Job Description
What You Will Do- The Production Team Leader will be an engaging leader for team growth and business results while maintaining a people, quality and safety first mindset. You will be the manufacturing leader in our Cleanroom product assembly, accountable for team performance in the areas of: quality, delivery and performance to budget, team building, employee engagement, new product transfer, capacity and production planning.
Additional responsibilities:
- Be responsible for the operations launch functions for product transfer to Kalamazoo site from other Stryker locations
- Be responsible for oversight of Cleanroom business unit, which may include multiple assembly lines
- Lead team members from Operations for product transfer project, owning deliverables as it pertains to staffing ramp-up, scheduling, supply plan attainment and build plans
- Use data and other inputs, to identify, prioritize, and deliver on business and customer needs
- Be responsible for the recruitment and hiring of talent
- Forecast and predict recruitment needs of temporary and permanent talent to the team for conversion
- Manage labor through OT approval and timecard management
- Drive employee engagement by being responsible and accountable for actions promoting an environment that fosters personal growth and development
- Hold team and associated personnel accountable for cleanroom quality requirements for regulatory standpoint
- Collaborate with cross functional teams (Advanced Operations, Engineering, Quality) to achieve goals of timely manufacturing transfer
- Analyze and identify levers to impact metrics/action plans to improve metrics and project impacts
- Anticipate and predict line down issues and partner with support staff to avoid delays to production
- Identify, prioritize and lead cost reduction initiatives to deliver on financial projections
- Partner with other business unit leaders on projects or operations initiatives to align when appropriate
- Be responsible for managing cost performance for the unit/team supported
- Be responsible for leading plant tours and be familiar with the products manufactured in all units
- Attend daily meetings and communicate business results /metrics clearly at all levels of the operations business
- Evaluate employee performance through various means, such as talent reviews and common annual reviews, and enforcing company policies through appropriate disciplinary measures, with guidance
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement through the support of business and process improvements including but not limited to 6S, lean manufacturing initiatives, etc.
- Will participate in regulatory agency (FDA, ISO, EUMDR, etc.) audits
What You Need-- Bachelor’s degree (preferably focus in business, engineering, supply chain) or 6+ years of equivalent experience - required
- 4 years of experience - required
- 1-2 years of proven leadership experience - preferred
- Previous manufacturing experience - preferred
- Experience with medical device regulations, FDA regulations, Cleanroom regulations - preferred
Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Temporary work, Flexible hours,