Manufacturing Group Lead: Team Leader & Downtime Champion

Your Role at Baxter: This is where my hands make life-sustaining products In this pivotal role on our Manufacturing team, you will work collaboratively with Group Leaders and Supervisors to determine staff requirements, prioritize work to ensure that customer deliveries are achieved, and that production plans are successfully implemented! As the backup Group Leader you are able to fill in for the Group Leader when they are absent, assist Group Leader with staff planning / management, minimizing production downtime by ensuring Operators have the necessary tools and parts, assisting the Group Leaders with scrap recording, and directing your team to achieve the hourly quotas for your assigned area. You will be the first level of escalation to resolve production issues and ensure tasks are met! What You'll Be Doing: Commit to a Zero-Harm workplace and ensure Safety policies are followed. Timely reporting of all safety incidents. Cultivate a collaborative environment while interacting and motivating a team of operators to achieve People/Quality/Delivery/Cost objectives. Ensure training and cross training on accurate procedures and operations of tools to develop operators and maintain flexibility. Use computer to update production targets, scrap transactions, order material. Knowledge of Excel/Word/SAP. Ensure all quality and regulatory policies are carried out. Review/Sign Device History Records, Training records and other quality documents. Assist your supervisor with employee appraisals. What You'll Bring: High School Diploma/GED, Associates Degree preferred. 2-4 years’ experience. You must have good mechanical dexterity/eyesight, ability to read, write and use basic math; maintain a high degree of accuracy in performing repetitive tasks. The successful candidate is able to adapt to a changing work environment, including increased automation, change in production methods or sequences and rotation among workstations. You work well with others and actively participate in team problem-solving activities. You may be requested to work overtime, as needed. Physical Requirements: The worker is required to have natural or corrected near-distance visual acuity of 20/25 and the ability to differentiate between colors. Be able to lift 40lbs and work in various positions: standing, sitting, and working on repetitive jobs/assemblies. We 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 our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a pay rate of $27.00. The pay rate is based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location. US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico) This 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. Equal Employment Opportunity Baxter 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. 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