Boston Scientific Production Associate Manager - M2 

Ireland, Cork 

31904675

Advancing possibilities for a brighter tomorrow

Manages a discreet business unit through Production Team Leaders and Support Teams. Primary job functions include: developing capacity plans; managing financial budgets and setting aggressive department goals that support BSC’s current and future objectives; partnering with Logistics, Engineering, Quality, HR and Finance to optimize business performance; supporting process development endeavours; ensuring and championing department adherence to Quality regulatory and GMP requirements. This position is responsible for directing and co-ordinating all the manufacturing operations for the area of responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership: a key leader in the value stream, ensuring a team of 200+ produce strong business results and team ethos. Sets stretch goals and ensures strong overall performance.
• Drive for results/ Customer Focus: leads team to ensure a strong focus on execution, to ensure customer needs met, through delivery of a balanced scorecard across safety, quality, service, cost & people. Able to meet targets & deadlines.
• Collaborative relationships: forms strong collaborative relationships with Engineering & Quality Manager peers. Develops strong raporte with local and global customers/ support functions.
• People Management: manages a direct team of Production Supervisors and leads a cross functional team. Fosters strong employee engagement & communication.
• Planning & Prioritisation: plans resources and capacity of value stream to deliver on committed build plans and future growth.
• Coach/ Mentor: coaches & mentors reports to ensure they develop the skills required for their roles, and there is reports to ensure strong succession pipeline in place.
• Diversity & inclusion focuses on developing a culture of diversity & inclusion within value stream teams.
• Financial Acumen: develops an understanding of key financial metrics and levers. Able to manage within budget and develops annual budgets to deliver on strategic plan.
• LEAN/ Innovation: promotes the use of key lean tools such as Daily Accountability, 5S, Continuous Improvement, 6 Step Problem Solving and Communication Huddles. Uses innovative thinking to develop new approaches to issues as required.
• Quality System: ensures strong quality focus from team, in line with Boston Scientific Quality System to ensure patient safety and product/ process compliance.
• Strategic Thinking/ Execution: partners with Engineering & Quality Manager peers to develop and deliver 3 year strategic plan for Value Stream. Supports and leads site and functional strategic initiatives as required.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (HETAC level 8) in a Business/Engineering or other related discipline.
• Ideally 8 + years’ experience in a Leadership role within a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent leadership skills and demonstrated ability to build strategic relationships.
• Results driven with a proven ability to deliver targets and meet deadlines.
• Key Decision Maker and ability to drive innovation and engagement.

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