Sr Supervisor, Manufacturing

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Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

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Job Description

The senior supervisor plays a critical role in ensuring strict compliance with regulatory requirements and the site's quality management system, including consistent adherence to validated standard operating procedures. As a frontline leader, this role drives capacity, throughput, labor efficiency, and downtime reduction to maximize operational performance through Kaizen events and continuous improvement. In addition, the senior supervisor is responsible for building a stable workforce through effective recruiting, training and retention of staff - ultimately ensuring the reliable production of high quality lifesaving medical devices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide mentorship, support, direction, and leadership through positive interactions with all personnel during daily operations.
• Supervise day-to-day production, scheduling, staffing, material management, compliance, training, and auditing activities to meet customer requirements, including deadlines and quality standards.
• Interview, hire, mentor, motivate, develop, and guide staff. Conduct annual performance reviews for all direct reports, assist in setting performance objectives and development plans, and monitor progress.
• Review, approve, and manage documentation for batch and system records. Assist in meeting product release time goals.
• Highlight training programs aimed at enabling staff to consistently implement all manufacturing processes in strict adherence to cGMPs and EHS regulations.
• Develop and implement performance measurement and internal auditing programs to routinely evaluate operation efficiency and quality. Implement changes as needed based on assessments.
• Perform/lead technical reviews, investigations, and process improvement projects.
• Offer insights from manufacturing to support the integration and validation of new equipment and processes.
• Resolve technical, material, and cGMP problems that may impact project deadlines. Provide mentorship and troubleshooting assistance as needed during a deviation in the process.
• Act as the company's representative during FDA inspections. Offer the required information to the FDA to establish credibility and showcase adherence to cGMPs.
• Provide a positive and equitable working environment emphasizing the Baxter Shared Values: Respect /Responsiveness / Results.
• Identify, initiate, and facilitate continuous improvements, lean manufacturing activities, and initiatives, such as 5S, visual management, kaizens.
• Identify and implement Manufacturing savings projects.
• Learn, understand, and apply rigorous quality standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
• Submit and/or maintain and distribute reports related to attendance, labor, efficiency, safety, scrap, and others as needed.
• Work weekends and daily overtime and work inside the cleanroom to monitor, mentor, and lead the team.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of interpersonal and leadership skills with ability to interface well with other departments and lead effectively and efficiently in a team environment.
• Profound understanding of relevant manufacturing machinery and procedures.
• Ability to handle numerous tasks in a manufacturing plant setting.
• Ability to analyze and interpret scientific and statistical data.
• Proficient in professional writing and capable of drafting technical reports.
• Ability to clearly articulate information during regulatory/client inspections.
• Ability to understand GMPs and other applicable regulatory guidelines.
• Strong assessment and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to respond to detailed inquiries and present information to groups and senior leaders.
• Ability to supervise multiple groups/shifts, if applicable.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office and experience with enterprise software.
• Ability to collect and analyze data and information to determine paths for process