Production Manager -OBI

The OBI Production Manager leads and coordinates all assembly and packaging activities for OBI products, while managing sterilization processes with external partners. This role works closely with Engineering, Automation, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to achieve and continuously improve Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People objectives. As the product transitions from development to commercial scale, the Production Manager plays a critical role in building strong cross-functional relationships across operations, quality, engineering, and customer-facing teams.

Responsibilities

• The scope of the role includes assembly, packaging and co-ordination of sterilization with external vendor.

• Provide leadership to the production team to deliver on SQDCP objectives.

• Ensure full Health & Safety compliance and engagement across the OBI team to build a Safety First culture.

• Plan Resources to ensure optimum flow of units through the manufacturing process to meet the production schedule.

• Own Production Planning to meet commercial and development deliverables.

• Monitor and optimize stock levels of components and WIP for OBI.  Including assisting with stock/cycle inventories.

• Ensure the production area is compliant with required quality, safety, and environmental standards.  Liaise with microbiology and facilities to ensure cleanroom remains compliant.

• Play a lead role in internal and external audits

• Be responsible for the operations documentation, and quality of that documentation, for all builds both commercial and development.

• Management and development of the production operators for the OBI manufacturing process.

• Lead training for production personnel and develop team training.

• Liaise with Logistics to manage shipments to customers ad to/from external sterilisation vendor.

• Collaborate with Continuous Improvement to identify and execute on opportunities to improve work processes and methods to improve yield, efficiency, throughput and reduce waste.

• Lead and/or support project planning as required

• Any other reasonable duties which may be required by management from time to time.

Educational Requirements and Relevant Experience:

• Minimum third level degree qualification in Manufacturing/Engineering/Science coupled with appropriate experience in high volume manufacturing.

• Minimum of 5 years in a production supervisory/management role in manufacturing.

• Thorough knowledge of production management principles

• Preferably a minimum of 5 years experience in a regulated and/or cleanroom manufacturing environment

 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail

• The ability to lead, work as part of a team and on own initiative as required

• Proactive – someone who anticipates potential problems and is a step ahead

• Working knowledge of engineering and improvement concepts associated with a high volume, technically complex, regulated manufacturing unit.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Good PC skills

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