Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world. At Edwards Lifesciences facilities around the world, our Manufacturing teams create the tools, technologies, and devices that transform patients’ lives. As part of our sewing, assembly, delivery, and distribution teams, your attention to detail and commitment to continuous improvement will help us turn innovative ideas into reality. Your purpose-driven work will help leave lasting and positive impacts on patient lives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise employees and manufacturing activities pertaining to the production of products and/or manufacturing processes in - and with manufacturing/technical knowledge of - 1 or more production areas, depending on the complexity of the areas

• Conduct performance reviews, including resolving performance issues

• Oversee the scheduling of work orders and team performance metrics

• Accountable to ensure staff is appropriately trained to perform assigned work

• Accountable for productivity, quality, and training metrics of staff, and provide regular progress reports and manufacturing metrics to management and cross-functional stakeholders

• Ensure appropriate staffing for all positions

• May participate in improvement projects, partner with engineering on investigations and/or corrective actions, perform non-conformance investigations for review with engineering, assures documentation content is valid

• Other incidental duties

Education and Experience:

• Other: in Diploma, 5 years relevant experience

• with internship or substantial technical knowledge and experience in related manufacturing, and/or quality

• Experience working in multi-cultural teams with cultural sensitivity

• Experience working in a medical device industry Required

Additional Skills:

• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite with working knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, preferably JDE

• Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills; possessing strong collaboration skills in partnering with cross functional stakeholders in order to achieve objectives

• Full understanding of manufacturing procedures

• Ability to supervise/lead employees in a manufacturing environment

• Ability to analyze and identify potential line/operation layouts adjustments to improve efficiency

• Basic understanding of processes and equipment used in assigned work

• Ability to work and excel within a fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment

• Ability to lead teams, provide coaching and feedback, including responsibility for all employee actions including hire/fire authority and partnering with HR on all aspects of employee relations

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts and Six Sigma

• Must be able to promote and work in an inter-departmental team environment

• Successful completion of ongoing job training of manufacturing process steps

• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control