Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.           

About the role:
Boston Scientific in Arden Hills, MN is seeking a Production Supervisor (2nd shift) to join our team. The Production Supervisor will lead a diverse team of direct labor employees in safely producing high-quality medical devices and equipment that directly impact patients’ lives worldwide.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to grow your leadership skills as you lead, coach, and mentor production and support team personnel while creating a culture of engagement and continuous improvement. Along with ensuring daily execution of line performance, you will manage project leadership and change initiatives while driving safety, quality, service, and cost goals.

Boston Scientific offers you the ability to work in a leading medical device manufacturing facility with a collaborative and innovative environment. We provide competitive compensation and benefits, along with opportunities for professional growth and development. If you have a passion for leading teams, driving results, and advancing patient care, this could be a great role for you.

This role is based on 2nd shift with core hours Monday–Friday, 2:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. CST.

Work model, sponsorship, relocation:
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows an onsite work model requiring employees to be in our local office five days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Produce high-quality products, safely, on time, and at the lowest cost
• Facilitate and partner with cross-functional team members in production, quality, and manufacturing engineering to achieve annual safety, quality, service, and cost goals while fostering a high-engagement, high-performance culture
• Identify customer requirements and ensure timely delivery of the right products
• Remain responsive and flexible to customer demands
• Achieve and exceed product cost goals
• Support new product development readiness activities for the line team
• Manufacture products to the highest quality standards and ensure compliance with all Boston Scientific policies and regulations
• Promote safety, quality, and compliance among the team while maintaining Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
• Foster teamwork and drive a culture of Operational Excellence across the cross-functional team
• Ensure effective two-way communication between the production line and cross-functional support teams
• Manage, motivate, develop, and coach product builders through performance management practices
• Embed company values through demonstration and recognition of individual and team behaviors
• Ensure adequate resources, including direct labor staffing, equipment capacity, support team alignment, and space, are available to meet commitments
• Oversee product builder training programs to ensure effectiveness and maintain versatility across the team
• Utilize leader standard work to monitor performance, escalate issues appropriately, and ensure standards are met
• Lead team engagement around continuous improvement goals for safety, quality, service, cost, and space using lean and operational excellence tools
• Benchmark and share best practices
• Partner with materials management for build planning and material delivery systems
• Analyze build plan requirements and provide forward-looking monthly production commitments
• Anticipate requirements and allocate resources to meet and exceed customer needs
• Provide input into long-term production area planning

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a supervisor or management role
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Demonstrated experience with Lean tools and systems
• Ability to support and lead a production team working 2nd shift

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in a regulated environment
• Medical device industry experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels
• Demonstrated flexibility and agility in dynamic environments
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently

Requisition ID: 615612 

Minimum Salary: $ 58200 

Maximum Salary: $ 110500 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com—will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

For MA positions: It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. 

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status.  Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment.  Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements.   As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance test requirements for safety-sensitive positions.  This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement.  The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.