Medical Production Manager
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Job Location:
Pleasant Prairie, WI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position Overview
The Production Manager for Medical Tubing is responsible and accountable for the function processes efficiency and effectiveness of the Medical Tubing department. The Production Manager will be intricate in the planning directing and coordination of staff related process improvements initiatives and capital projects within an ISO-certified Class 7 Cleanroom plastics manufacturing environment. The ideal leader will have plastics manufacturing or extrusion expertise with a strong knowledge of polymer processing. They would also have experience with the multilayer extrusion of PVC LDPE HDPE PET and PP resins. Essential responsibilities include providing direct supervision and direction of the Medical Tubing teams; plan and communicating specific objectives to ensure departmental goals are met; communicate equipment disruptions daily with various stakeholders in the operation; ensuring that department personnel are properly trained and motivated; promoting and enforcing company business practices and policies; and promoting and enforcing company safety policies.
Essential Job Functions
Work safely following all safety policies and proactively participating in the safe work of others and the safety of the overall environment. Be a leading example of adherence to all internal safety procedures and policies to keep a clean and organized work area in a fast-paced 24/7 plastic manufacturing environment.
Forecast and budget operating costs of the Medical Tubing department and manage all department expenses to remain within budgeted amounts.
Manage people with consistent policy enforcement (safety quality attendance discipline procedures and productivity).
Drive and be accountable for business metrics (safety quality production requirements cost control and employee engagement).
Work with Scheduling and Customer Service teams to establish work plans.
Implement and sustain Lean Manufacturing principles to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Understands follow and enforce all established safety health quality GMP and Company policies procedures and recognized practices.
Works with Supervisors to oversee all Medical Tubing personnel including hiring training performance reviews recognition disciplinary issues attendance and retention.
Implement cost effective systems of control over capital operating expenditures manpower wages and salaries.
Maintain quality standards to ensure customer specifications are achieved and acceptable First Pass Yield (FPY) while minimizing scrap and rework.
Ensures cost effective inventory levels of production supplies are maintained to meet production requirements.
Coordinates with the Maintenance Manager on the preventative maintenance required for the operational equipment ensuring minimum disruption to operations.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in business management or engineering is preferred.
3 -5 years of management and leadership experience
Proficient in problem solving.
Plastics Manufacturing experience a plus.
Computer skills MS office MS Project Excel
Demonstrated ability to work independently.
Experience in establishing effective proactive and reactive maintenance response practices.
Ability to maintain regular predictable and punctual attendance.
Computer usage and typing skills are essential.
Excellent verbal and written communication including the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service.
Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given prescribed routines and standard accepted practices.
Collaborates well with others proactively contributes to group objectives; volunteers to help others.
Other Skills/Abilities
Ability to speak Spanish a plus.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean
- Management Experience
- 5S
- Operations Management
- Production Planning
- Production Management
- Kaizen
- Supervising Experience
- Manufacturing
About Company
We are leaders in medical plastics design, development & manufacture, with over 2,000 employees, and 20 manufacturing locations worldwide.
