Senior Manufacturing Supervisor
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Job Location:
Geleen - Netherlands
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
26-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
As the Medtronic Articulating Technologies team we combine high-tech device development expertise with best-in-class manufacturing know-how to help bring new and disruptive instrument technologies to market and to transform medical our fully equipped Research & Development (R&D) and pilot manufacturing center in Geleen product development and pilot manufacturing are seamlessly integrated under one roof.As Senior Manufacturing Supervisor you are responsible for all production activities in this dynamic R&D environment ranging from small volume rapid prototyping series to higher volume pilot line manufacturing. You look after the day-to-day operations in the areas of Production Maintenance & Calibration Facilities and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) & security. You manage a rapidly growing team of operators and equipment technicians. You take the opportunity to develop & grow in line with the ambitious vision of Medtronic Articulating Technologies. As a natural leader you combine managing and coaching in order to improve the performance of your team members. Your solution-oriented and proactive approach enable you to understand the relevant issues and you maintain a constant focus on ensuring smooth and error-free production. You never lose sight of the timelines and progress of activities and respond appropriately when an unexpected situation arises. It is your strength to create an environment where all employees are focused on delivering excellent performance and making continuous improvements and in doing so contribute to the success of the production department.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Ensures production goals are met in terms of output quality and cost by managing production schedules allocating resources and resolving issues efficiently
- Oversees optimal availability reliability and maintenance of production and R&D equipment to support continuous operations
- Manages daily Facilities tasks and serves as the main operational contact for external Facility service providers
- Handles day-to-day EHS and security-related activities and contributes actively as a member of the EHS team
- Leads and develops (senior) operators and equipment technicians ensuring efficient staffing and continuous personnel development
- Collaborates closely with engineering and supply chain teams makes budgetary recommendations for capital expenditures and labor and ensures strict adherence to the Quality Management System
- Drives continuous improvement initiatives across production to enhance efficiency quality and compliance
Required Knowledge and Experience:
- A bachelors degree in engineering combined with at least 5 years of relevant experience within a production environment; preferably in a strongly regulated environment like Medical Devices
- Experience in leading and developing teams
- Excellent communication skills (verbally and written) in Dutch and English and comfortable to work in an international environment
- Familiar with Lean Six Sigma methodologies preferably qualified as Green Belt or Black Belt
- Proficient with MS Office. Knowledge of ERP systems PowerBI and planning tools is a pre
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits resources and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 passionate people.
We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room every one of us experiments creates builds improves and solves. We have the talent diverse perspectives and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity here
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Continuous Improvement
- FDA Regulations
- Lean
- Packaging
- Production Planning
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Manufacturing
About Company
About Medtronic Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an excit ... View more
