Manager, Manufacturing

Baxter International Inc. • Round Lake, IL

1d • $104,000 - $143,000

About The Position

This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. Your role at Baxter Responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes for both new and existing products. Manages one or more production areas and coordinates key functions such as production, maintenance, engineering, R&D, safety, quality, scheduling, budgeting, and personnel. Works collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with cGMPs, SOPs, EHS standards, and other applicable regulations. Develops and reviews operational plans to support performance goals and align with business objectives. Focuses on maintaining high standards in safety, quality, service, and cost efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• 5 or more years manufacturing/operations experience including a minimum of 3 years supervisory experience.
• Interpersonal and leadership skills with ability to interface well with other departments and lead effectively and efficiently in a team environment.
• In-depth process knowledge of related manufacturing equipment/processes and/or operations processes.
• Strong ability to handle multiple priorities and respond to detailed inquiries, including presenting to senior leaders.
• Skilled in analyzing scientific and statistical data, identifying root causes, and driving process improvements.
• Proficient in professional writing, including technical reports, and effectively communicating during audits or inspections.
• Knowledgeable in GMPs, regulatory guidelines, and audit-related activities, with strong troubleshooting and critical thinking skills.
• Experienced in supervising multiple teams or shifts, handling budgets, and applying business insight in manufacturing operations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and enterprise systems used in manufacturing environments.

Nice To Haves

• Green or Black Belt certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Handles daily manufacturing operations of one of the manufacturing cells.
• Responsible for ensuring the quality and quantity of staffing requirements, budgets, costs, methods, labor efficiency, scrap, volume and associated benchmarks.
• Facilitates the invention, evaluation, and implementation of manufacturing process improvements.
• Interviews, hires, coaches, motivates, recognizes, and develops, performance of direct reports.
• Provides regular feedback and sets performance objectives, support development plans, and monitor progress.
• Adheres to all environmental, health and safety SOPs, equipment, policies, and procedures, including any department specific requirements.
• Interfaces with the other managers/customers to ensure our quality commitments are met.
• Responsible for assuring compliances to all regulatory requirements.
• Supports plant-wide strategic plan, programs, and activities.
• Identifies, initiates, and facilitates continuous improvements, lean manufacturing activities and initiatives, such as 6S, visual management, kaizens.
• Participates as subject matter expert in audits.
• Works with support functions to secure services and resources and regularly interacts with senior leaders on matters concerning functional areas or customers.
• Responsible for development of the manufacturing annual operating budget and maintains expenses within the plan.
• Responsible for the formulation of long- and short-range planning for functional area.

Benefits

• Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.
• Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching.
• We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees