Team Leader - Manufacturing
Cochlear is the global market leader in implant hearing solutions. Our mission is to help people hear and be heard. Around the world, more people chose a Cochlear-branded hearing implant system than any other. We offer a unique opportunity to join Cochlear, an iconic Australian company leading the world in implantable hearing solutions.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Manufacturing Team Leader to ensure the smooth transition of new products into manufacturing. This role involves leading and developing a team to ensure production schedules are adhered to in a safe, efficient, and timely manner, in alignment with our Quality Management System.
This is a permanent full-time role based in Cochlear's Macquarie University and Lane Cove sites.
Your Responsibilities:
* Developing positive behavior in the team by role-modeling behavioral competencies, policies, and standards required of employees.
* Overseeing quality of production throughput and organising the resolution of quality-related issues.
* Planning and organizing work for the team members to execute the plan in the most efficient manner through effective use of standard CMS processes.
* Ensuring inventory accuracy and traceability within the manufacturing operations.
* Conducting workplace safety observations and participating in the development of appropriate risk controls for hazards identified.
About You:
* A Lean manufacturing culture leader who is excited to be a problem solver and waste eliminator.
* Digital computer systems familiarity and general business acumen, including presentation skills.
* Confident communication skills in verbal or written form, in 1:1 or small and large group scenarios.
* Able to prioritise and deliver business needs, explaining the why to engage the team or business.
* Must be able to work in both Cochlear's sites: Macquarie University and Lane Cove.
Developmental Value of the Role:
This role presents the opportunity to work across organisational boundaries and visibility with leadership teams. The Team Leader will be exposed to ERP and IT tools as well as working with multi-disciplined teams within Manufacturing such as Engineering, Maintenance and Calibration, Procurement and other shared services.
Cochlear's mission is to help people hear and be heard. As the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, we are dedicated to helping people with moderate to profound hearing loss experience a life full of hearing. We aim to give people the best lifelong hearing experience and access to innovative future technologies.
We collaborate with the industry's best clinical, research and support networks. That's why more people choose Cochlear than any other hearing implant company. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping more people to hear and experience life's opportunities.