About CooperSurgical:

CooperSurgical is a leader in manufacturing and marketing multiple trusted and innovative brands that assist clinicians in improving the health of women, babies and families worldwide. Through an aggressive growth and diversification strategy, CooperSurgical has evolved its portfolio of over 600 products to include products and services used primarily by obstetricians and gynecologists in surgical and medical procedures wherever they occur: in hospitals, surgical centers, medical offices and fertility clinics.

We're currently hiring for a Director of Plant Operations (internally titled Plant Director) in our Trumbull, CT facility. This role is open to relocation to CT for the selected candidate.

Our Benefits:

As an employee of CooperSurgical, you'll receive an outstanding total compensation plan. As we believe your compensation goes beyond your paycheck, we offer a great compensation package, medical coverage, 401(k), parental leave, fertility benefits, paid time off for vacation, personal, sick and holidays, and multiple other perks and benefits. Please visit us at www.coopersurgical.com to learn more about CooperSurgical and the benefits of becoming a member of our team.

Position Summary:

Plan, coordinate, control and direct manufacturing, material control, product assembly and manufacturing engineer to ensure continuous flow of production to meet customer needs.  Establish job priorities to determine order urgency and parts availability.  Analyze and implement improved methods and procedures for increasing productivity.  Review and recommend product design changes to reduce manufacturing costs and improve product quality while maintaining established budgets. Evaluate current factory performance and identify, propose, and execute cost improvement initiatives. Full site P&L responsibility.

Essential Functions:

• Manage value stream activities in accordance with established production schedules, product quality standards and company profit objectives.
• Ensure schedules are maintained along with evaluating and disposing of rejected material.  Check scrap problems, determine cause and work closely with QC to implement controls necessary to maintain high quality within planned production costs.
• Maintain Safety Stock, planning out assembly hours, equipment, material resources required for daily sales needs with Team Leaders.  Ensure effective utilization by requesting additional personnel or overtime hours as required.
• Monitor flow of work, investigate unusual delays, interface with team leaders, engineering, quality control, manufacturing or sales department personnel to resolve problems and to ensure that production schedules and work quality standards are in line with customer expectations.
• Work closely with materials team and suppliers to review supply needs and/or material problems.  Recommend acquisition of new or replacement equipment and major tools to improve business performance.
• Maintain and update assembly prints and procedures as required.  Receive and sign off on engineering change notices.
• Respond to customer complaints/input and act as a resource to Sales & Marketing Departments.
• Manage cost reduction programs and establish policies and programs that foster communication, team building and motivate all employees.
• Keep leadership team informed of unusual operating conditions.  Submit a variety of reports relating to manufacturing activities.  Prepare and submit operating budgets for approval.
• Comply with GMP, ISO and OSHA regulations.
• Manage the cost improvement programs.

Measures of Performance:

• Accomplishments against specific goals (on time, on budget, as specified)
• Overall plant performance vs. budget (i.e. scrap, labor performance, utilization)
• Cost improvement and profitability contribution
• Ability to manage multiple commitments and competing priorities
• Ability to identify and resolve production problems
• Ability to achieve consensus and support for technical programs

Qualifications:

• Business or Engineering degree required with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in manufacturing environment that is both labor and machine intensive.
• Master’s degree in business preferred.
• 3+ year of site management responsibility including P&L ownership.
• Experience in engineering project management.
• A proven track record of cost reduction and work simplification
• Creative individual who is able to communicate and coordinate good ideas through to implementation
• Ability to communicate well, both orally and written
• Six Sigma Green Belt or higher
• Solid understanding of lean tools
• In-depth understanding of equipment, mechanics and application related to value streams
• Familiarity with Microsoft Software such as Excel, Microsoft Word, Power Point, etc.
• Thorough understanding of medical device manufacturing, especially as it relates to FDA ( GMP ) manufacturing requirements
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of the CooperSurgical Inc. documentation and MRP system

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of CooperSurgical about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at CooperSurgical via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of CooperSurgical, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by CooperSurgical for this position and a valid agreement with CooperSurgical is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the CooperSurgical agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $150,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Relocation assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Trumbull, CT 06611: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location

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