Manufacturing Supervisor II- Evening Shift

Overview

Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world. At Edwards Lifesciences facilities around the world, our Manufacturing teams create the tools, technologies, and devices that transform patients' lives. As part of our sewing, assembly, delivery, and distribution teams, your attention to detail and commitment to continuous improvement will help us turn innovative ideas into reality. Your purpose driven work will help leave lasting and positive impacts on patient lives.

Responsibilities

• Supervise employees and manufacturing activities pertaining to the production of products and/or manufacturing processes in two or more production areas, depending on the complexity of the areas.
• Conduct performance reviews, including resolving performance issues.
• Lead improvement projects and partner with engineering on investigations and corrective actions.
• Perform non conformance investigations for review with engineering and assure documentation content is valid.
• Accountable for productivity and quality metrics of staff; provide regular progress reports and manufacturing metrics to management and cross functional stakeholders.
• Oversee the scheduling of work orders and team performance metrics, and ensure appropriate staffing for all positions.
• Accountable for ensuring staff is appropriately trained to perform assigned work; serve as document owner for assigned product line assembly procedures.
• Monitor raw material usage and availability required in daily production and monitor material and labour variances to meet established standards.
• Maintain on time arrival to work, regular attendance without excessive absenteeism, and a full 8 hour or longer work period.
• Perform other incidental duties (e.g., occasional photocopying or deliveries).
• Adhere to company rules and requirements such as pandemic protocols and Environmental Health & Safety rules, and take adequate control measures to prevent injuries and protect the environment.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree (level 7).
• 3-4 years of previous supervisory experience with full responsibility for all personnel, including hire/fire authority and handling all aspects of employee relations in manufacturing, quality, and/or product development engineering.
• Experience working in the medical device industry (preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management experience.
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite and working knowledge of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, preferably JDE.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills and strong collaboration skills in partnering with cross functional stakeholders to achieve objectives and mediating differences to achieve consensus.
• Full understanding of manufacturing procedures related to all stages of own area of responsibility.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise teams, provide coaching and feedback, and partner with HR on employee relations.
• Ability to analyse and identify potential line/operation layout adjustments to improve efficiency.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing concepts and Six Sigma.
• Knowledge of and adherence to Edwards Environmental Health & Safety and Quality guidelines related to department clean room medical device manufacturing.
• Ability to supervise a section of production activity to accomplish tasks, projects and operations.