Value Stream Leader

Baxter Healthcare; Town of Round Lake (WI); On-site; USD 112,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental coverage from day on

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Paid holidays and generous PTO (20–35+

On-site work environment

Job summary

Baxter in Round Lake, IL is seeking an experienced Operations Leader to oversee manufacturing processes across the Penicillin building. You will direct production, staffing, budgeting, and KPI tracking to ensure safety, quality, and cost targets are met.

As a senior supervisor, you will drive process improvements, lead diverse teams, ensure regulatory compliance with cGMPs, and participate in audits while aligning with corporate strategies and lean initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years manufacturing/operations experience with a minimum of 3 years supervisory experience.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of cGMPs and regulatory guidelines.
• Green or Black Belt certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees daily manufacturing operations in the Penicillin building and manages staffing, budgets, costs, methods, labor efficiency, and KPIs.
• Leads manufacturing process improvements and innovations.
• Interviews, hires, coaches, and develops direct reports; sets objectives and tracks progress.
• Ensures compliance with GMP, SOPs, EHS, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborates with managers and customers to meet quality commitments.
• Supports strategic plans and drives lean manufacturing initiatives (6S, kaizens).
• Prepares and manages the annual operating budget; plans long- and short-range needs.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Process knowledge

Problem solving

Data analysis

Regulatory compliance

GMP knowledge

Budgeting

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt

Tools

Microsoft Office

Enterprise software

Job description

This is whereyour work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Your Role:

Oversees and directs the development, planning, implementation and maintenance of manufacturing processes and operations for new or existing products and technologies. Responsible for all or a significant portion of processing operations (i.e., one or more production areas) in a plant as well as production operations, maintenance, plant engineering, R&D, safety, quality control, scheduling, budget, and personnel and working closely with other functions to ensure strict compliance with current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs), SOPs, environmental health, and safety (EHS) guidelines and any other regulations that may apply. Develops and regularly reviews plans to drive operational performance, including input from various functions. Perform all duties with a focus on optimizing safety, quality, service, and cost.

What You'll Be Doing

• Responsible for the daily manufacturing operations within the Penicillin building. Responsible for ensuring the quality and quantity of staffing requirements, budgets, costs, methods, labor efficiency, scrap, volume and associated KPIs.
• Facilitates the invention, evaluation, and implementation of manufacturing process improvements.
• Interviews, hires, coaches, motivates, develops, recognizes, and manages performance of direct reports. Provides regular feedback to all direct reports. Set performance objectives, support development plans, and monitor progress.
• Adheres to all environmental, health and safety SOPs, equipment, policies, and procedures, including any department specific requirements.
• Interfaces with the other managers/customers to ensure our quality commitments are met. Responsible for assuring compliances to all regulatory requirements.
• Supports plant-wide strategic plan, programs, and activities. Identifies, initiates, and facilitates continuous improvements, lean manufacturing activities and initiatives, such as 6S, visual management, kaizens.
• Participates as subject matter expert in audits.
• Interfaces with support functions to secure services and resources and regularly interacts with senior leaders on matters concerning functional areas or customers.
• Responsible for development of the manufacturing annual operating budget and maintains expenses within the plan.
• Responsible for the formulation of long- and short-range planning for functional area.

What You'll Bring:

• Proven track record of interpersonal and leadership skills with ability to interface well with other departments and lead effectively and efficiently in a team environment.
• In-depth process knowledge of related manufacturing equipment/processes and/or operations processes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to analyze and interpret scientific, and statistical data.
• Strong professional writing skills and ability to prepare technical reports. Ability to clearly articulate information during regulatory/client inspections.
• Ability to understand GMPs and other applicable regulatory guidelines and ability to manage audit-related activities.
• Strong assessment and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to respond to detailed inquiries and present information to groups and senior leaders.
• Ability to supervise multiple groups/shifts, if applicable.
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office and ability to use enterprise software.
• Ability to collect and analyze data and information to determine paths for process improvement and potential root cause
• Ability to respond to detailed inquiries and present information to groups and senior leaders.
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing business acumen.
• Experience developing an annual operating budget and maintain expenses within the plan.
• Green or Black Belt certification preferred.

Education and experience that is necessary to perform the job satisfactorily.

• Bachelor's degree required
• 5 or more years manufacturing/operations experience including a minimum of 3 years supervisory experience.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $112,000 - $154,500 annually. The estimated salary is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time‑off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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