Danaher - Lodi, CA
posted 4 months ago
At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing. Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world's most complex health challenges. Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings. As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Cepheid is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Danaher Diagnostics companies. Together, we're working at the pace of change on diagnostic tools that address the world's biggest health challenges, driven by knowing that behind every test there is a patient waiting. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. The Production Manager is responsible for leading a manufacturing team within a 24x7 operations group, using Lean manufacturing methods and his/her experience to meet established requirements for safety, quality and on-time delivery of our products. Efforts will support ongoing cost reduction, quality enhancement, capacity creation, new product introductions and/or product transfer initiatives. This leader is also responsible to establish and monitor the performance of production lines and personnel to drive continuous improvement of production metrics and operational excellence. The leader will staff the team as needed as well as be responsible for training and developing the personnel to achieve organizational objectives. This leader must have the ability to influence, motivate, and direct others in a cross-functional team environment to ensure adherence to the established production and project plans, be able to perform independently and make timely decisions in response to issues that are part of the daily life in a high-volume manufacturing environment. This individual will partner with Danaher Business Systems Leaders to improve total productive manufacturing time and drive towards world class quality and utilization on all the manufacturing operations. This position is part of the Manufacturing Operations group supporting a 24x7 in vitro diagnostic (IVD) manufacturing operation located in Lodi, CA. This position will be Night Shift supporting teams Sunday-Tuesday, alternating every other Saturday. At Cepheid our vision is to provide high quality molecular diagnostics tests to our customers across the world.