This is where you save and sustain lives
At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.
Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.
Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.
Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives- where your purpose accelerates our mission.
Your Role at Baxter
This is where we make life-saving products
You have deep knowledge of and experience with manufacturing processes. You understand the importance of building relationships, establishing order, and maintaining clear communication channels. As an Operational Excellence Supervisor, you are a leader who is willing to listen and inspire others by your actions. You also appreciate the stability of a large multinational company with a long history of growth and success. Your team is an extension of your family, and you know how to support them as individuals while helping them achieve results as a team.
The Operational Excellence Supervisor II is responsible for technical leadership and coordination of activities relating to support, development, and improvement of manufacturing processes. This role involves serving on cross-functional teams to investigate operational and organizational deficiencies within the current processes and to design improvements and implement more efficient/effective systems. This person will interact with all affected functional areas and will drive continuous improvement.
What you’ll be doing
- Responsible for prioritization and coordination of team members to drive continuous improvement projects across the site.
- Establishes baseline and target metrics for key processes to drive cost effective improvements.
- Participates in business cost proposals and identifies customer requirements for new project initiatives.
- Provide guidance, support, direction, and leadership through positive interactions with all personnel during daily operations.
- Interview, hire, coach, motivate, develop, and discipline staff. Conduct annual performance reviews for all direct reports. Assist in setting performance objectives and development plans. Monitor progress.
- Responsible for supporting management of the site level Operational Excellence deployment plan including the Enterprise Management System (EMS), Value Improvement Process (VIP), Lean Academy, Certification Programs, Best Practices Sharing, and others.
- Manages internal client expectations.
- Participates in process team meetings and provides department/company perspective.
- Sustain a clean and safe work area using 6S principles.
- Learn, understand and apply rigorous quality standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
What you’ll bring
- BS/BA degree in Business Management, Engineering, or other related field of study with 3-5 years of manufacturing experience.
- Experienced understanding of cGMPs and other regulatory guidelines applicable to the medical/pharmaceutical industry.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification is preferred.
- In-depth knowledge and experience of equipment and processes in a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to lead multiple projects and work with cross-functional teams.
- Strong facilitation, negotiation, and influencing skills. The ability to motivate change.
- Excellent communication, organizational, computer, and interpersonal skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Must have a working knowledge of LEAN tools and methodology.
- Must be able to directly lead and/or co-lead high-impact process improvement projects.
- Excellent reading, writing and verbal communication and platform skills. Strong teaching and presentation skills required.
- Strong analytical/statistical problem-solving skill; ability to analyze and interpret statistical data.
- Excellent professional writing skills and ability to prepare technical reports. Ability to clearly articulate information during regulatory/client inspections.
- Ability to understand GMPs and other applicable regulatory guidelines.
- Strong assessment and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong business/financial acumen.
- Understand verbal and written safety and quality instructions and read and comprehend written work instructions including words and drawings.
- Must have basic English written and oral communication skills adequate to communicate with other team members.
Other Duties as Assigned
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Overtime is worked as required.
We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a salary range of $60,000 to $132,000 and also includes an annual incentive bonus. The above range represents the expected salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.
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The successful candidate for this job may be required to verify that he or she has been vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for individuals with medical conditions or religious beliefs that prevent vaccination, and in accordance with applicable law.
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