Production Supervisor

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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: 
The Cardiac Diagnostics services team in Arden Hills is looking for a First Shift Production Supervisor to join our team. In this role you will lead a diverse team of product builders and material handers in safely producing high quality medical devices that directly impact patient’s lives. You will have the opportunity to grow your leadership skills as you lead, coach, and mentor a production and warehousing team while supporting a culture of engagement and continuous improvement. In addition to daily execution of line performance, you will ensure your team meets safety, quality, service, and cost goals. Core hours of this position are first shift: 6am-2pm.

Boston Scientific offers you the ability to work for a leading medical device manufacturer in a wonderful facility and environment. We offer competitive compensation and benefits with a variety of opportunities for growth and development. If you have a passion for leading, developing teams and obtaining visible results, this could be a great role for you. Come join us in Advancing Science for Life! 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supervise daily medical device kitting operations ensuring your team safely produces high-quality products on time for the customer at our cost targets.
• Lead a team of material handlers responsible for receiving and distributing raw materials at both an offsite and onsite warehouse.  Ensure the Production team has the right product in the right place at the right time to support a high-volume kitting operation.
• Identify customer requirements to enable your team to deliver the right products at the right time.
• Facilitate and partner with a cross-functional manufacturing core team of Production, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineering to achieve annual safety, quality, service and cost goals while maintaining an engaging & high-performance culture.
• Manage, motivate, and develop Product Builders through coaching and performance management.
• Embed our company’s values through demonstration & recognition of individual & team behaviors.
• Utilize production area planning tools to ensure team has the resources to meet future volumes, including direct labor staffing, space, and equipment capacity.
• Ensure training is effective & efficient and maintain training versatility across entire team.
• Benchmark and share best practices.
• Provide appropriate input into the long-term planning of the production area.
• Support new product development readiness activities for the line team.

Required qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED 
• 5+ years’ manufacturing experience 
• 1 year of supervisor/management experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint 
• Experience applying Lean tools/ developing systems and leading Continuous Improvement efforts  
• Able to support and lead a production team working 1st shift hours 6am-2pm 

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Experience in a regulated environment or the medical device industry 

Requisition ID: 601816 

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 identify, 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.