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Edwards Lifesciences Supervisor II, Manufacturing in Cartago, Costa Rica
Supervise employees and activities across areas of manufacturing for smooth and continuous operations.
How you’ll make an impact:
• Supervise employees and manufacturing activities pertaining to the production of products and/or manufacturing processes in - and with manufacturing/technical knowledge of - 2 or more production areas, depending on the complexity of the areas, to ensure the specifications and procedures of the company, in addition to conducting performance reviews, including resolving performance issues
• Oversee the scheduling of work orders and team performance metrics
• Accountable to ensure staff is appropriately trained to perform assigned work
• Accountable for productivity and quality metrics of staff, and provide regular progress reports and manufacturing metrics to management and cross-functional stakeholders
• Lead improvement projects, partner with engineering on investigations and/or corrective actions, perform non-conformance investigations for review with engineering, assures documentation content is valid including designing, implementing and optimizing procedures and working methods
• Ensure appropriate staffing for all positions
• Perform daily audit to ensure employees are in adherence to manufacturing procedures
• Other incidental duties (e.g. occasional photo copying or deliveries)
What you’ll need:
Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or related field. Required
2 years of experience in personnel supervisory with full responsibility for all personnel and handling all aspects of employee relations in manufacturing, quality and/or product development engineering. Required
Experience working in a medical device industry. Preferred
Intermediate English level. Required
What else we look for (preferred):
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite with working knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, preferably JDE
• Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills; possessing strong collaboration skills in partnering with cross functional stakeholders in order to achieve objectives, as well as mediating differences to achieve consensus
• Project management
Work shift:
Availability to work from Monday to Friday from 6.00 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.