Senior Production Manager

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.

Advancing possibilities for a brighter tomorrow

We are seeking a Senior Production Manager on a permanent basis to join our team.

Job Purpose:

Manages a discreet business unit through Production Team Leaders and Support Teams.  Primary job functions include: developing capacity plans; managing financial budgets and setting aggressive department goals that support BSC’s current and future objectives; partnering with Logistics, Engineering, Quality, HR and Finance to optimize business performance; supporting process development endeavours; ensuring and championing department adherence to Quality regulatory and GMP requirements. This position is responsible for directing and co-ordinating all the manufacturing operations for the area of responsibility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership: a key leader in the value stream, ensuring a team of 200+ produce strong business results and team ethos. Sets stretch goals and ensures strong overall performance.
• Drive for results/ Customer Focus: leads team to ensure a strong focus on execution, to ensure customer needs met, through delivery of a balanced scorecard across safety, quality, service, cost & people. Able to meet targets & deadlines.
• Collaborative relationships: forms strong collaborative relationships with Engineering & Quality Manager peers. Develops strong raporte with local and global customers/ support functions.
• People Management: manages a direct team of Senior Production Supervisors & Production Supervisors, and indirectly manages a team of Product Builders across multiple shifts. Fosters strong employee engagement & communication.
• Planning & Prioritisation: plans resources and capacity of value stream to deliver on committed build plans and future growth.
• Coach/ Mentor: coaches & mentors reports to ensure they develop the skills required for their roles, and there is reports to ensure strong succession pipeline in place.
• Diversity & inclusion: focuses on developing a culture of diversity & inclusion within value stream teams.
• Financial Acumen: develops an understanding of key financial metrics and levers. Able to manage within budget, and develops annual budgets to deliver on strategic plan.
• LEAN/ Innovation: promotes the use of key lean tools such as Daily Accountability, 5S, Continuous Improvement, 6 Step Problem Solving and Communication Huddles. Uses innovative thinking to develop new approaches to issues as required.
• Quality System: ensures strong quality focus from team, in line with Boston Scientific Quality System to ensure patient safety and product/ process compliance.
• Strategic Thinking/ Execution: partners with Engineering & Quality Manager peers to develop and deliver 3 year strategic plan for Value Stream. Supports and leads site and functional strategic initiatives as required.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor Degree (HETAC level 8) in a Business/Engineering or other related discipline.
• Ideally 8 + years experience in a Leadership role within a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent leadership skills and demonstrated ability to build strategic relationships.
• Results driven with a proven ability to deliver targets and meet deadlines.
• Key Decision Maker and ability to drive innovation and engagement.

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 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!

To search and apply for open positions, visit: https://bostonscientific.eightfold.ai/careers

At Boston Scientific, we recognise that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative. It is essential in advancing science for life and improving patient health. 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 is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.  Boston Scientific is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with a disability. Should you require a reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please email TalentAcquisitionIre@bsci.com

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