Sr Supervisor, Manufacturing

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

The senior supervisor plays a critical role in ensuring strict compliance with regulatory requirements and the site's quality management system, including consistent adherence to validated standard operating procedures. As a frontline leader, this role drives capacity, throughput, labor efficiency, and downtime reduction to maximize operational performance through Kaizen events and continuous improvement. In addition, the senior supervisor is responsible for building a stable workforce through effective recruiting, training and retention of staff - ultimately ensuring the reliable production of high quality lifesaving medical devices.

Your team:

Baxter is focused on saving and sustaining lives by manufacturing high-quality products. We strive to create quality products for our customers each day.

Delivering life-saving products is about getting them right, and attention to detail is how we make sure we meet that challenge. We are a team that supports each other throughout each shift. Working together in a supportive and open culture makes our processes evolve for the better and engages our workforce.

What You'll be Doing

• Provide mentorship, support, direction, and leadership through positive interactions with all personnel during daily operations.
• Supervise day-to-day production, scheduling, staffing, material management, compliance, training, and auditing activities to meet customer requirements, including deadlines and quality standards.
• Interview, hire, mentor, motivate, develop, and guide staff. Conduct annual performance reviews for all direct reports, assist in setting performance objectives and development plans, and monitor progress.
• Review, approve, and manage documentation for batch and system records. Assist in meeting product release time goals.
• Highlight training programs aimed at enabling staff to consistently implement all manufacturing processes in strict adherence to cGMPs and EHS regulations.
• Develop and implement performance measurement and internal auditing programs to routinely evaluate operation efficiency and quality. Implement changes as needed based on assessments.
• Perform/lead technical reviews, investigations, and process improvement projects.
• Offer insights from manufacturing to support the integration and validation of new equipment and processes.
• Resolve technical, material, and cGMP problems that may impact project deadlines. Provide mentorship and troubleshooting assistance as needed during a deviation in the process.
• Act as the company's representative during FDA inspections. Offer the required information to the FDA to establish credibility and showcase adherence to cGMPs.
• Provide a positive and equitable working environment emphasizing the Baxter Shared Values: Respect /Responsiveness / Results.
• Identify, initiate, and facilitate continuous improvements, lean manufacturing activities, and initiatives, such as 5S, visual management, kaizens.
• Identify and implement Manufacturing savings projects.
• Learn, understand, and apply rigorous quality standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
• Submit and/or maintain and distribute reports related to attendance, labor, efficiency, safety, scrap, and others as needed.
• Work weekends and daily overtime and work inside the cleanroom to monitor, mentor, and lead the team.

• Proven track record of interpersonal and leadership skills with ability to interface well with other departments and lead effectively and efficiently in a team environment.
• Profound understanding of relevant manufacturing machinery and procedures.
• Ability to handle numerous tasks in a manufacturing plant setting.
• Ability to analyze and interpret scientific and statistical data.
• Proficient in professional writing and capable of drafting technical reports.
• Ability to clearly articulate information during regulatory/client inspections.
• Ability to understand GMPs and other applicable regulatory guidelines.
• Strong assessment and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to respond to detailed inquiries and present information to groups and senior leaders.
• Ability to supervise multiple groups/shifts, if applicable.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office and experience with enterprise software.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3-5 years of manufacturing experience.
• 2+ years of supervisory experience.

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

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