Manufacturing Supervisor

Driven by the passion to improve quality of people's lives, WS Audiology continues to grow as a market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.

As a manufacturing supervisor, you will be responsible for managing shift production, optimizing manpower deployment, and ensuring that output commitments are met while maintaining high productivity and quality standards. You will lead improvement projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and oversee training to enhance team performance and resolve any performance issues. Additionally, you will monitor material usage, manage variances, and provide regular reports to management, driving continuous improvement and aligning operations with business goals.

• Production Operations Scheduling
  • Coordinate with planning to manage the full production lifecycle, ensuring timely completion of work orders and optimizing equipment and processes to meet customer delivery dates.
  • Lead shift and manpower management, focusing on operational efficiency, and evaluate team members' skills to identify training needs and develop improvement plans.
• Delivery
  • Coordinate production scheduling, optimize equipment and processes to meet delivery dates, manage shift and manpower efficiency, and assess team skills to identify training needs and drive development plans.
• Production Performance & KPIs
  • Responsible for production performance based on backlog quantity, first pass yield, productivity, TAT, WIP targets, NCC & SMR targets.
• Continuous improvement
  • Lead and participate in Smart Lean Program initiatives, foster a lean culture, and collaborate with the team to achieve key milestones such as expansion audits and silver/gold standard attainment.
• Environment, Health & Safety
  • Collect data and report status during emergency situations while ensuring a safe work environment through optimized work instructions and improved working conditions.
  • Communicate EHS requirements to employees and contractors, ensuring full understanding and compliance with regulations, procedures, and safety practices.

• Minimum 5 years in a supervisory role.
• Degree / Diploma in Engineering, Manufacturing or Process related courses.
• Proficient in MS office.
• Experienced in leading large groups of operators, leaders & technicians (> 50 headcount from diverse background).
• Good analytical and critical thinking skills with manufacturing and engineering / technical background.
• Experienced in leading and driving continuous improvement projects with proven results.
• Experienced in lean manufacturing methods, concepts and knowledge.
• Fluent bilingual communicator ensuring clear collaboration and effective daily communication with operators of limited language proficiency.
• Experienced in shop floor transformation adopting lean methodology.

• Self-motivated and a goal getter.
• Strong organizational, people management, and leadership abilities with extensive experience in operations and hands-on shop floor management.
• Good numeracy and communication skills, with proven analytical abilities.

Who we are
At WS Audiology, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services. Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world. With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.

WS Audiology is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: Medical Equipment Manufacturing