About Lubrizol
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit.
We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognise unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.
Bavaria Medizin Technologie GmbH (BMT), part of Lubrizol, specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of innovative medical devices, including the first commercial drug-coated balloon. Located near Munich, Germany, with a facility in Sibiu, Romania, BMT offers comprehensive services from R&D to logistics management. They excel in catheter-based technologies and provide private label manufacturing, OEM, and contract services. BMT is dedicated to enhancing lives through cutting-edge medical solutions
Job Title: Production Manager
Job Location: Wessling, Germany
Job Type: Permanent
Type of role: On Site
Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as Production Manager!
Unleash Your Potential. At BMT we're transforming our production environment and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.
What You'll Do:
As a Production Manager, you'll be at the forefront of our innovation, supervising the manufacturing of balloons and catheters products with the support and assistance of your team. You will be leading the daily production of assemblers and machine operators while you monitor your team productivity, quality, teamwork, attendance and attention to detail together with order volume, planning, capacity analysis and workforce adjustments to maximize labor utilization. High quality products that conform to individual customer specifications will be key for your success. You will have the opportunity to investigate non-conformities and customer complaints regarding products and recommend permanent manufacturing improvements to correct and prevent recurrences.
What We're Looking For:
* Monitor employees’ daily manufacturing for quality, conforming product.
* Plan and monitor manufacturing of customer orders for timely shipment and workforce capacity analysis.
* Manage performance of employee workforce through effective communication and timely performance management.
* Diagnose manufacturing problems and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
* Drive a Continuous Improvement mindset, using tools as VSM, bottleneck analysis, 5S, etc.
* Monitor facilities to make sure that it runs at an optimal capacity and prevents down time. Suggest areas of improvements
* Team with Quality Control Department in the disposition of non-conforming product and resolution of quality problems and with product development function to ensure smooth transition of R&D product to production.
* Plan, promote, and organize training activities related to product quality.
* Understand and follow the SOP’s pertaining to their specific area.
* Develop Department Supervisors to act and assist in running manufacturing.
* Maintain standards for housekeeping and safety.
* Make presentations in both large and small group settings.
* Understand and follow the Work Instructions pertaining to their specific area.
* Identify opportunities for process optimization to reduce manufacturing costs.
Skills That Make a Difference:
* Degree in a technical discipline (e.g. engineering, supply chain, chemistry, business, etc.) or 15+ years of experience in production roles. An MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
* 10 years’ experience within production in a manufacturing environment. Experience in a medical device of medical contract manufacturing industry is considered as a plus.
* Lean Manufacturing Green Belt or Six Sigma certification is an added value.
* Experience in a leadership position.
* Experience supervising personnel in a manufacturing setting to include distribution of work, scheduling, training, answering of questions related to work, problem solving, performance management and discipline.
* Able to calculate product cost breakdowns such as: piece/hr., hrs./piece, total cost of manufacture, piece part cost, machine and manufacturing cycle times, manufacturing yields, efficiencies, OTIF, costs by operation, and machine and equipment capacity
* Atention to detail, organized and capable of multi-tasking with high sense of urgency.
* Proficient on Excel software. Ability to create and interpret spreadsheets, pivot tables and cost analysis.
* Excellent (written and verbal) communication and effective human interaction skills both in English and German.
Perks and Rewards That Inspire:
* Develop your professional career with a highly respected, industry-leading, multinational company that is part of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
* Become part of a culture that is based on accountability and empowerment and which values diversity and inclusivity.
* A competitive remuneration and benefits package.
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Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together!
It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities.
We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.
As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.
One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today.
More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their ethnic origin, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other characteristic.