Jobs at Boston Scientific in Costa Rica, Alajuela

About the Role:

Perform raw material purchases for the company in a timely and efficient manner in order to assure proper functioning of the organization. Satisfy our clients´ product requirements through an efficient control and programming of company resources.

Your Responsibilities Include:

· Conduct production planning to effectively comply with product requirements, maintaining a balance between the clients’ requirements and the site´s efficiency and inventory level.

· Additional Responsibilities:

· Establish an actual, reachable, and acceptable Production Plan.

· Obtain an effective use of labor and equipment.

· Achieve timely communication with operative areas (Production, Purchasing, etc.) with direct influence on their functions, and with the entire organization in general.

· Follow up on the production plan through defining appropriate quantities, distribution and times in order to achieve maximum operative efficiency.

· Participate in the MRB (Material Review Board) as required.

· Perform the capacity requirement analysis, with a monthly frequency as minimum.

· Weekly and monthly reports on Production Plan´s control and monitoring.

· Establish “special” schedules, such as overtime, trainings, meetings, etc. within the production plan.

· Engage with purchasing, core teams, and global supply partners as needed.

· Provide inventory analysis as required or requested.

· Create comunication lines with network stakeholders

What We’re Looking For:

· Bachelor degree in: Industrial, Electronic, Biotechnology, Electromechanical Engineering or related field

· English Level: B2+ (80% -95%).

· Desired knowledge: APICS Certification desirable, Excel Advance, Inventory, APICS Certification, SAP,

About the Role:

Responsible for the efficient management of production resources: equipment, personnel and materials.

Your Responsibilities Include:

· Oversee operations efficiency and standardization.

· Directly responsible for complying with the production plan and the quality of the product, as well as for line personnel.

· Analyze and evaluate process improvements in order to reduce defects and scrap and/or improving yields.

· Follow procedures established for each operation, and keep work areas organized and clean at all times.

· Participate and/or lead problem solving processes, whether due to increasing trends on complaints, defects, scrap, or low productivity, among others.

· Provide feedback to shift lead.

· Support employee-safety oriented initiatives: use of safety equipment in the operations area, and EH&S awareness programs. Ensure that all personnel follows safety protocols.

· Support EHS management system: responsible of understand, know and apply EHS policy. Responsible to acknowledge and inform the environmental aspects and health and safety risks relevant to mitigate, reduce and eliminate impact during operations.

· Monitor and update the department´s core metrics: Yield, Efficiency, Plan Compliance, RCTIME and Quality.

What We’re Looking For:

· Engineering or administration Bachelor degree.

· English Level required: B2 (80% - 90%).

· Desired knowledge: CQE y/o APICs Certification desirable, Problem Solving methodologies, Methodologies; Lean Tools: 5S, CQE y/o APICs Certification desirable

About the Role:

Under supervisory direction, assist in the daily support of products, processes, materials, and equipment in order to achieve production goals (i.e., quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and safety).

Your Responsibilities Include:

• May execute the following responsibilities:
• Works cooperatively with R&D, Process Development, Quality, Production, Regulatory, Equipment Engineering, Supply Chain, and Marketing to ensure project success.
• Identifies and implements improvements (e.g., yields, processes, and productivity).
• Undertakes and successfully completes simple or basic product support tasks to include any of the following: verifying specifications, maintaining product/process documentation, testing processes, equipment, raw materials and product, and validating equipment processes.
• Assists in inventing/creating concepts and designs/approaches for new processes/test methods.
• Designs, procures, and fabricates basic equipment, tooling and fixtures.
• Designs and coordinates rudimentary engineering tests and experiments.
• Summarizes, analyzes, and provides recommendations from test results.
• Performs troubleshooting on existing products/process problems as related to design, material, or processes.
• Prepares standard reports/documentation to communicate results to the technical community.
• Assists in the identification and implementation of production goals.
• Trains operators/technicians on new processes and/or test procedures.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electromechanical, Electronic, Biomedical, Chemistry, Industrial, Electrical Industrial Maintenance.
• English Level: B2(70% - 79%).
• Able to work during shift C (10:00 pm to 6:00 am)
• Desired knowledge: Problem Solving, Regulatory Industrymanagement, Networking, Process Validations, Tools (Statistics, Technical Manuals, Kaizen, Six Sigma), DOE, Statistical and Experimental Analysis

Your Responsibilities Include:

• Support and assist the Financial New Products leader.
• Contribute to the development of the annual operating plan (AOP), monthly control, variance analysis and local and corporate reporting.
• Conduct financial and budget analysis, generating several types of reports for managerial decision making.
• Contribute to the preparation of quarterly forecasts, which are then sent to the company’s headquarters, division and/or project managers.
• Provide support to the accounting cycle, including month-end activities; analysis and follow-up of variances to standard costs, financial plans per project.
• Provide with a high level of customer service, both internal and external clients of the company.
• Provide support and develop Standard Cost Estimations for New Product according to provided assumptions, keep track of changes and provide final Std Cost at project end.
• Generate reports at month end for actual vs plan project expenditures, costs, resource time sheets, etc.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Accounting / Industrial Eng or related field.
• English Level: B2+- C1 (80-95%)
• Desired knowledge: Proven analytical skills / SAP / Proficiency in MS Excel.
• At least 1 or more years of experience in Financial analysis positions.
• Proven experience in cost accounting and Standard Cost Development.
• Knowledge in accounting processes, basic accounting, is required.

Drives improvement and corrective actions in the quality of components sourced from external suppliers. Provides technical support in the selection of suppliers. Develops acceptance criteria for materials. Monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yield issues and field failures.

Your Responsibilities Include:

• Assess potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities. Provides technical support for the introduction of components from a new supplier.
• Generate and maintains incoming inspection procedures. Train inspectors to these procedures.
• Develop and/or source inspection tools and equipment.
• Assist in generating component specifications.
• Generate test protocols, monitor testing, issue qualification test reports and approve components for use in products.
• Provide input to Design Engineering on new component technology and assist in component selection with quality and reliability analysis.
• Analyses incoming material defects. Dispositions and drives corrective action as necessary. Communicates issues to suppliers.
• Review new design specifications and provide input from component quality and manufacturability perspective.
• Investigate field failures related to supplier materials. Develop corrective action plan when necessary.
• Support New Product Developments and review documentation related to suppliers and components.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Material Science, Chemical, Industrial, Electronic, Biotechnology, Electromechanical, Engineering or related field.
• English Level desired: 80% - 89%.
• At least 2 years of experience in similar position.
• Desired knowledge: ASQ certification, problem solving and strong communication skills.

Your Responsibilities Include:

• May execute the following responsibilities:
• Identify Manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming material, customer complaints) by dispositioning non-conforming material, assisting in identification of primary root causes and understanding corrective and preventative actions. May be responsible for working with process owner to bound product stops and document release criteria.
• Understanding of product quality plans, documents and systems by reviewing product specifications, quality specifications, and working with quality systems. May be responsible for learning risk analyses and FMEAs.
• Monitoring Systems by becoming familiar with systems applications and critical process steps; and through familiarization with methods used to reduce process variation.
• Becomes familiar with Product/Process improvement efforts by understanding current quality metric data and learning the various analysis methods used to enhance sustaining product design and new product development
• Learns Quality Tools & Training Materials by gaining knowledge of prevalent tools used and by reviewing & utilizing available training materials.
• Checks and provides support in the execution and investigation of CAPAs, NCEP, Failure Mode Investigations, etc.
• Evaluates new equipment and processes and participates in the transfer of new products.
• Get involve in various stages of equipment and processes validations: Run and / or review and / or approve reports I.Q 's, O.Q' s and P.Q 's as well as any other document relating to validation.
• Read and interpret technical drawings, procedures, and protocols
• Assure that all laboratory equipment is in compliance to perform the analysis activities (calibration, safety, cleanness).
• Document investigation findings in analysis report on GCS2
• Become a trainer for the Software related with complaints handling process (GCS2), as required.
• Work with Research and Development to efficiently qualify new components; assist suppliers in creating of statistical sampling plans, inspection methodology and quality procedures for new components
• Responsible for reviewing and developing process validation protocols and reports. Support other functional areas during the validation activities
• Support environmental monitoring, microbiology and product testing as in approved procedures and protocols.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Industrial, Electronic, Biotechnology, Electromechanical Engineering or Related Field
• English Level: B2(70% - 79%).
• Desired knowledge: desirable ASQ Certified, ASQ certification (CQE, SSGB) desired, problem solving, Formal training on statistical and quality techniques desirable, Networking, Statistical skills, ASQ certified, knowledge of Six Sigma, Knowledge in Lean, APQP or similar