Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Our Global Operations & Quality team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease. You’ll partner cross-functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams, delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning, labeling, warehouse management, material handling, or any of our other supply chain opportunities, you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world.

Set parameters of complex laboratory instrumentation to perform testing by applying microbiology knowledge and concepts.

How you'll make an impact:
• Supervise and oversee laboratory utilization and activities in assigned areas (e.g., testing, calibration, validation, maintenance of equipment and budget/cost control for assigned area) ,including  establishing schedules and executing budgets
• Lead moderately complex  improvement projects while identifying opportunities
• Partner  with stakeholders on quality, safety and environmental investigations and/or corrective actions, including participating with internal audits. 
• Develop moderately complex protocols in collaboration with cross-functional teams in support of laboratory needs.
• Analyze, research, and acquire equipment in collaboration with management, while providing input on resource planning, including staffing. Provide input and/or manage a cost center with budget responsibilities
• Build and maintain corporate connections to provide technical expertise on laboratory utilization, design (e.g. workflow, airflow, electrical) and construction
Analyze moderately complex performance and quality metrics

• Other duties as assigned: (e.g. work with R&D to set up equipment for product and process demonstrations, collaborate with stakeholders on managing and allocation laboratory space requirements, test method transfers and/or improvements, installation of laboratory equipment)

What you'll need (Required):

Bachelor's Degree or internship, or substantial technical knowledge and experience in assigned work area, and sufficient experience in laboratory environment       
Minimum 2 years of previous related experience with full responsibility for all personnel including hire/fire authority and handling all aspects of employee relations in a laboratory setting          
Experience working in a medical device industry

What else we look for (Preferred):
• Experience leading multi-cultural teams with cultural sensitivity
• Project management experience
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite with working knowledge of

• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, preferably JDE
• Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills; possessing strong collaboration skills in partnering with cross functional stakeholders in order to achieve objectives, as well as mediating differences to achieve consensus
• Full understanding of procedures as it relates to assigned area of a laboratory environment
• Full knowledge of GMP and Health and Safety regulations
• Substantial knowledge of related laboratory equipment
• Ability to supervise/lead employees
• Ability to analyze, identify, and lead the implementation of potential adjustments to improve efficiency
• Full knowledge of EW employee relations policies and practices
Strict attention to detail
• Ability to interact professionally with internal customers and cross functional teams
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control