Supervise employees and activities across areas of quality.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Supervise employees and quality activities pertaining to the production of products and/or manufacturing processes in - and with quality/technical knowledge of 2 or more production areas, depending on the complexity of the areas, in addition to conducting performance reviews, including resolving performance issues
- Oversee the scheduling of work orders and team performance metrics
- Ensure that manufacturing processes are compliant with the quality system requirements and product quality is adequately controlled and continuously improved
- Ensure appropriate staffing for all positions
- 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
- Accountable for productivity and quality metrics of staff, and provide regular progress reports and quality metrics to management and cross-functional stakeholders
- Accountable to ensure staff is appropriately trained to perform assigned work
- Document owner for assigned product line inspection procedures
- Other incidental duties assigned by Leadership
**Education and Experience**:
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent in Industrial Engineering or Scientific field sufficient experience in related manufacturing, quality and/or product development engineering Required and
Experience working in multi-cultural teams with cultural sensitivity
**Additional Skills**:
- High command of in Microsoft Office Suite
- Good communication and interpersonal relationship skills; possessing collaboration skills in partnering with cross functional stakeholders in order to achieve objectives
- High understanding of quality procedures
- Ability to supervise/lead employees in a manufacturing environment with supervision
- Robust understanding of processes and equipment used in assigned work
- Ability to work and excel within a fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment
- Ability to lead teams, provide coaching and feedback, including responsibility for all employee actions including hire/fire authority and partnering with HR on all aspects of employee relations
- Knowledge of and adherence to Edwards Environmental Health and Safety and Quality guidelines as they relate to department clean room medical device manufacturing
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts and Six Sigma
- Participate on cross-functional teams Engineering, management, Regulatory, Manufacturing, HR, Planning for the development of cohesive production operations
- Good written and verbal English communication skills
- Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control
- Travel (day and overnight by car, air, train, etc.) will vary. Percentage of time is determined by Management