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About the role
Bio-Works is looking for a Production Manager to oversee our production department's operations and strategic planning. The Production Manager will lead five technicians, one quality control specialist, and one production engineer. You can almost guess by its name, but the production team is responsible for our standard products in the company portfolio. Managing the production team requires sharp minds with a deep knowledge of the production processes and specific manufacturing methods. The goal for this department is to ensure that our products are available to our customers - in time, in the right quantities, and according to the right quality!
Responsibilities
In this role, you will oversee our entire production and hold responsibility and accountability for our production process's operational, tactical, and strategic planning and prioritization. You will ensure that our production runs as smoothly and efficiently as possible while considering the entire supply chain, quality standards, and safe workplace practices. You will be the main point of contact for our suppliers and ensure that we have the right materials in inventory to produce our products according to the production planning. Within the product planning, you will plan out and take decisions regarding the prioritization of what gets produced and when. Your job is to ensure that our quality levels are guaranteed, and we follow up and correct any quality deviations. Besides that, you are also responsible for developing our production methods and keeping up with the latest production development methods according to industry standards. Furthermore, this role also requires some hands-on operational work within the production process.
Daily activities
- Creating and managing our entire production planning from strategic to operational level, according to the company’s strategy.
- According to the company's strategy and customer demand, decide which products get produced and which products get prioritized in the production process.
- Leading a small team in their everyday production operations.
- Managing our product range from a technical perspective and ensuring safe and timely delivery of quality supply based on production schedules while maintaining an efficient operation.
- Managing our overall supply chain and procurement, including contact with the suppliers and purchasing of materials.
- Assessing new strategic business opportunities from a production point of view.
- Overseeing and following up the reporting process of quality deviations.
- Participating in and implementing new product development strategies together with the other departments.
- Hands-on working within the production process as well as creating or updating documentation according to the QMS system.
Requirements (skills)
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, process or polymer technique or similar field.
- At least two years of experience as production manager or similar role for a small fast-growing company in an international setting.
- Experience with formulating production strategies regarding prioritizing production, process efficiency, purchasing and quality assurance.
- Experience with dealing with challenges and opportunities which arise for a small company when experiencing fast growth.
- Experience with transforming strategies to operational plans, reports, follow-ups, and other decision-making supporting material.
- Experience in working within an ISO framework of regulations.
Requirements (personality)
- Ability to follow through with difficult assignments while focussing on results.
- Excellent communication skills; listening, negotiating, and presenting.
- Ability to build and manage interpersonal relationships with all people within the company.
- Hands-on attitude combined with a strategic analytical mindset.
- Organization skills to develop a strategic approach and translate that to operational tasks.
- People-oriented, social, and driven team player.
- A leadership style that shows a high level of both authority and empathy.
Other information
The recruitment is a one-year temporary employment in this specific role, but we see great chances for continued employment in our fast-growing company.
About Bio-Works
We develop, produce, and deliver innovative agarose-based products to industry and research organizations in the Life Science field. Our business focuses on marketing and sales products for the purification of peptides, proteins, and other biomolecules in markets with fast growth. Our knowledge and experience in this field have made it possible to develop a strong product portfolio with very high yield and purity, which is important in research applications and industrial production. We are in an exciting development phase as a company and envision a very exciting future.
Bio-Works is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.