Senior Manufacturing Supervisor

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

As the Medtronic Articulating Technologies team, we combine high-tech device development expertise with best-in-class manufacturing know-how to help bring new and disruptive instrument technologies to market and to transform medical interventions. In our fully equipped Research & Development (R&D) and pilot manufacturing center in Geleen, product development and pilot manufacturing are seamlessly integrated under one roof.

As Senior Manufacturing Supervisor, you are responsible for all production activities in this dynamic R&D environment, ranging from small volume rapid prototyping series to higher volume pilot line manufacturing. You look after the day-to-day operations in the areas of Production, Maintenance & Calibration, Facilities and Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) & security. You manage a rapidly growing team of operators and equipment technicians. You take the opportunity to develop & grow in line with the ambitious vision of Medtronic Articulating Technologies. As a natural leader you combine managing and coaching in order to improve the performance of your team members. Your solution-oriented and proactive approach enable you to understand the relevant issues and you maintain a constant focus on ensuring smooth and error-free production. You never lose sight of the timelines and progress of activities and respond appropriately when an unexpected situation arises. It is your strength to create an environment where all employees are focused on delivering excellent performance and making continuous improvements and, in doing so, contribute to the success of the production department.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Ensures production goals are met in terms of output, quality, and cost by managing production schedules, allocating resources, and resolving issues efficiently
• Oversees optimal availability, reliability, and maintenance of production and R&D equipment to support continuous operations
• Manages daily Facilities tasks and serves as the main operational contact for external Facility service providers
• Handles day-to-day EHS and security-related activities and contributes actively as a member of the EHS team
• Leads and develops (senior) operators and equipment technicians, ensuring efficient staffing and continuous personnel development
• Collaborates closely with engineering and supply chain teams, makes budgetary recommendations for capital expenditures and labor, and ensures strict adherence to the Quality Management System
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives across production to enhance efficiency, quality, and compliance

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering combined with at least 5 years of relevant experience within a production environment; preferably in a strongly regulated environment like Medical Devices
• Experience in leading and developing teams
• Excellent communication skills (verbally and written) in Dutch and English and comfortable to work in an international environment
• Familiar with Lean Six Sigma methodologies, preferably qualified as Green Belt or Black Belt
• Proficient with MS Office. Knowledge of ERP systems, PowerBI and planning tools is a pre

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

• Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.
• Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
• Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
• Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care.