Philips Sr Operations Manager 

Costa Rica 

862264952

Sr. Operations Manager

Role Overview

• Safety and Environment: Maintain and improve safety standards, support EHS projects, and address safety incidents with preventive solutions.
• Quality and Compliance: Ensure adherence to quality and GMP guidelines, update procedures, track training and handle NCR and CAPA processes.
• Task Planning and Scheduling: Organize tasks to meet deadlines, prioritize production, manage staffing, and prepare financial plans. Contribute to strategic planning (Hoshin).
• Productivity and Efficiency: Implement strategies to boost productivity, propose process optimizations, create cost-saving projects, and lead continuous improvement efforts.
• Communication and Mentorship: Guide operations leaders, set performance KPIs, communicate policies and strategies, manage inventory, ensure material availability, and address line down situations proactively.

Responsibilities

• Financial Management: Prepare financial forecasts and annual operating plans, CAPEX projects; ensuring expenses are within approved budgets.
• Ensure proper staffing to meet production line deliverables: Optimize manufacturing performance metrics such as productivity, cost of non-quality, equipment utilization, inventory, and overall efficiency.
• Safety, Quality, and Compliance: Ensure adherence to GMP guidelines, compliance to regulations and always maintain a safe work environment.
• Employee Development and Communication: performance reviews, development plans, succession plans.
• Continuous Improvement and Lean Initiatives: Advocate and drive Operational Excellence, initiating and leading improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor degree in Economics, Administration, Engineering
• Advanced English
• 10 years of equivalent job experience in related fields (Supervisory, Supply Chain or Engineering roles for Operations) in Medical Industry is a must
• 5 years of experience as people manager
• Project Management Experience
• Administrative shift

• Production and Inventory Management Certifications

• SSBB, PMP, CQE, CQA, APICS

• ISO13485 Training

• Black Belt certified

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