Operations Supervisor

Zimmer Biomet; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 72,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Zimmer Biomet in Salt Lake City is seeking an Operations Supervisor to lead day-to-day manufacturing and site operations, guiding execution from design handoff through delivery to ensure compliant processes and reliable supply.

You will partner with Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance to maintain documentation, scheduling, and readiness for launches, while advancing end-to-end process maps, operational metrics, and scalable workflows. This onsite role requires 10–20% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 3–5 years of operations, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, or medical device experience.
• Familiarity with FDA, ISO 13485, and MDSAP audit expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day manufacturing and site operations.
• Own manufacturing execution and documentation integrity.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs and audit readiness.
• Manage inventory, material availability, and production scheduling.
• Create and maintain end-to-end process maps and metrics.
• Coordinate readiness for product launches and service support.
• Partner with finance for reporting to leaders.
• Support ERP and business-system process adoption.

Skills

Manufacturing operations

Inventory management

ERP systems

DHRs

Documentation

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.

What You Can Expect

As an Operations Supervisor you will be the onsite operational lead for day-to-day manufacturing and site operations in Salt Lake City. You will own operational execution from design handoff through delivery, ensuring scalable, compliant processes, reliable supply, accurate documentation, and readiness for launches, installations, and partner with service, and field support teams to the customer.

How You'll Create Impact

• You will lead day-to-day manufacturing and site operations: make timely operational decisions, coordinate priorities, and resolve issues proactively.
• You will own manufacturing execution, product traceability, Device History Records, configuration control, and documentation integrity.
• You will partner with Quality to ensure compliance with SOPs, work instructions, training requirements, audit readiness, and remediation of compliance gaps.
• You will partner with Supply Chain and Sourcing to manage inventory, material availability, supplier performance, and production scheduling.
• You will create and maintain end-to-end process maps, operational metrics, and scalable workflows.
• You will ensure work instructions and operational documentation are accurate, executable, current, and effective.
• You will coordinate operational readiness for product launches, installations, servicing, and customer support; bridge operational needs with the Field Service team.
• You will partner with finance in reporting to key leaders for support business decisions
• You will support ERP and business-system process adoption and maintain documented workflows.

What Makes You Stand Out

• You have experience in a regulated environment, preferably in medical device manufacturing.
• You have strong understanding of inventory control, forecasting, production planning, ERP systems, DHRs, and supplier management.
• You have demonstrated process-mapping, continuous-improvement, and operational-metrics experience.
• You have experience in building and scaling operational processes in a growing organization.
• You have strong documentation, work-instruction development, and change-management skills.
• A technical or software-execution background in medical devices is preferred.

Your Background

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field;
• Three to five years of relevant operations, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, or medical device experience required.
• Knowledge of FDA, ISO 13485, and/or MDSAP audit expectations.

Travel Expectations

This is an onsite role in Salt Lake City; 10-20% travel as business needs require.

Expected compensation

Expected compensation: $72,000 - 89,000 base salary per year plus performance bonus.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability