Manufacturing Supervisor - 1st Shift

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Radiometer, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

In our line of work, life isn’t a given - it’s the ultimate goal. When life takes an unexpected turn, our technology and solutions enable caregivers to make informed diagnostic decisions to improve patient care. This is our shared purpose at Radiometer and what unites all +4000 of us - no matter our roles or where in the world we’re located.

Radiometer is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges.  At Radiometer, our vision is to improve global healthcare with reliable, fast, and easy patient diagnoses.

Join a team where you can be heard, be supported, and always be yourself. We’re building a culture that celebrates backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our associates. Look again and you’ll see we are invested in you, providing the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and try new things with the support you need to be successful.

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The Production Supervisor for Radiometer is responsible for hiring, training, and developing direct reports and executing goals in the Sensors, Dispense, and Formulations Value stream.

This position is part of the Operations Team located in New Brighton, MN and will be on-site.

You will be a part of the Operations Team and report to the Value Stream Manager. If you thrive in a fast-paced role and want to work to build a world-class manufacturing Operations organization—read on.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Support achievement of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity targets through effective and efficient Daily Management execution and supports implementation of Operations Strategy deployment.
• Effectively and efficiently Problem Solve using the formalized Danaher Problem Solving Process.
• Build a Winning Team by recruiting, hiring, training and developing, direct reports, including recommendations for direct labor staffing requirements in accordance with capacity models for current and future KPI success.
• Support the utilization of DBS tools & lean concepts to improve manufacturability, productivity, yields, cost, process variation and customer quality.  Focus on reducing process variation, establishing and ensuring adherence to Standard Work, Work Instructions and Cycle Count discrepancy root cause investigation and countermeasure development.
• Manage associate performance including timecard review and approval, overtime reduction, year-over-year improvement in employee engagement survey results, communication for full-company alignment, and cross-training plan development, execution, communication, and matrix updating.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's Degree or 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• Previous leadership experience

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Lean methodologies
• Visual daily management and process improvement