Manufacturing Superintendent

This is where  your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. 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. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Responsible for meeting production requirements, delivering quality products to customers in a timely fashion and cost-efficient manner. Identify/prioritize/provide resources to assist the department manager to meet the annual operating plan and budgetary commitments. Supervise the daily manufacturing operations across a department or multiple departments. Emphasize training and implement control systems on the shift or multiple shifts to eliminate product discrepancies. Contribute to employee feedback and developmental processes. Provide a positive and equitable working environment emphasizing the Baxter Shared Values: Respect/Responsiveness/Results. Support and emphasize the Safety and Quality commitments of the department. Collaborate with other managers/customers to ensure our quality commitments are met. Coordinate daily and weekly production schedules across Devices operations to ensure attainment of production commitments, effective labor utilization, and timely escalation of capacity constraints. Ensure consistency in personnel policy administration across the plant. Help prepare material, supply, and labor budgets and forecasts for areas of responsibility. Make staffing decisions, perform succession planning for key positions Investigate and resolve disciplinary issues up to and including suspensions and terminations. Will be responsible for driving operational excellence and flawless execution in the areas of cost reduction, discard reduction, annual productivity improvements, inventory turnover, regulatory excellence including exception reduction and internal/external regulatory commitment management, on time delivery and lead time reduction, improving the overall safety of the work environment, leadership development and the ability to create a vibrant continuous improvement culture based on the principles of QLP, Lean Manufacturing, total employee involvement and DMAIC problem solving Perform analytical reviews, recommend, and implement corrective action for any exception condition. Sustain a clean and safe work area using 6S principles Learn, understand, and apply rigorous quality standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). ·       Notify the supervisor and take appropriate action if any safety, quality, mechanical or discrepancy issues occur. Knowledge, Skill and Abilities Ability to coordinate and direct manufacturing activities across multiple shifts through collaboration with shift supervisors while maintaining direct supervisory responsibility for assigned employees. Ability to interpret and analyze statistical data and information and financial reports, understand and resolve technical difficulties, work with internal engineering/technical experts and external technical representatives, manage multiple priorities in a manufacturing plant setting, be resourceful to a large manufacturing department. Knowledge of World Class manufacturing methods (QLP, Lean, Six Sigma), Good Manufacturing Practices, Food Drug and Administration guidelines and process validation. Understand verbal and written safety and quality instructions and read and comprehend written work