Monitor Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Vantive: A New Company Built on Our Legacy

Since last year, Baxter has been on a journey to separate our Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

*Completion of the proposed sale of Vantive to funds managed by the Carlyle Group is subject to receipt of customary regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other closing conditions.

Summary
The Monitor Manufacturing Engineering Manager ensures continuous support for production activities to guarantee business continuity through process validation, continuous improvement, problem solving, industrialization, innovation and training.
Your activity will be focused on our dialysis machine production area (managed applying Lean Methodology like One Piece Flow, Kanban e process standardization) and you’ll also be responsible for CAPEX management for all the plant.
You’ll lead a team (~10 people), reporting to the Plant Manager.

What you'll be doing

• Review validation activities and manage team that will execute validation protocols, procedures, work instructions, OPLs.
• Manage CAPEX projects related to all the manufacturing plant
• Manage industrialization processes, support prototyping activities and manage production transfer projects (in both directions, transfer to other locations and receiving from other sites)
• Be responsible for “change control” activities related to different production lines and spare parts production and for production improvements to be compliant with quality and safety regulations updates
• Supervises and coordinate projects driven by the plant or launched by global departments that impact production
• Manage budget related to CAPEX, site projects and your team 
• Manage and develop the manufacturing engineering team
• Collaborate with other departments such as quality, R&D manufacturing, etc… that can be based in Medolla or other sites.

What you’ll bring

• Degree in Engineering or scientific disciplines
• Solid experience in process industrialization/optimization and project management
• Previous experience in Medical Device/Pharma/Automotive sector and in complex/multinational environment is preferred
• Strong team management and communication skills
• Problem solving attitude and ability to priorities activities and projects
• Proficient knowledge of English, written and spoken
  

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