🚀 Senior Director, Manufacturing

Overview We recently announced plans to expand in Spain by building a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Moncada, Valencia. When it becomes operational in 2026, the plant will manufacture Edwards' surgical and transcatheter heart valve replacement technologies and will join a global network of more than 16,000 talented team members and five other production plants. Our new facility in Moncada will welcome up to 1,500 dedicated team members by 2029 across manufacturing, engineering, and several other professional career paths. Hiring for professional positions has started and will continue through the winter and early spring, with specialized training for manufacturing hires beginning in the fall of 2025.
Responsibilities Supervise employees and activities across areas of manufacturing for smooth and continuous operations.

Supervise employees and manufacturing activities pertaining to the production of products and/or manufacturing processes in - and with manufacturing/technical knowledge of - 1 or more production areas, depending on the complexity of the areas to ensure the specifications and procedures of the company, in addition to conducting performance reviews, including resolving performance issues

Oversee the scheduling of work orders and team performance metrics

Accountable to ensure staff is appropriately trained to perform assigned work

Accountable for productivity and quality metrics of staff, and provide regular progress reports and manufacturing metrics to management and cross-functional stakeholders

Partner with engineering on investigations and/or corrective actions, perform non-conformance investigations for review with engineering, assures documentation content is valid, may participate in improvement projects including designing, implementing and optimizing procedures and working methods

Perform daily audit to ensure employees are in adherence to manufacturing procedures

Other incidental duties (e.G. occasional photo copying or deliveries)

Required qualifications Bachelor's Degree in related field (e.G., industrial, chemical, electrical, mechanical) or substantial technical knowledge

Experience in related manufacturing, quality and/or product development engineering

Ability to read, comprehend, write, and speak English and Spanish

Preferred qualifications Experience working in a medical device industry

Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite with working knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, preferably JDE

Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills;

possessing strongcollaboration skills in partnering with cross functional stakeholders in order to achieve objectives

Fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment

Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.G., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

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