Production Shift Supervisor

仕事内容

The Shift Supervisor is responsible for the organization and supervision of all activities related to cartridge production in order to guarantee high quality and on-time delivery.

Accountabilities

Maintaining a clean, GMP-compliant and safe working environment:

• Ensure all rooms used by production teams are kept tidy and clean.
• Ensure all cleaning activities are performed and documented according to the related procedures.
• Ensure behavior of production personnel according to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) rules & regulations and the Biocartis policies on safety & quality.
• Report and follow-up of safety issues.

Daily management of production team:

• Make firm decisions that guarantee output, safety, quality and efficiency.
• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel; monitoring progress; revising schedules; resolving problems; reporting on shift production summaries.
• Ensure operation of equipment by calling for repairs.
• Coaching, counseling and disciplining employees.
• Coordinate and follow-up of training production personnel (completion, needs, documentation, assure knowledge transfer in production team).
• Initiate and foster a spirit of cooperation within and between production shifts and lines.
• Ensure knowledge / information transfer over different shifts.

Ownership for processes related to cartridge production:

• Ensure cartridge production and related processes (e.g. IPC testing or spot solution preparation) are performed according to approved procedures and work instructions.
• Ensure that the finished goods satisfy the Biocartis standards in terms of quality, cost, timeliness of delivery and the applicable compliance and legal standards.
• Maintain and make use of visual management of manufacturing performance indicators.

Supporting tasks to production team:

Quality related:

• Report and follow-up of issues, non-conformities or complaints.
• Review and completion of necessary documentation (e.g. batch records,…).
• Responsible for keeping production records and work instructions up to date.
• Ensure any failed material is correctly quarantined.

Efficiency related:

• Follow-up output and daily KPIs and use these data to grow.
• Stimulate flow (standard work / material flow / 5S / …
• Actively contribute to continuous improvement of processes, process flows, process efficiencies, lead times, cost of goods, etc.

Contact person for production team to internal and external partners:

• Contact to teams for production planning of cartridge orders.
• Contact to teams for planning and organization of technical interventions.
• Support the start-up of new products and manufacturing processes.
• Support internal and external visitors (including audits).
• Act as production representative in multidisciplinary teams.

Profile requirements

• Technical High school / Bachelor background or equivalent by experience.
• Min. 2 years of experience as shift supervisor required or equivalent by relevant experience.
• Min. five years’ experience in a manufacturing organization producing medical devices, pharmaceuticals or in-vitro diagnostics. Working within an ISO13485 / GMP compliant environment is a must.
• Experience working in a controlled environment.
• Team leader with well-developed interpersonal skills
• Motivator and enthusiastic coach
• Analytical mindset and problem solver
• Very good communicational and organizational skills
• Result oriented and driven
• Willing to work in 2 shifts (early/late), fixed night or on weekends
• Knowledge of lean principles is an asset
• Planning and Organization: Time & priority management: plans activities effectively with respect for priorities and deadlines.
• Communicating & Influencing: Communicates with persuasion: presents, explains and defends a complex message in a clear and concise way and persuades different stakeholders.
• Adaptability to change: Supporting & facilitating change: enables and shapes change, helps others to understand the need for change and adapt to it.
• Resilience: Maintains self-control, direction and effectiveness in high pressure situations.
• Coaching & Development: Provides ongoing feedback, creates development opportunities and plans to meet employees’ needs and aspirations.
• PC skills: MS Office
• Languages: Advanced knowledge, orally and in writing of Dutch, preferably also English

Our offering

We offer you an exciting job in a fast growing international and innovative environment where you can work with top entrepreneurs in the biotech industry. You can be part of a very dynamic, young and growing team. You will have freedom to shape your work and shape your job where you deem it necessary: we value your input. Of course we offer you an appropriate compensation package.