Manufacturing Supervisor

Position Summary

BD is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to lead and develop associates on our D Shift Night Team (7:00 PM – 7:00 AM) in a fast-paced, highly regulated manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for driving safety, quality, productivity, employee engagement, and continuous improvement while ensuring production goals and customer commitments are achieved.

Shift Details

D Shift – Nights
Hours: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
Schedule:
- Rotating 12-hour night shifts
- Week 1: 36 hours
- Week 2: 48 hours
- Includes alternating weekends
- Overtime required as needed to support production demands

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Development
• Lead, coach, train, and develop manufacturing associates to achieve safety, quality, productivity, and engagement goals.
• Foster a positive, accountable, and team-oriented culture aligned with BD Values.
• Provide ongoing coaching, performance feedback, and employee development opportunities.
• Cook up staffing, overtime, vacations, and shift coverage requirements.
• Build teamwork and collaboration across shifts and departments.
• Production Operations
• Direct day-to-day manufacturing activities to ensure production schedules and customer commitments are met.
• Maintain a consistent presence on the production floor to support associates and address operational challenges.
• Monitor production performance and implement actions to achieve operational targets.
• Manage daily operations to support safety, quality, productivity, and customer service objectives.
• Partner with technical resources to ensure equipment performance and operational efficiency.
• Provide production floor coverage as needed for meetings, absences, and staffing gaps.
• Quality, Safety & Compliance
• Ensure compliance with BD quality systems, policies, procedures, GMP requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.
• Promote and maintain a safe work environment in accordance with OSHA and company safety requirements.
• Ensure associates are properly trained and consistently follow operational, safety, and quality procedures.
• Drive timely resolution of quality issues and corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate SAP and MES transactions and inventory accuracy.
• Maintain clean, organized, and audit-ready production areas.
• Continuous Improvement
• Lead continuous improvement activities utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles, KAS, Blitz events, and standard work practices.
• Partner with Engineering, Quality, Technical Services, and other support functions to solve production challenges.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, efficiency, throughput, and cost performance.
• Support operational improvement and project initiatives as required.
• Performance Management & Reporting
• Monitor and communicate key performance metrics including safety, quality, productivity, and customer service.
• Provide regular updates to department leadership regarding operational performance.
• Deliver performance feedback and accountability measures to support employee growth and operational success.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant manufacturing, operations, or leadership experience.
• Strong interpersonal, coaching, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Working knowledge of SAP.
• Demonstrated leadership experience with the ability to coach, mentor, and develop employees.
• Ability to establish and promote a culture of safe, compliant, high-quality operations.
• Knowledge of FDA regulations, GMP, ISO, OSHA, and related regulatory requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or other Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Experience leading production teams in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience with manufacturing systems such as SAP and MES.