Associate Supervisor, Manufacturing (Weekend Shift)

Stryker•Magna, UT

About The Position

This position is responsible for operations activities related to the manufacturing of medical devices. Responsible for producing, tracking and managing the associated metrics, including Quality, Customer Service, Cost, People Development and Innovation for the responsible area. Focus on leading the team to create the Quality First Culture and meeting quality expectations. Drive Lean Effort and Team engagement to meet the overall business result. Business growing support such as manufacturing transfer, new product development. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Lead, oversee, coordinate and facilitate the activities in a production area ensuring safety, quality, and compliance while achieving production goals, efficiency and yield targets and cost objectives Manage self and team in a manner that demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety, product quality and compliance with the Stryker, Quality Manual and its governing regulations. Ensure product is manufactured to the most current/validated method/process and specification and DHR for every lot is correctly filled in per GMP & QS requirements Proactive capacity management (Manpower and equipment) with associated inter-disciplinary coordination. Make budgetary recommendations on capital expenditures and direct labor resource planning Work with planning team Ensure appropriate build scheduling and execute to meet customer requirements Ensure traceability and inventory accuracy/control including components, sub-assemblies and finished goods Provide strong supervision of human resources including, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, development and performance management, improve the organization capability for the responsible area Lead the team create a respect, open communication, positive and team-oriented work environment Lead or participate Continuous Improvement projects by leverage Lean Light house, Kaizens and other lean methodology to improve quality, increasing capacity, improving efficiency, reducing scrap improve space utilization and other activities as business needs Ensure equipment, tools, fixtures, gages and measuring devices are properly used, maintained and calibrated in responsible area Interact with Manufacturing Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Quality and materials colleagues to drive results with highly efficiency and effectiveness. Participate in quality systems audits (i.e., internal & external) Participate in budget process and manage the budget implementation for the responsible area

Requirements

2 years experience in business, operations, or manufacturing preferably in medical device or other highly regulated industry - required
Bachelors Degree in business or related discipline OR 6+ years of equivalent relevant experience in lieu of degree - required
Lean/Six Sigma experience
Working knowledge & understanding of general Quality System & ISO 9001 requirements
Working knowledge and understanding the overall business process from material receiving to finish goods shipping
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
Must have the ability to resolve daily production problems
Understanding of team dynamics, and ability to maximize organizational results
Self-starter with the ability to accomplish tasks with minimal supervision
Ability to maintain high morale within a diverse workforce

Responsibilities

Lead, oversee, coordinate and facilitate the activities in a production area ensuring safety, quality, and compliance while achieving production goals, efficiency and yield targets and cost objectives
Manage self and team in a manner that demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety, product quality and compliance with the Stryker, Quality Manual and its governing regulations.
Ensure product is manufactured to the most current/validated method/process and specification and DHR for every lot is correctly filled in per GMP & QS requirements
Proactive capacity management (Manpower and equipment) with associated inter-disciplinary coordination.
Make budgetary recommendations on capital expenditures and direct labor resource planning
Work with planning team
Ensure appropriate build scheduling and execute to meet customer requirements
Ensure traceability and inventory accuracy/control including components, sub-assemblies and finished goods
Provide strong supervision of human resources including, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, development and performance management, improve the organization capability for the responsible area
Lead the team create a respect, open communication, positive and team-oriented work environment
Lead or participate Continuous Improvement projects by leverage Lean Light house, Kaizens and other lean methodology to improve quality, increasing capacity, improving efficiency, reducing scrap improve space utilization and other activities as business needs
Ensure equipment, tools, fixtures, gages and measuring devices are properly used, maintained and calibrated in responsible area
Interact with Manufacturing Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Quality and materials colleagues to drive results with highly efficiency and effectiveness.
Participate in quality systems audits (i.e., internal & external)
Participate in budget process and manage the budget implementation for the responsible area