Manufacturing Manager

At the Vitrolife Group, we work every day to unlock the full potential of science and technology to reduce the barriers towards building a family. Together we help our customers and their patients to fulfill the dream of having a baby.

We are looking for a Production Manager that together with the team of 13 experienced individuals involved in production and support functions in Aarhus, will take us into the future when transforming our way of working from stationary batch production to a single piece workflow of capital equipment. During the transformation the focus is on implementing appropriate lean tools to keep control and reduce our costs while maintaining the Quality of our products.
We are working in a regulated environment of ISO13485, and FDA compliance and your area of responsibility will stretch from incoming inspection, warehousing, production, distribution including Production Engineering and Quality Coordination.

Your impact

• Lead and develop the production team

• Implementation of lean principles

• Drive continuous improvements

• Set clear KPIs, drive performance, and build a high-performing team

• Qualification, motivation and recruitment of staff

• Salary setting and communication

• Responsible for budget and follow ups

• Member of the Site Leadership Team in Denmark

Who you are

• A leader with strong passion for inspiring, developing and building our team members to become an engaged team

• A natural ambassador for new ways of working – open minded and proactive in taking all the discussions to define and implement best practices

• Proven ability to guide a team through transformation, ensuring buy in and engagement throughout the change process

• Exceptional negotiation skills, with an ability to harmonize varied viewpoints into a unified outcome

• Data-driven and structured, with a continuous improvement mindset

• Has a down-to-earth and accessible leadership style, creating an environment where employees feel valued and able to confide in their leader

• Not afraid of testing new approaches and constructively acknowledging when initiatives do not achieve the desired outcomes

What you bring

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanics/Mechatronics or extensive production experience

• +5 years in production, including leadership experience

• Experience of work in ISO 13485 and FDA compliance environment is an advantage

• Proven experience in transformation, process improvement and change management

• Experience from cross functional work

• Fluent in English and Danish

Success in this role means:

• A single piece production flow implemented with same or better quality on our products

• A cross trained qualified team of technicians

• Clear and motivating KPI´s that the team is supporting

• A continuous improvement mindset in the team that drives efficacy and makes the everyday job better and more fun than yesterday

We review applications on an ongoing basis and will close the recruitment once we have found the right candidate. We look forward to receiving your application. If you have any questions, please reach out to Recruiting Manager Jan-Erik Östlund jostlund@vitrolife.com

We are currently approximately 1 100 colleagues worldwide, with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. Vitrolife Group's products and services are available in more than 110 countries through our own presence in 30 countries and a network of distributors. Vitrolife Group is a sustainable market leader and aims to be the preferred partner for IVF-clinics by providing superior products and services with the vision of fulfilling the dream of having a baby. The Vitrolife share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.