Senior Manufacturing Manager

Werfen North America; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in medical equipment manufacturing seeks a Senior Manufacturing Manager for their Bedford, MA facility. This role involves managing manufacturing operations and leading a team to achieve production goals, while ensuring compliance and fostering continuous improvement. Ideal candidates will possess extensive operations experience and strong leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of operations experience, including minimum 5 years of supervisory experience.
• Possess advanced management, budgeting, and employee relations skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a major manufacturing operation with multiple supervisors.
• Provide leadership in support of business objectives for quality and cost.
• Oversee continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Management

Budgeting

Employee Relations

Conflict Management

Process Management

Education

BS degree or a certificate in a related field or equivalent

Job description

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Position Summary

Manages a major Werfen Manufacturing operation. Organizes the workday for multiple Assemblers, Testers, and Technicians to achieve production goals set by Werfen Sales & Operations Planning. Provides floor leadership for continuous improvement efforts focused on process improvement and optimization, and improved financial performance of the factory. Coordinates with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, R&D and Process Engineering for the Design Transfer of new products into production, and validations for manufacturing equipment, fixtures, processes and procedures.

Position Summary

Manages a major Werfen Manufacturing operation. Organizes the workday for multiple Assemblers, Testers, and Technicians to achieve production goals set by Werfen Sales & Operations Planning. Provides floor leadership for continuous improvement efforts focused on process improvement and optimization, and improved financial performance of the factory. Coordinates with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, R&D and Process Engineering for the Design Transfer of new products into production, and validations for manufacturing equipment, fixtures, processes and procedures.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities

Essential Functions

• Provides leadership in support of all business objectives for Finished Goods fulfillment, Quality, and Cost.
• Manages subordinate supervisors and Group Leaders.
• Hire and develop staff to remain compliant with all applicable industry regulatory standards.
• Conducts performance appraisals and coaching for team members and makes recommendations about salary actions, reclassifications, transfer or termination.
• Able to resolve conflict between personnel and departments through the application of listening skills, facilitation skills and negotiating skills.
• Able to remove oneself from the problem.
• Fosters a collaborative, professional climate that will maximize the contributions of all project team members.
• Coordinates with the Materials and Warehouse departments to assure smooth continuation of production through final packaging for shipment.
• Ensures compliance with all Company safety, health, GMP, and ISO 13485 standards.
• Provides oversight for accurate labor records.
• Ensures Work Orders and SAP transactions are executed properly.
• Responsible for Continuous Improvement of production factory capabilities by reducing and eliminating Non-Value Add operations through LEAN and Green Belt projects.
• Responsible for identifying and organizing cross-functional efforts in the resolution of product and production process issues.
• Mana ges the NCR process within the factory to accurately account for material rejects.
• Assures procedures used on the production floor are complaint to the work performed
• Provides direct hands-on work toward the accomplishment of department goals when necessary.
  
  

Budget Managed (if applicable):

• Team Budget
  
  

Internal Networking/Key Relationships:

• To be determined based on department needs
  
  

Qualifications

Skills & Capabilities:

The ideal candidate for this position will exhibit the following skills and capabilities:

• Possess advanced management, budgeting, employee relations and administrative skills Conflict management, process management, self-knowledge
• Capable of translating S&OP demand planning into day-to-day production output
  
  

Werfen People Manager Competencies: (applicable if in a People Manager Position):

The Following Competencies Form Part Of The Competency Model For People Manager At Werfen And Form Part Of Our Mindset Around People Management And Leadership. We Expect All People Managers Of Werfen Not Only To Demonstrate, But Also To Constantly Continue To Develop, The Following Competencies

• Building Talent: Planning and supporting the development of individuals’ knowledge, skills, and abilities so that they can fulfill current or future job responsibilities more effectively.
• Customer Focus: Ensuring that the internal or external customer’s perspective is a driving force behind strategic priorities, business decisions, organizational processes, and individual activities, crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value.
• Decision Making: Identifying and understanding problems and opportunities by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; choosing the best course of action by establishing clear decision criteria, generating and evaluating alternatives, and making timely decisions; taking action that is consistent with available facts and constraints and optimizes probable consequences.
• Driving for Results: Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment; using measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement.
• Driving Innovation: Creating an environment (culture) that inspires people to generate novel solutions with measurable value for existing and potential customers (internal or external) ; encouraging experimentation with new ways to solve work problems and seize opportunities that result in unique and differentiated solutions.
• Emotional Intelligence Essentials: Establishing and sustaining trusting relationships by accurately perceiving and interpreting own and others’ emotions and behavior; leveraging insights to effectively manage own responses so that one’s behavior matches one’s values and delivers intended results.
  
  

Education

Minimum Knowledge & Experience Required for the Position:

• BS degree or a certificate in a related field or equivalent
  
  

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of operations experience, including minimum 5 years of supervisory experience.
  
  

International Mobility:

• Required: No

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Medical Equipment Manufacturing

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