DCA Manufacturing Supervisor

Position Overview

This is a first line supervisor position who will be a key member of Mishawaka, IN manufacturing team supervising DCA cartridge reagent assembly. The successful candidate must be able to lead teams to consensus, drive action items, hold team members accountable, prioritize work based upon need and resources available, and communicate actions effectively across the Business Unit.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for reporting the progress of the project to different levels in the organization, making sure the information is accurate and up to date.
• Drive to maintain a strong manufacturing team with a healthy and effective employee relations climate.
• Ensure a strong sense of urgency and accountability within manufacturing operations.
• Ensure adherence at any time to relevant internal and local EHS-standards.
• Provide tactical supervision of the DCA reagent assembly line
• Achieve optimum productivity and quality of products
• Ensures staff compliance to all FDA, Federal, State and OSHA requirements
• Ensure staff compliance to all internal quality and operational processes
• Responsible for training, development and performance management of shift personnel
• Responsible for supervising 10-20 direct labor staff
• Responsible for providing daily instruction to staff, issue resolution/escalation on manufacturing floor
• Monitor high volume production lines identify opportunities for improvement, determination of root cause and solution implementation
• Participates and/or leads manufacturing projects linked to FDA readiness, project transfers into manufacturing from R&D and other projects as assigned
• Represents Manufacturing at a variety of functional meetings/events (Quality review boards, etc.)
• Apply production metrics to monitor and execute continuous improvement

Miscellaneous Operational Responsibilities

• Work to optimize use of resources in a continuous operations environment.
• Promote learning from the past to strengthen and enable proactive planning.
• Stimulate innovation and creative problem solving by welcoming outside-in perspectives.

Job Demands/Competencies

• Dynamic environment with cross-functional interdependence
• Confident and effective communicator with strong interpersonal and team management skills, driven to achieve goals and exceed expectations
• Customer focused
• Team player
• Inspire trust

Skills and Qualifications (Education and Experience)

• 3+ years of experience in a supervisory role supporting complex assembly or reagent manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of lean tools and practices
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Experience and familiarity with MRP systems including previous experience looking up status of work and material; experience with SAP preferred
• Previous experience working in a matrix organization including partnering with other functions (i.e. Engineering, Quality, Logistics) in a manufacturing environment to achieve optimal results
• Ability to effectively communicate and escalate concerns and challenges as they arise
• Knowledge of Federal, State and Corporate regulatory policies

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