Production Operations Supervisor

Seeking an experienced Production Operations Supervisor with a strong engineering background and proven leadership in regulated manufacturing environments. This role is critical for driving operational excellence, ensuring compliance with medical quality standards, and implementing Lean methodologies to optimize production processes. Responsibilities include leading production operators, developing financial forecasts, optimizing manufacturing metrics, and ensuring adherence to QMS, regulatory, and Health & Safety protocols in MedTech OEMs. The supervisor will also provide training, oversee production scheduling, and drive innovation projects.

Must Have

• Lead and manage a team of production operators
• Develop and execute financial forecasts and operating plans
• Optimise key manufacturing metrics: productivity, equipment utilisation, cost of non-quality, and overall efficiency
• Implement Lean Manufacturing principles
• Integrate New Product Introduction (NPI) processes
• Ensure compliance with medical device quality standards, QMS adherence, regulatory requirements, and Health & Safety protocols
• Provide hands-on training and mentorship to operators
• Oversee production processes like production scheduling, resource planning
• Drive innovation and workflow optimization & improvement projects
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Production Engineering
• Minimum 8+ years in shop floor manufacturing
• Proven ability to lead and manage production teams effectively
• Hands-on experience with Lean Manufacturing and SAP
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and product quality standards
• Familiarity with medical quality requirements, ISO standards, and regulatory compliance
• Ability to thrive in high-compliance environments with flexibility and adaptability

Job Title

Production Operations Supervisor

Job Description

Work Location : Chakan , Pune

We are seeking an experienced Production Operations Supervisor with a strong engineering background and proven leadership in regulated manufacturing environments. This role is critical for driving operational excellence, ensuring compliance with medical quality standards, and implementing Lean methodologies to optimise production processes.

Your Role:

• Lead and manage a team of production operators, ensuring productivity, precision, and adherence to safety protocols.
• Develop and execute financial forecasts and operating plans aligned with organisational goals.
• Optimise key manufacturing metrics: productivity, equipment utilisation, cost of non-quality, and overall efficiency.
• Implement Lean Manufacturing principles and integrate New Product Introduction (NPI) processes for continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with medical device quality standards, QMS adherence, regulatory requirements, and Health & Safety protocols applicable in MedTech OEMs and other regulated industries.
• Provide hands-on training and mentorship to operators, fostering skill development and operational excellence.
• Oversee production processes like production scheduling, resource planning, enabling optimization & on time deliveries.
• Drive innovation and workflow optimization & improvement projects in a dynamic, environment.

You're the right fit if you have :

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Production Engineering.
• Experience: Minimum 8+ years in shop floor manufacturing, preferably in regulated industry MedTech, Medical Devices, Pharma, Aerospace, or Food industries.
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead and manage production teams effectively.
• Technical Expertise:
• Hands-on experience with Lean Manufacturing and SAP.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and product quality standards.
• Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with medical quality requirements, ISO standards, and regulatory compliance.
• Work Environment: Ability to thrive in high-compliance, environments with flexibility and adaptability.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.

Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an onsite role.

About Philips

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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.

About Us

At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life.

For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health.

Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success.

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