Lean Manufacturing Superintendent

Lean Manufacturing Superintendent

At Fresenius Medical Care we are the global leader in kidney care committed to improving the lives of patients with chronic kidney disease. Our mission is to deliver high-quality innovative products services and care across the entire healthcare journey.

Guided by our visionCreating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day.we work with purpose and compassion supported by a global team of over 110000 employees.

Within our Care Enablement segment we develop and provide life-sustaining medical products digital health solutions and therapies that empower clinical teams and improve patient outcomes. Our FME Reignite strategy drives transformation through innovation efficiency and sustainable growth.

Our values guide how we work:

• We Care for our patients each other and our communities
• We Connect across teams and borders to deliver excellence together
• We Commit to doing things the right waygrowing with purpose and leading kidney care with integrity and innovation

At our Reynosa plant in Mexico we are committed to the highest standards in the production of disposable medical products for dialysis treatments. With a dedicated team of more than 3000 employees across four manufacturing sites the plant focuses on manufacturing essential components such as hemodialysis disposables peritoneal dialysis (PD) disposables hemodialysis (HD) machines and PD cycler machines.

By utilizing advanced technologies to ensure the highest standards in dialysis product manufacturing were not only driving innovationwere also creating meaningful change for patients worldwide. Join our passionate team and be part of this global impact.

The Lean Manufacturing Superintendent is responsible for driving organizational efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives aligned with FMCNAs mission strategic goals and compliance requirements. This role leads the deployment of Lean Manufacturing systems across the Reynosa plant ensuring improvement initiatives deliver measurable results while meeting internal standards regulatory requirements and global best practices.

Responsibilities:

Estructure:

• Work directly with management to stablish and maintain a system to identify and
• prioritize the projects/opportunities of improvement.
• Lead projects when necessary to the business.
• Reconcile the improvement processes of the Fresenius Plants (e.g. Argentina Colombia Germany Turkey Italy etc.).
• Maintain and update the Lean Politics according to the requirements of the Company.
• Adhere to the Lean Evaluation matrix to coordinate the annual efforts.
• Help coordinate or lead research to solve general problems of the Plant (raw material finished product or administrative problems).

Management and Leadership:

• Manage the biweekly meetings of A3 and support the personnel with their projects and with the use of Lean tools.
• Coordinate the 5s initiative throughout the Plant.
• Coordinate and lead the Tollgate meetings of the Belts program.
• Lead meetings Comité de Liderazgo de Lean en Reynosa.
• Coordinate and lead the Layouts of the Plant when it is necessary.
• Manage project saving Belt and A3 (annually and MIPs).

Learning and Development:

• Work with Lean Red to identify and coordinate the learning of the employee support in the certification for Lean DMAIC and other continuous improvement methods that facilitate the objectives of the Plant.
• Develop and facilitate improvement activities (Lean Kaizen Process Flow map etc.) to identify and perform improvement; as well as developing skills in others to perform the same.
• Provide Yellow Belts training or Green Belt to promote the Lean culture and create savings for the Plant.
• Guide and help the Belts with concepts methods and tools using the data to help with projects mitigate the obstacles and ensure the benefits on time of the project.
• Search new training for employees that help with the improvement of processes (administrative or manufacture when required).

Qualifications:

• Engineering or bachelors degree (preferably related to business or projects) or an equivalent combination between education and experience
• Business masters degree or Project management certification is an extra.
• Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in a setting using improvement technics in
• processes.
• To be certified as Green Belt (inside or outside Fresenius). Having a Black Belt certificate is an extra.
• To have completed successfully several Lean or DMAIC projects.
• Analytics and improvement.
• Leadership to improve and motivate work teams. As well as foster positive relations with team members and nonmembers.
• Work with all organizational levels.
• Project administration.
• Knowledge of statics.
• Presentation of information written and communication.
• Bilingual Spanish/English

Our Offer for You:

There is a lot you can discover at Fresenius Medical Care regardless of the field of expertise or level of experienceeverything is dedicated to supporting your professional journey.

Whether in front of or behind the scenes you help make better medicine available to more people worldwide
Individual opportunities for selfdetermined career planning and professional development
A corporate culture that encourages innovative thinkingfinding the best solution together not just the fastest one
A team of committed professionals with diverse skills talents and experiences
The strength of a successful global corporation combined with the collegial culture of a midsized company