- Salary
- $125k – $205k
- Location
- CA - Ontario - Toronto, Canada
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Manufacturing
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Education
- Master
- Source
- Workday
Description
By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.
Pay Range:
$124,600.00 - $204,850.00This position is eligible to receive a target annual cash bonus and long-term incentive package of stock grants based on individual and company performance, in accordance with company policy. This job posting is for an existing vacancy. Please note that we use Artificial Intelligence to assist with note-taking during interviews.
Position Summary:
We are a high-growth, fast-paced growing business that manufactures consumables cartridges used in protein research and bio-pharma drug discovery & quality control. We are looking for a Senior Manager to lead the manufacturing organization driving and sustaining continuous improvement activities. You will be responsible for delivering significant immediate top-line revenue growth, while improving quality, improving delivery performance, and managing cost. You will also be responsible for building and executing a longer-term plan to match future capacity and organizational strength (people/process) with future demand needs.
Key Responsibilities:
Advocate / mentor and implement using Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Design for Manufacturability philosophies to support and sustain the manufacturing operation.
Develop & hire a world-class manufacturing team to support short and long-term business needs. Build on a culture of continuous improvement and Bio-Techne’s EPIC Values.
Implement best practices for the production and testing of consumables.
Lead through influence. Collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners, including engineering, finance, HR, supply chain other company plants, customer service, and QA teams.
Build and execute short-term and long-term capacity plans for hiring and capital spending, including designing and installing automation where sensible.
Apply ISO9001 Quality Management System standards and requirements for release of biotech products.
Provide leadership to production personnel in process improvement and good manufacturing practices.
Lead production organization in Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action Implementation.
Assure product and process quality, including post-customer delivery, by designing testing methods; testing finished- product and process capabilities; establishing standards; confirming manufacturing processes.
Improve manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout.
Analyze assembly/test procedures and methods for process quality improvement
Ensure efficient and accurate NPI transfers into production.
Provide manufacturing decision-making information by calculating production, labor, and material costs; reviewing production schedules; estimating future requirements.
Prepare summaries of product build cycles, yields, defects and issues.
Develop and evaluate manufacturing processes for design and improvement by applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials, conferring with internal process engineering management.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business. MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
Minimum 10 years of experience managing manufacturing operations with direct experience managing resources in manufacturing, manufacturing engineering or quality engineering.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Proven ability to execute multiple priorities simultaneously using critical thinking in a fast-paced environment.
Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams with experience in a rapidly growing business.
Strong understanding of Quality Assurance and demonstrated action-oriented, results-driven approach to quality. Commitment to improve manufacturing and quality metrics.
Able to work well cross-functionally in a highly matrixed organizational model.
Demonstrated use of KPI’s to drive organizational priorities.
Track record of solving problems following a data-driven “root cause / countermeasure” approach.
Great team builder who can attract, develop, and retain world-class talent.
Good financial skills in budgeting, expense control, and forecasting.
Track record of leading a continuous improvement culture.
Proven track record of successfully introducing new technologies into manufacturing.
Prior experience in an engineering role is a plus.
Excellent project management, communication, and change management skills.
Why Join Bio-Techne:
We offer competitive insurance benefits including: medical; dental; long-term disability; life and group income protection; and personal accident and travel.
We invest in our employee’s financial futures through a Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (Group RRSP) and a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) option.
We empower our employees to develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.
