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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.\nOur 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.\nHere, you will find more than just a job-you will find purpose and pride.\nYour Role:\nOversees and directs the development, planning, implementation and maintenance of manufacturing processes and operations for new or existing products and technologies. Responsible for all or a significant portion of processing operations (i.e., one or more production areas) in a plant as well as production operations, maintenance, plant engineering, R&D, safety, quality control, scheduling, budget, and personnel and working closely with other functions to ensure strict compliance with current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs), SOPs, environmental health, and safety (EHS) guidelines and any other regulations that may apply. Develops and regularly reviews plans to drive operational performance, including input from various functions. Perform all duties with a focus on optimizing safety, quality, service, and cost.\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nResponsible for the daily manufacturing operations within the Penicillin building. Responsible for ensuring the quality and quantity of staffing requirements, budgets, costs, methods, labor efficiency, scrap, volume and associated KPIs.\nFacilitates the invention, evaluation, and implementation of manufacturing process improvements.\nInterviews, hires, coaches, motivates, develops, recognizes, and manages performance of direct reports. Provides regular feedback to all direct reports. Set performance objectives, support development plans, and monitor progress.\nAdheres to all environmental, health and safety SOPs, equipment, policies, and procedures, including any department specific requirements.\nInterfaces with the other managers/customers to ensure our quality commitments are met. Responsible for assuring compliances to all regulatory requirements.\nSupports plant-wide strategic plan, programs, and activities. Identifies, initiates, and facilitates continuous improvements, lean manufacturing activities and initiatives, such as 6S, visual management, kaizens. \nParticipates as subject matter expert in audits.\nInterfaces with support functions to secure services and resources and regularly interacts with senior leaders on matters concerning functional areas or customers.\nResponsible for development of the manufacturing annual operating budget and maintains expenses within the plan.\nResponsible for the formulation of long- and short-range planning for functional area.\nWhat You'll Bring:\nProven track record of interpersonal and leadership skills with ability to interface well with other departments and lead effectively and efficiently in a team environment.\nIn-depth process knowledge of related manufacturing equipment/processes and/or operations processes.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities.\nAbility to analyze and interpret scientific, and statistical data.\nStrong professional writing skills and ability to prepare technical reports. Ability to clearly articulate information during regulatory/client inspections.\nAbility to understand GMPs and other applicable regulatory guidelines and ability to manage audit-related activities.\nStrong assessment and troubleshooting skills.\nAbility to respond to detailed inquiries and present information to groups and senior leaders.\nAbility to supervise multiple groups/shifts, if applicable.\nComputer proficiency in Microsoft Office and ability to use enterprise software.\nAbility to collect and analyze data and information to determine paths for process improvement and potential root cause\nAbility to respond to detailed inquiries and present information to groups and senior leaders.\nDemonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills.\nWorking knowledge of manufacturing business acumen.\nExperience developing an annual operating budget and maintain expenses within the plan.\nGreen or Black Belt certification preferred.\nEducation and experience that is necessary to perform the job satisfactorily.\nBachelor's degree required\n5 or more years manufacturing/operations experience including a minimum of 3 years supervisory experience.\nWe understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $112,000 - $154,500 annually. The estimated salary is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.\nApplicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.\nUS Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)\nThis is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nBaxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.\nKnow Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal\nReasonable Accommodations\nBaxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please click on the link here and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.\nRecruitment Fraud Notice\nBaxter has discovered incidents of employment scams, where fraudulent parties pose as Baxter employees, recruiters, or other agents, and engage with online job seekers in an attempt to steal personal and/or financial information. 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