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Supv II, Warehouse

Type

Full time

Location
Costa Rica-Cartago-Dry Plant
Job reference

Req-39115

Posted for

17 days ago

Provide daily supervision to a team within the warehouse

SHIFT A

How you’ll make an impact:

  • • Supervise employees and warehouse activities including developing methods to improve on the use of equipment for handling, storing, maintaining, and shipping stock
  • • Oversee the material requisitions from cleanrooms and improve on the delivery of team performance metrics (e.g., NCR rates and delivery time to cleanroom, reduce customer ship errors, cycle count improvement, scrap reduction)
  • • Accountable for productivity and quality metrics of staff, and provide regular progress reports and metrics and provide solutions for improvement to management and cross-functional stakeholders
  • • Lead process improvement projects and efforts in collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • • Act as a JDE super user; Provide more complex data analytics and resolve escalated/complex transaction issues
  • • Create and/or improve warehouse and logistic procedures related to capacity requirements
  • • Provide feedback and/or conduct performance reviews, including resolving performance issues
  • • Responsible for all monthly/yearly PMs (preventative maintenance) on equipment and temperature/humidity probes for the WMS (warehouse management system)
  • • Ensure employees are trained, certified, and adhere to EH&S policies and procedures including OHSA regulations
  • • Other incidental duties


What you’ll need:

  • Bachelor's Degree in industrial Eng. or related field with substantial technical knowledge sufficient experience in warehouse operations, with skill levels exceeding the requirements of the Supervisor I Required
  • 4 years of previous related experience with full responsibility for all personnel including hire/fire authority and handling all aspects of employee relations
  • Intermediate- advanced English level
  • Project management experience Required
  • Experience with ECR (Engineering Change Request) and Quality Systems Management Required


Additional Skills:

  • • Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite with working knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, preferably JDE
  • • Experience working in a medical device industry, preferred
  • • Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills; possessing strong collaboration skills in partnering with cross functional stakeholders in order to achieve objectives, as well as mediating differences to achieve consensus
  • • Full understanding of warehouse procedures related to all stages of own area of responsibility
  • • Ability to supervise/lead employees in a warehouse environment
  • • Ability to analyze and adjust line/operation layouts to improve efficiency
  • • Full understanding of all aspects of processes and equipment used in assigned work
  • • Ability to work and excel within a fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment
  • • Demonstrated ability to supervise teams and provide coaching and feedback, including responsibility for all employee actions including hire/fire authority and partnering with HR on all aspects of employee relations
  • • Knowledge of and adherence to Edwards Environmental Health and Safety and Quality guidelines as they relate to warehouse operations and medical device manufacturing
  • • Full knowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts and Six Sigma
  • • Supervise warehouse employees within the department
  • • Participate on cross-functional teams Engineering, management, Regulatory, Quality, HR, Planning for the development of cohesive production operations
  • • May represent the organization to outside contacts, e.g., vendors, suppliers, contractors, staffing agencies
  • • 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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Job reference

Req-39115

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Type

Full time

Location
Costa Rica-Cartago-Dry Plant
Posted for

17 days ago


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Edwards Lifesciences is the leading global structural heart innovation company, driven by a passion to improve patient lives. Through breakthrough technologies, world-class evidence and partnerships with clinicians and healthcare stakeholders, our employees are inspired by our patient-focused culture to deliver life-changing innovations to those who need them most.


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