Production Supervisor

Bio-Techne Corp.; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Bio-Techne Corp. is seeking a Production Team Lead to supervise a group of Production Technicians, drive performance, and coordinate cross-functional efforts to improve workflows and meet manufacturing deadlines.

You will mentor staff, provide technical guidance, ensure safety and equipment calibration, and contribute to SOPs and process improvements while promoting a culture of teamwork and accountability.

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent with 2–4 years of relevant leadership experience.
• Demonstrated leadership capacity is required; prior leadership preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a production team, set goals, manage performance, and develop staff while guiding daily lab projects.
• Mentor and motivate personnel in the lab, ensuring safety and calibration of equipment.
• Ensure products are manufactured to meet deadlines and quality standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on troubleshooting and process improvements.
• Organize daily lab activities including safety, maintenance, supplies, and calibration.
• Provide technical guidance and train new employees.
• Lead process improvements and draft/revise SOPs as needed.
• Display willingness to learn and follow company policies.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Mentoring

Communication skills

Process improvement

Laboratory safety

Troubleshooting

Excel / Word

Organization

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide. Pay Range: $34.00 - $46.75

Position Summary

The responsibilities of this position are to monitor, direct and motivate the performance of a team of Production Technicians. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to devise and implement process improvements to increase workflow efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise a team including setting goals for the team, performance management, career development, and overseeing daily work while contributing to the daily lab projects
• Work side by side with employees in the lab, mentoring, training and motivating personnel
• Ensure that product is manufactured according to deadline.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to perform troubleshooting/process and product improvement experiments.
• Organize all the daily activities within the laboratory including safety, maintenance, supplies and calibration of equipment.
• Provide technical guidance for team members.
• Help team members overcome technical problems.
• Increase the knowledge of all team members.
• Address employee issues and serve as a role model in professional behavior
• Attend meetings and ensures that action items are completed.
• Lead the team in identifying and implementing process improvements that will increase workflow efficiencies.
• Draft and revise SOPs as needed.
• Display a willingness to learn new concepts and techniques.
• Follow company policies and practices as outlined in the Handbook and follows guidelines regarding safety as outlined in the AWAIR, Chemical Hygiene and Exposure Control manuals in accordance to the job.
• Performs additional duties as assigned

Education and Experience

Requires a high school diploma or equivalent with a minimum of 2 to 4 years of relevant experience Demonstrated leadership capacity required Previous leadership experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of laboratory equipment, which includes the use of all instruments related to hematology.
• Ability to pay attention to details and perform at a high level of accuracy.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel are required.
• Proficient in planning, organizational, and multi-tasking skills to complete assignments in an efficient manner in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and ability to collaborate across different groups.
• Skills in problem solving including the ability to identify and appropriately evaluate an alternative course of action.
• Skills in leading and supervising.
• Skills in establishing effective interpersonal relationships such as the ability to solicit key ideas and information.
• Strong ability to communicate professionally, both oral and written.
• Ability to handle sensitive and proprietary information with discretion and confidentiality.
• Ability to effectively train new employees.
• Skills in planning such as identifying and organizing action steps to achieve desired results.

Why Join Bio-Techne

• We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
• We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
• We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
• We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
• We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
• We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Bio-Techne empowers researchers in Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics by providing high-quality reagents, instruments, custom manufacturing, and testing services. Our family of brands creates a unique portfolio of products and services. Science is our passion; it drives us to collaborate, develop, and manufacture award-winning tools that help researchers achieve reproducible and consistent results.