Manufacturing Manager

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At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your role at Baxter:

At Baxter Healthcare Corporation, we pursue excellence in all that we undertake. We are in search of a highly proficient and dedicated Manufacturing Manager to join our team in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. This role offers a prime chance to direct and innovate within our manufacturing sector, securing seamless implementation and outstanding outcomes.

What you’ll be doing:

As the Manufacturing Manager, you will play a relevant role in our operations. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating manufacturing activities and assuring regulatory compliance.
• Overseeing the supervision of personnel, evaluating performance, and making recommendations for personnel actions.
• You will motivate, coach, inspire, and mentor employees to achieve peak productivity and performance, while actively participating in all HR programs & initiatives related to your area.
• Selecting and developing high-quality team members, creating a succession plan for the department, and optimizing assemblers' weekly scheduling and output. You will update capacity plans for business plan inputs based on Sales & OP Forum and Grow Management Inputs.
• Ensuring appropriate use of expenses & overhead in your manufacturing area. You will actively assist in the plant’s annual budget preparation, oversee budget implementation, and take steps to eliminate or reduce budget deviations.
• Coordinating materials usage, human resources, and support from other departments to achieve optimum production, utilization levels, and efficiency.
• Helping Manufacturing Staff develop strategies among all required departments to meet Budget & Forecast production plans.
• Developing, tracking, and reporting visual metrics, including key performance measures for your area, and reacting to metrics by identifying and solving problems. You will make improvements and advancements in process control, monitoring Manufacturing Area/Lines production and quality performance to focus continuous improvement efforts and resources.
• Reviewing and analyzing production and process issues to determine opportunities to eliminate non-conformance.
• Fostering and improving Haina Plant recognition programs for manufacturing employees, contributing to and participating in Corporate and Plant program implementation.
• Observing all company and regulatory EHS requirements.
• Generating, maintaining, evaluating, and reviewing your area’s metrics as per the designed frequency. You will be accountable for implementing and monitoring countermeasures for any deviations found.
• Anticipating issues and risks that might affect any plant’s primary or secondary process, and mitigating or eliminating those issues.
• Actively supporting all activities related to “People”: Organizational Inventory, Talent Review, and EHS activities to ensure a safe workplace.
• Setting up and maintaining engineering initiatives aimed at eliminating or reducing waste and enhancing the use of space, labor, energy, material, and production supplies. You will develop and maintain the Value Improvement Program (VIP) and actively participate in Lean events, Kaizen, 6S, and Six Sigma along with other process enhancement approaches.

What you’ll bring:

• A B.S. or equivalent experience, preferably in industrial engineering.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership or manager role.
• Experience in the medical device, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industry (strongly preferred).
• Solid knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), ISO 13485, and FDA regulations.
• Proven leadership and team development skills, with experience managing large teams or multiple operations.
• Strong analytical, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Experience leading lean/continuous improvement initiatives.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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