Production Manager

Medical device company is looking for:
**Production Manager**

The Production Manager directly leads the activities of the Production area and is responsible for the production schedule. Ensures packaging and labeling jobs are executed accurately with the highest quality, meet applicable requirements, and are completed on time per the production schedule. This position coordinates production activities between the internal departments such as Logistics, QA, Engineering and Manintenance.

**Responsabilities**
- Develop and implement department annual/quarterly and monthly plans and budget
- Assess project and resource requirements based on sales forecast. Plan and organize production personnel/equipment and production schedules and monitor its implementation
- Based on production data, produce proposals for production efficiency improvement and cost reduction
- Develop training plan for the group. Set performance objectives for the group members and conduct periodical performance review
- Report progress on major projects, raise issues and propose for improvement
- Implement the periodic IQ and OQ verification of equipment in production plants. Organize the preparation for new product production
- Propose personnel request for production plants. Responsible for hiring and managing production staff and daily operations
- Other task assigned

Requeriments
- Bachelor´s degree in biology, chemistry or other life science
- Minimum 3 years experience in direct production management in a regulated manufacturing environment
- Leadership skilss, including organizing, planning, scheduling and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones
- Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) documentation habits in a manufacturing environment according to SOPs or direct work instructions
- Bilingual