Team Leader, Manufacturing

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your Role at Baxter

This is where my hands make life-sustaining products!

You are driven by the knowledge that the products you help make saves & sustain lives. You can move quickly, address questions, and encourage teammates, all while getting quality products out on time. You are calm, positive, and a key part of a fast-paced environment that emphasizes camaraderie and teamwork.

The Team Lead of manufacturing is responsible for overseeing daily operations in the assembly area, ensuring efficiency, quality control, safety standards, and effective team collaboration. The Team Lead acts as a liaison between management and assemblers, coordinate tasks, troubleshoot issues and drives productivity improvements. This role requires hands-on leadership representing the production team at the Zone Control and Fast Response meetings to escalate production issues and deploy shifts based on site priorities and goals. This role reports to the Supervisor of Manufacturing.

Your Team

Baxter is focused on saving & 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

• Team Leadership: First line leader for the assembly team with a hands-on collaboration as needed.

• Assign assemblers day-to-day tasks/jobs in accordance with business needs, training matrix restrictions, and job rotation requirements

• Attending daily meetings (Zone Control and Fast Response) to speak on issues in production that need support

• Lead Sunup and Sundown meetings with production team

• Enforce EHS and safety protocols and regulations, ensuring a safe working environment for all employees.

• Act as the Assembly floater, filling production gaps where necessary due to absenteeism or increased production demand.

• Communication: Foster effective communication between various departments including Logistics, Commercial, Procurement, and Quality, among others, to ensure alignment with production goals

• Urgently needed parts in the warehouse/receiving area

• Part outages

• Upcoming build dates for parts due to ship

• Inventory & Materials Management: Ensure proper use of materials and resources to avoid waste and maintain inventory control.

• Ensure assembly materials are in correct picking locations to allow proper flow of materials through system(s) and timely shipment of material

• Execute and confirm transfer orders

• Physically moving parts as necessary to ensure system accuracy to reality and refill picking bins when empty and/or alert buyers of empty bins

• Cycle Counting: Plan, execute, and maintain the cycle counting program for the production area in accordance with financial requirements and usage history

• Perform daily cycle counts in potentially multiple ERPs

• Perform ad hoc cycle counts as needed by members of the Supply Chain team

• Report out daily cycle count accuracy and work with the team to troubleshoot root causes

• Oversight of cycle counting primarily for the production area

• Coordinate and provide support and collaboration to the Logistics and Supply Chain teams to manage supply needs. Quality Control: Execute systemic and physical inventory moves when necessary for quality control reasons

• Moving material to Quality hold and MRB when product is on a hold and back to inventory when product is released from Quality

• Scrapping out product scrapped by the production team Reporting and Documentation:

• Maintain accurate records of production activities, including downtime, output, and quality metrics.

• Prepare regular reports on management on production, inventory of materials, cycle counts, and performance issues. Continuous Improvement:

• Participate in Problem Solving Workshops, Kaizens, and other Continuous Improvement Events – especially when focused on the production area

• Collaborate with the Supervisor and other areas (e.g., Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, CI Manager) in identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance productivity, efficiency and quality. Other duties as assigned

What You'll Bring

• HS Diploma or GED equivalent required.

• 2 years of experience in manufacturing operations required & 2 or more years in a leadership role desired.

• Detailed oriented with a strong focus in following processes.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Independent working professional, highly organized, efficient, and self-motivated in a high paced, reactive, and ever-changing environment.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Flexibility in adjusting and adapting to shifting priorities and demands

• Proficiency using Microsoft 365 based computer skills preferred – primarily Microsoft Excel.

• Basic knowledge of ERP System such as MAS or SAP preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Walk through the production and/or warehouse areas, when needed.

• Able to drive forklift and move/carry material up to 25 lbs.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $46,400 - $60,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
                                                                                                                                                               
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