Associate Production Team Leader
Summary
Oversee daily manufacturing operations in a medical device plant, leading teams to meet production targets, ensure quality/safety, and manage hiring and cost controls.
Shift: 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm Monday – Friday (Weekends based on business need)
What you will do –
The Associate Production Team Leader will be an engaging leader for team growth and business results while maintaining a people, quality and safety first mindset. You will be the manufacturing leader in our Manufacturing Operations, accountable for team performance in the areas of: quality, delivery and performance to budget, team building, employee engagement, new product transfer, capacity and production planning.
- Be responsible for the operations launch functions for product transfer to Kalamazoo site from other Stryker locations
- Be responsible for multiple assembly lines
- Lead team members from Operations to achieve monthly production targets
- Use data and other inputs, to identify, prioritize, and deliver on business and customer needs
- Be responsible for the recruitment and hiring of talent
- Forecast and predict recruitment needs of temporary and permanent talent to the team for conversion
- Manage labor through OT approval and timecard management
- Drive employee engagement by being responsible and accountable for actions promoting an environment that fosters personal growth and development
- Hold team and associated personnel accountable for Production quality requirements for regulatory standpoint
- Collaborate with cross functional teams (Advanced Operations, Engineering, Quality) to achieve business goals
- Analyze and identify levers to impact metrics/action plans to improve metrics and project impacts
- Anticipate and predict line down issues and partner with support staff to avoid delays to production
- Identify, prioritize and lead cost reduction initiatives to deliver on financial projections
- Partner with other business unit leaders on projects or operations initiatives to align when appropriate
- Be responsible for managing cost performance for the unit/team supported
- Lead daily meetings and communicate business results /metrics clearly at all levels of the operations business
- Evaluate employee performance through various means, such as talent reviews and common annual reviews, and enforcing company policies through appropriate disciplinary measures, with guidance
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement through the support of business and process improvements including but not limited to 6S, lean manufacturing initiatives, etc..
- Will participate in regulatory agency (FDA, ISO, EUMDR, etc.) audits
Required –
- Bachelor's degree (or 6 years equivalent experience)
- 2+ years of working experience
- Excellent organization, planning, communication, project management and performance attainment in a manufacturing or logistics environment
Preferred –
- Demonstrated leadership characters and capabilities
- Previous manufacturing experience
- Experience with medical device regulations, FDA regulations
- Intermediate PC skills including Microsoft Office, Excel, Power BI, ERP Systems
- SCADA experience
$77,700 - $129,500 USD Annual