Global Manufacturing Director Role Overview: This role will collaborate with different departments around the world, monitoring design, production, quality, and delivery outputs for one of the company's main products. They will oversee all front-end design processes to meet daily production goals and comply with standard operating procedures.
Main Responsibilities: · Oversee a global team of designers, operators and their leadership teams on their daily functions, as well as providing coaching, motivation and problem-solving strategies acting as the liaison between different stakeholders.
· Monitor and distribute work according to customer and business needs · Maintain performance standards, quality (ISO, FDA regulations), delivery times and compliance throughout all the areas under his/her leadership.
· Keep track of cases and customer issues, output, lead times and productivity for each designer, as well as their processes, schedules and workload.
· Manage budget and manufacturing variances to support the financial goals and health of the operations under his/her leadership.
· Participate in company LEAN initiatives and apply them on the daily basis of his/her teams and job.
Requirements: · Bachelor's degree preferably in Business Administration, Operations or Engineering.
· Advanced excel skills to perform modeling, trending, and analytics (i.e.
vlookups, macros, advanced formulas, pivot-tables and charts) · 5-10 years of experience managing operational teams in an FDA regulated manufacturing setting · Travel – Estimated overnight travel is 5%, includes international travel · Proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional groups Preferred Qualifications: · Education – bachelor's degree in business administration or engineering; MBA is desirable. · Experience – 3-5 years of experience in similar global leadership positions within manufacturing industries · Working knowledge of principles in lean enterprises.
· Experience managing a team ofl manufacturing professionals · Experience managing remote teams/international teams.
· Experience managing quality systems and processes.
