Area Manager - AEG Mechanical Assembly

Strategic Leadership & Performance

• Own area-wide performance across key metrics (safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity)

• Establish and execute goals aligned with business and operational objectives

• Monitor KPIs and drive performance through data-driven decision-making

• Lead capacity planning and resource alignment to meet changing demand

Operational Oversight

• Ensure efficient and compliant operation of production processes

• Oversee workforce planning, labor utilization, and material flow

• Ensure equipment readiness, capacity, and risk mitigation planning

• Drive problem-solving for operational challenges and escalations

Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, coach, and develop supervisors and frontline employees

• Build team capability through training, cross-training, and succession planning

• Establish clear expectations and accountability for performance and behaviors

• Partner with HR on workforce planning, engagement, and employee relations

Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement

• Champion Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives

• Lead or sponsor Kaizen events and process improvement projects

• Identify waste, constraints, and inefficiencies to improve flow and productivity

• Ensure improvements are sustained and standardized

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with engineering, quality, maintenance, and other business units

• Align production execution with customer demand and business priorities

• Support new product introduction and process changes

Quality, Safety & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to safety standards, regulatory requirements, and company policies

• Promote a culture of safety, quality, and operational discipline

• Support audit readiness, CAPA, and compliance initiatives

Communication & Alignment

• Present area performance, risks, and improvement plans to senior leadership

• Conduct Gemba walks and maintain visibility into operations

• Ensure alignment between strategic priorities and operational execution

Decision-Making Authority

• Approves area-level staffing, resource allocation, and spending

• Enforces policies and operational standards within the area

• Makes strategic and operational decisions impacting area performance

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Core Competencies

• Leadership & people development

• Strategic thinking with operational execution

• Continuous improvement mindset

• Data-driven decision making

• Cross-functional collaboration

• Change management

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

• 10+ years of operations or manufacturing leadership experience

• Experience leading teams and driving operational performance

Area Overview

Leads mechanical assembly and lead operations for High CT (AEG) X-ray source product lines, including LMB and MBX platforms. This area supports the production of low-volume, high-mix, highly complex medical imaging components, requiring precision assembly, advanced process control, and strict adherence to regulatory requirements.

This operation is critical to delivering high-performance CT products to global OEM partners and involves complex integration, specialized materials (including lead handling), and close alignment with engineering and quality organizations.

Area Specific Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end performance of AEG mechanical assembly and lead operations, including safety, quality, delivery, and productivity within a 24/7 production environment

• Drive execution against key metrics such as on-time delivery (OTD), yield, throughput, and cost performance

• Lead assembly of complex, high-performance CT components, ensuring:

• Precision build execution

• Adherence to standardized work and process controls

• Product integrity in high-reliability applications

• Oversee lead (Pb) handling and assembly processes, ensuring safe handling, compliance, and process discipline

• Partner with supply chain, planning, and upstream production teams to ensure material availability and schedule alignment, while mitigating real-time disruptions

• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering and quality teams to:

• Resolve complex product and process issues

• Reduce defects, warranty exposure, and COPQ

• Improve manufacturability and assembly robustness

• Lead new product introduction (NPI) efforts for High CT platforms, ensuring smooth transition from development to stable production

• Champion Lean Manufacturing within a complex assembly environment, with focus on:

• Process standardization and documentation

• Line balance and workflow optimization

• Reduction of rework, cycle time, and inefficiencies

• Serve as project leader for assembly improvements, tooling enhancements, and capital investments, including business case development for equipment upgrades

• Own planning for assembly capacity, labor strategy, and specialized tooling/equipment, ensuring readiness to meet demand

• Ensure compliance with QMS, GMP, CAPA, and safety requirements, including those specific to material handling and regulated medical device manufacturing

• Lead adoption and effectiveness of digital manufacturing systems (MES, SAP, traceability systems) to improve process control and data visibility

Technical/Functional Requirements

• Strong experience in precision mechanical assembly of complex electro-mechanical systems, ideally within CT or high-performance imaging products

• Experience in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environments with high product variability

• Demonstrated experience with:

• Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement in assembly operations

• Root cause analysis and corrective action (RCA/CAPA)

• Process standardization, documentation, and training development

• Production systems (MES, SAP, or equivalent)

• Experience supporting NPI and scaling of technically complex products into production

• Familiarity with regulated manufacturing environments (GMP, QMS), including quality and compliance requirements

• Preferred familiarity with:

• High voltage / high vacuum systems

• Controlled material handling (e.g., lead or regulated substances)

Unique Challenges of the Role

• Managing highly complex CT product builds requiring precision, repeatability, and strict quality adherence

• Overseeing operations that include specialized material handling (lead processes) with safety and compliance implications

• Balancing production execution with frequent engineering updates and evolving product designs

• Maintaining stable output in a high variability, high-requirement production environment

• Coordinating across multiple technical disciplines to resolve issues and maintain flow

Key Performance Objectives

• Deliver consistent OTD, first-pass yield, and productivity performance for High CT products

• Reduce assembly defects, rework, and cost of poor quality (COPQ)

• Improve process efficiency through standardization, line balance, and workflow optimization

• Successfully execute assembly-related improvement and capital projects

• Strengthen workforce capability through structured training and skills development

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting CT or high-performance medical imaging product lines

• Background in regulated manufacturing environments (medical device preferred)

• Lean / Six Sigma certification with demonstrated success in complex assembly environments