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Plant Manager (f/m) Eysins (CH)

• GE Healthcare


• Experienced


• Posted 8/2/2018 6:53:05 AM


• 3147254

• Job Function:Manufacturing


• Business Segment: Healthcare Life Sciences

Location(s): Switzerland; Eysins (CH)




Role Summary:

The Plant Manager f/m has full manufacturing /production responsibilities. Inclusive to daily production output, material planning, product cost, productivity, quality, customer fulfillment and environmental and safety for the site. The Site Leader f/m is responsible for developing a vision for the manufacturing operations for our cell therapy equipment and solutions business and around GE Healthcare imperatives.

Essential Responsibilities:
The incumbent f/m should be able to influence and communicate well with all levels of the organization, including senior leadership and act as a business partner in the leadership team to enable significant business growth. An in-depth knowledge of working within the rigors of Medical Device manufacturing is preferred, along with strong project management & skills as the business will grow significantly in the coming years. With the potential of adding new and diverse production lines and a facility expansion that must all be achieved while protecting the existing production. The incumbent will be expected to be comfortable working in a matrix structure and mentor the site personnel to become a high performance results oriented team.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Driving manufacturing team towards execution of Business Goals using Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing methodology
  


• Ensuring sufficient capacity exists to achieve all customer commitments per the OPSI plan
  


• Driving Product Quality, Six Sigma, Lean and e-Manufacturing so that internal business metrics are met
  


• Improving SPAN and other customer metrics
  
  Qualifications/Requirements:
  
  
  
  
  • BS Degree in Engineering or equivalent knowledge and experience
    
  
  
  • Strong experience with proven leadership in leading a manufacturing site
    
  
  
  • Ability to successfully motivate and maintain high moral, employee involvement, safety and teamwork in an union environment
    
  
  
  • Six Sigma trained with demonstrated ability to apply tools and process rigor
    
  
  
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver results in an ambiguous environment
    
  
  
  • External and Business Focus: Understanding customer needs, marketplace dynamics, industry trends, & the competitive landscape in the industry/function & considering the external impact of business activities & decisions on the external environment
    
  
  
  • Fluency in French and English
    
    Desired Characteristics:
    
    
    
    
    • Proven mentoring and coaching abilities, demonstrated ability to motivate & inspire others
      
    
    
    • Change agent with energy, passion & enthusiasm to drive change
      
    
    
    • Inclusiveness: Energizing others by building a connection with the team through personal involvement & trust & providing feedback & coaching to help develop others
      
    
    
    • Clear thinker: Simplifying strategy into specific actions with clear accountability, making decisions with speed & accuracy based on best available information
      & communicating priorities clearly & concisely
      
      About Us:
      GE Healthcare Life Sciences provides products and services used as tools for bio pharmaceutical manufacturing, drug discovery and the latest in cellular technologies, thereby enabling our customers around the world to be more productive, effective and creative. Our motivation is to create better health for more people: through our five decades of supporting the bio pharmaceutical industry and its research partners to become more productive, we are helping to reduce costs, increase access and improve quality in the healthcare system. We use our expertise and know-how in imaginative ways to work with our customers to provide what’s needed today and create products and solutions to enable the medical treatments of tomorrow.
      
      Locations: Switzerland; Eysins (CH)