Production Director (Isla Guadalupe)

Job Overview

At STERIS, we help our customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

We are seeking a manufacturing manager to lead our value stream, ensuring safety, quality, delivery and cost objectives are met.

Responsibilities

• Achieve annual objectives for safety, quality, delivery, and cost of the assigned value stream.
• Drive lean manufacturing transformation through education of self and direct reports, kaizen concepts and activities, visual management tools, and root cause problem solving.
• Create a positive work environment by engaging employees in continuous improvement of safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Manage administrative and operative employees including supervisors, team leaders, engineers, maintenance, quality, procurement, and planning.
• Provide direction and collaborate with management and support staff outside of the value stream to conduct operations safely and productively to meet customers and business objectives.
• Manage talent development, providing growth, training, and development opportunities to employees.
• Manage the department through performance management, recruitment, salary adjustments, work schedules, and employee relations.
• Coordinate with production planning to meet production plans and customer requirements.
• Make decisions related to safety, quality, process procedures, equipment maintenance, and labor utilization.
• Maintain inventories and ensure a safe working environment by example and promoting safe work performance, identifying and anticipating safety needs relative to equipment or conditions.
• Support new product introduction and projects with manufacturing input.
• Participate in safety, quality, and lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Manage productivity levels, manpower, scrap, rework, costs, delivery, and projects for the department.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
• 7-10 years working in a manufacturing environment.
• ~5 years in a regulated environment within the drug and/or medical device industry preferred.
• Interpersonal and influence management skills.
• Data driven.
• Excellent organization, time management and project management skills.
• Relevant experience using Microsoft Office Excel, Word, Power Point, and Outlook.
• Lean manufacturing knowledge.
• Manufacturing operations experience.