated associates and implementing lean conversion initiatives.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• High school degree with 8+ years exp., OR Bachelor's degree with 5+ years exp., OR Master's degree with 3+ years exp., and 2+ years of supervisory/management experience preferred
• Experience in leading continuous improvement, Lean Manufacturing processes, and kaizen project teams is desirable.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and instruction skills
• Familiarity with various technical manufacturing processes

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The salary range is $105,000-$115,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [e-mail] to request accommodation.