Value Stream Leader

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your Role at Baxter

This is where we make life-saving products

You have deep knowledge of and experience with manufacturing processes. You understand the importance of building relationships, establishing order, and maintaining clear communication channels. As a Value Stream Leader, you are a leader who is willing to listen and inspire others by your actions. You also appreciate the stability of a large multinational company with a long history of growth and success. Your team is an extension of your family, and you know how to support them as individuals while helping them achieve results as a team.

Your role as a Value Stream Leader, positions you to be directly involved in the physical production that enables Baxter to fulfill our mission to save and sustain lives. You manage the line between meeting production timelines and making quality products. As a manager, you are the trusted critical connection between the business and the workers on the floor.

Your Team

Baxter is focused on saving and sustaining lives by finding solutions to complex problems. Each day, the manufacturing team strives to create quality products for our customers—and are sometimes met with unforeseen issues to solve. The high-caliber talent at Baxter meets these challenges head-on, as a team, to create products with the customer's needs top-of-mind.

We build relationships with each other to get work done.

As a multidisciplinary environment, we are always learning from others and exchanging ideas. This means we are open to new opinions and encourage Baxter employees always to be their authentic selves and celebrate our various backgrounds.

A manufacturing facility is a high-energy environment with little downtime. We have robust processes that ensure our employees are safe and healthy—both mentally and physically. We pride ourselves on being top of the line regarding cleanliness and safety.

What we offer from day 1

• Medical, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance coverage
• Vision Plan
• Paid Vacation Days and Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement Plan 165e
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Educational Assistance Plan

What you'll be doing

• Supervise all assembly operation including the packing area assuring compliance of manufacturing and quality regulations, and production standards. Customer satisfaction through high quality, service and low cost. Responsible for the management and supervision of the mixing/sanitization Value Stream process. The mixing value stream is defined as the mixing complex. The sanitization value stream is defined as the sanitization of mixing and filling complex (all plant clean rooms). Also, this value stream could operate more than one shift and weekends based on market requirements. Responsible for the Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), complaints, investigations (quality and safety), maintenance (corrective and preventive), audits and on-time release of its value stream. Supervises and coordinates activities of production workers assuring compliance of manufacturing and quality regulations, and production standards. Assure a quality product in compliance with established schedule and all internal and external regulations. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: This section contains a list of five to eight primary responsibilities of the work. The incumbent will perform other duties as assigned.
• Supervises manufacturing employees (i.e. assistant supervisors, group leaders, Raw Material coordinator, mixing and sanitization operators, assemblers) over daily operations to ensure quality and productivity is in compliance with all Company expectations (i.e. efficiency, down time, conversion loss, tank release on time, mixing discards, safety incidents, complaints and CAPA’s are within goals).
• Trains and evaluates new employees. Plan cross training for regular associates.
• Develop and establish process improvement.
• Must be knowledgeable of specifications and procedures. Knowledge of Specifications and procedures. Knowledge of manufacturing processes and line capacity.
• May affect P/L positively by the implementation of scrap and cost reduction programs and with the optimization of resources and capacity.
• Promote a zero-harm work place and assure that required EHS resources are available and that all applicable EHS practices and rules are being followed by supervised employees.
• Should be able to work with many projects and handle multiple tasks at the same time.
• Implement changes to procedures.
• Performs internal audits to areas of responsibility and document findings and suggestions to improve processes.
• Develop and implement projects (VIP) to reduce product cost. It shall include downtime efficiency, conversion loss reduction initiatives.
• Responsible for the implementation and sustainability of 6s in its value stream.

What you'll bring

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering, science or related field with more than three (3) years of supervisory experience is acceptable. Previous experience in a regulated manufacturing FDA environment is preferred.
• Excellent social skills and the ability to build positive relationships.
• In-depth knowledge of Baxter specifications and procedures, as well as the manufacturing process.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish.
• Familiarity with GMP-QSRs, OSHA, BHEST, SPEC, SOP, and HR policies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in writing reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Skilled in optimally communicating information and responding to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, employees, and internal or external audits.

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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