Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Stryker's Medical and Surgical equipment manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan is seeking to hire a Manufacturing Engineering Manager.

WHO WE WANT:

• Talent developers. Growth-oriented managers who recruit and hire top-performing talent and prioritize the development of their team members

• Goal-oriented orchestrators. People who can effectively coordinate and focus the work of skilled employees toward an important goal, prioritizing to the right activities that lead to success.

• Network builders. Managers who build connections with other teams and divisions and coordinate cross-functional collaboration.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• This role will be responsible for direct management of Manufacturing Engineers including, developing and directing team resources and new employee recruiting.

• Arrange resources to meet new product and production customer service needs.

• Plan, organizing, and implement training on manufacturing systems and procedures.

• Develop goals and metrics of the manufacturing engineering team directly related to production unit support.

• Understand capital needs to maintain business requirements via capital expenditure requests, new product introduction, expanding manufacturing capacity, department budgets and driving cost savings.

• Assist subcontractors in resolving manufacturing and quality related issues.

• Assist customers in resolving product issues including line downs, repairs, non-conformances, corrective and preventative actions.

• Sets overall group goals and priorities and evaluates subordinate's performance based on those goals/priorities.

• Drive overall plant strategy including visions for team, plant metrics, and building a supportive and inclusive manufacturing team environment.

• Driving cohesive and collaborative manufacturing strategy, building cross functional partnerships between plant stakeholders.

• Responsible for mid-year and end-of-year performance reviews.

WHAT YOU NEED:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering

• Required

• 8+ years related work experience including 2+ years Management/Supervisory experience

• Required

• Manufacturing experience in a regulated environment

• Preferred

• Previous experience managing manufacturing capital budgets and cost reduction strategies - preferred.

• Ability to implement qualified processes using applicable systems (process validation, process planning tools, design of experiments, manufacturing assembly procedures)

• Preferred

• Ability to develop detailed process plans using applicable tools (process failure mode and effect analysis, fault tree analysis, and safety & efficacy reviews)

• Preferred

• Experience including procurement and implementation of major capital equipment programs

• Preferred