Manager, Production CR

• Required to have a Bachelor's degree from a university in an Engineering or related field.
• Desirable to have a Master's degree in Operations, Administration, Project Management, or etc.

• More than 8 years of professional experience in a similar industry, of which 2 years must be in positions of personnel supervision.
• Experience in the Medical Device industry, including ISO 13485 knowledge

• Specifications and Blueprint management
• Lean Manufacturing skills such as: Six Sigma, VSM, Problem Solving,etc.
• Costa Rica local legislation knowledge
• Strong skills supervising and coaching

• Spanish/English (written and oral)

• Microsoft Office: Intermediate
• Internet: yes
• email: yes
• Other tools: Minitab, VISIO, PROJECT, ORACLE & AGILE.SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES / RESUMEN DE FUNCIONES Y RESPONSABILIDADES:
• Manages the Production Team.

• Manage the activities, resourcing, and goals of the team to assure operational excellence
• The production team shall be able to manage product lines including performance of the manufacturing lines and making sure all procedures and goo manufacturing practices are followed (GMP's)
• Communicate in a timely manner about needs detected on the production floor to ensure the correct execution of the schedule adherence.
• Monitor and adjust resources to accomplish schedule plans.
• Ensure that investigations, such as OOT, CAPA, IACA, are performed on time, in compliance with procedures, are appropriate to risk level of event, and drive towards root cause solutions.

• Manage the goals of each supervisor to foster operational excellence and instill quality at the source while aligning with site operation objectives.
• Lead team building and engagement using approaches such as: One on one meetings, open sessions, recognition based on results, positive confrontation, open door policy, effective listening, assertive communication, among others, to foster an adequate work environment
• Provide resource and personnel administration for team and individuals including but not limited to: recruiting, job description development, Individual Development Plans (IDP) activities.
• Coordinate budget forecast, approval, monitoring of adherence, and assessment to adjust for the team.
• Support and promote the implementation of EHS programs to ensure people safety and environment health.

• Participate as a leader with cross functional colleagues to influence and impact overall approach to product quality, activities include containment meetings, planning meetings, significant event resolution, kaizen events
• Timely escalate important issues as required. Use escalation process throughout Corporate teams such as R&D, RA, DA, Marketing, Sales and others as required.
• Develop production team leaders who create actively engaged production team members who contribute to operational success while assuring compliance to processes and regulations.
• Lead, develop, control, analyze and communicate metrics on different meeting levels (1, 2 & 3), to foster operational excellence among current processes,
• Support internal and external audits from Regulatory entities and Notified Bodies to guarantee the commercial distribution of products manufactured by Costa Rica facility.
• Support implementation of cost reduction projects
• Maintain, improve, and simplify procedures, processes, and methods

• Building Effective Teams
• Developing Direct Reports & Others
• Strategic Agility
• Conflict Management
• Customer Focus
• Drive for Results
• Problem Solving
• Delegation

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