Plant Operations Manager jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

At ZOLL, we're passionate about improving patient outcomes and helping save lives.

We provide innovative technologies that make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Our medical devices, software and related services are used worldwide to diagnose and treat patients suffering from serious cardiopulmonary and respiratory conditions.

The Cardiac Management Solutions division of ZOLL Medical Corporation develops products to protect and manage cardiac patients, including the LifeVest® wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD), the ZOLL cardiac monitor, and associated technologies.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. At ZOLL, your work will help to ensure cardiac patients get the life-saving therapy they need. To date, the LifeVest WCD has been worn by hundreds of thousands of patients and saved thousands of lives.

ZOLL has been Pittsburgh's Manufacturer of the Year, one of Western PA's Healthiest Employers, and even one of Pittsburgh's Coolest Offices. But it's our unique opportunity to impact people's lives that makes ZOLL the ideal place to build your career.

Job Type

On Site

Job Summary

Leads the manufacturing and service production for ZMC operations; accountable for safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and cost-effective delivery of products. Develops exceptional teams and people leaders to achieve world class results. Drives cross-functional process improvement through collaboration with Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, IT, HR, and Regulatory teams. Supports long-term manufacturing, service, and new product introduction strategies while delivering daily production results.

Essential Functions

• Uphold and drive team understanding, accountability, participation, and improvement for all safety policies, programs, and initiatives.
• Lead and improve a daily management system to recognize outstanding performance & eliminate root cause issues affecting quality, delivery, and cost.
• Spend significant time observing production processes and interacting with direct and skip level reports to monitor and improve adherence to quality system requirements & good manufacturing practices.
• Ensure root cause analysis & corrective actions are delivered at the highest level and within quality system requirements for any audit findings or product non-conformity situations.
• Collaborate with operations planning and finance teams to establish budget & forecast production, inventory, capital, expense, and staffing plans; executing plans to meet company needs.
• Urgently justify and obtain appropriate personnel and capital resources to meet production targets.
• Identify and lead cost and efficiency improvements to meet financial objectives.
• Coach supervisors for performance and leadership development.
• Ensure robust development & succession planning processes are deployed and maintained to support front line production team members and leads
• Establish and coach achievement of annual production objectives; facilitating the deployment and aligned engagement of all team members
• Manage staff performance while also creating a challenging and enjoyable work environment.
• Collaborate with supervisors and HR, to resolve people issues, improve employee engagement, and ensure robust communication and collaboration within & across management and production teams.

Required/Preferred Education and Experience

• B.S. Degree in a relevant management or engineering field. An advanced degree is a plus.
• Minimum 10 years experience in a manufacturing/production environment, with 7 years in a managerial role.
• Strong track record of delivering results through other people, to include examples of coaching, mentoring, developing, and managing performance. Core competencies include Building Trust, Customer focus, Drives for results, Leads others, Ensures accountability, Communicates effectively, Creativity.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• An excellent team player that can leverage the abilities of all personnel working within the business unit.
• Competent in preparing business strategies and implementing action plans.
• Talent development - Growth-oriented managers who recruit and hire top-performing talent and prioritize the development of their team members.
• Track record of success in detail-oriented leadership; selecting, coaching and developing staff; performance management; planning and project management; lean process improvement; financial modeling; budgets; self-development.
• Managers who build connections with other teams and divisions and coordinate cross-functional collaboration.
• Broad experience and excellent skills in a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures including capacity planning and management, line balancing, time studies, labor standards, lean, process validation, business justifications, and efficiency improvement.
• Strong expertise in Lean theory and application.
• Effective communication – someone who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.
• Demonstrated success in navigating a sometimes-ambiguous environment to create substantial value.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Standing - Constantly
• Walking - Constantly
• Sitting - Occasionally
• Lifting - Constantly
• Carrying - Constantly
• Pushing - Constantly
• Pulling - Constantly
• Talking - Occasionally
• Hearing - Frequently
• Repetitive Motions - Constantly
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Constantly

Working Conditions

• Extreme cold - Occasionally
• Extreme heat - Occasionally
• Humidity - Occasionally
• Wet - Occasionally
• Noise - Frequently

ZOLL is a fast-growing company that operates in more than 140 countries around the world. Our employees are inspired by a commitment to make a difference in patients' lives, and our culture values innovation, self-motivation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Join us in our efforts to improve outcomes for underserved patients suffering from critical cardiopulmonary conditions and help save more lives.

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.