Job Description Summary

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Sr. Manager, Operations
DEPARTMENT: Manufacturing
COMPANY: BD Diagnostics - Diagnostic Systems - North Carolina
LOCATION: 1022 Corporate Park Dr., Mebane, North Carolina 27302
REPORTS TO: Associate Director, Plant Operations (Plant Manager)

The Sr Manager, Operations is responsible for the leadership and direction of manufacturing for Women's Health and Liquid Media businesses at the Mebane, NC plant. This position coordinates the utilization of direct manufacturing, packaging, warehouse and material handling labor to ensure plant goals are accomplished and are in alignment with business objectives. The Sr. Manager is accountable for Safety, Quality, Delivery and Financial performance, enhancing organizational capability through BD Excellence (Lean), and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

• Leads and drives all production activities and establishes manufacturing priorities to achieve quality, cost, and customer service results within a safe working environment.
• Develops budget and manages financial performance for areas of responsibility.
• Develops strategies to drive efficient and effective use of capital and labor. Provides on the job coaching to direct reports. Helps identify areas of opportunity and implement changes to improve performance.
• Provides tools and training for areas of responsibility.
• Collaborates cross functionally with Safety, Quality, Engineering, Planning, Product Support, CI, HR and Finance to implement processes and deliver results.
• Creates and fosters a Culture of Quality throughout the manufacturing organization to ensure that customer and regulatory requirements are met.
• Establishes a working environment that fosters continuous improvement. Provides communication to the Manufacturing and Warehouse teams on the state of the business, plant goals and business strategies.
• Implements recognition, performance appraisal, and accountability systems. Actively participates on plant leadership team and drives the behaviors aligned with the BD Way

• Must demonstrate excellent communication skills, fluency in interpreting and modeling the BD values, ability to seek input from others, ability to relinquish control, and knowledge of current and anticipated customer needs.
• Works closely with all department leaders that directly or indirectly support Manufacturing.
• Job requires independent thought and execution, with little supervision.
• Success depends on the ability to work effectively in a highly cross-functional and matrix-oriented environment, leveraging the knowledge of functional experts within BD as appropriate.

• Bachelor's degree in business, management, or a technical field.
• 8+ years progressive experience in technical and management roles.
• Previous experience in an FDA-regulated (cGMP) industry.
• Proven experience in people development and leading cross functional teams
• Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able to speak, read, and write English fluently.

• Experience with TPM, Lean manufacturing and/or Six Sigma

• Master's degree in business or management
• Experience with SAP: eCOMMS, MRP, Manufacturing and Maintenance modules
• Knowledge and experience with the BD Quality system or equivalent
• Knowledge of technical writing

• Will supervise a group of individual contributors, leads, and supervisors or managers across multiple shifts.
• Must be available to come in on night shift periodically.