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Resmed

Cloud-connected medical devices and software platforms

Production Manager - Medical Devices

Manufacturing & Production OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSaint-Priest, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5 degree from an engineering school or a Master's degree is required; specialization in production, industrial engineering, biomedical engineering, or an equivalent field is preferred.
  • Ideally, 8 to 15 years of experience in an industrial environment, including 3 to 5 years managing production teams.
  • Experience in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, or another highly regulated industrial environment is expected.
  • Experience in industrial growth, transforming a production organization, or increasing production capacity is expected.
  • Strong command of production management and operational flow management is required.
  • Good command of industrial performance indicators and decision-support tools is required.
  • Practical experience with Lean Manufacturing tools and problem-solving methods is required.
  • A good understanding of industrial enterprise resource planning systems and manufacturing execution systems is required.
  • Experience managing small- or medium-scale industrial projects is required.
  • Fluent English is required.
  • The candidate should be accessible and attentive, able to clarify objectives, constructively challenge teams, and support their development.
  • The candidate should be analytical and pragmatic, able to make decisions using production data while maintaining a broad business perspective.
  • The candidate should be comfortable managing ongoing operations while building an organization able to absorb future growth.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and support the Team Leaders responsible for production process areas and production support.
  • Develop a culture of accountability, performance, and continuous improvement across the teams.
  • Lead visual-management routines and track performance indicators.
  • Identify staffing needs and contribute to recruitment, onboarding, and employee development.
  • Communicate the purpose of objectives, clarify priorities, and develop team autonomy in a rapidly changing environment.
  • Organize, plan, and oversee all production, manufacturing, packaging, and inspection operations.
  • Ensure achievement of safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost targets.
  • Manage performance using industrial indicators, including production-plan adherence, overall equipment effectiveness, service level, productivity, nonconformance rate, cost of poor quality, scrap rate, and production-budget adherence.
  • Analyze performance gaps, identify root causes, and implement necessary action plans.
  • Align human, material, and technical resources with production workload and medium-term capacity projections.
  • Work with relevant functions to ensure availability of production equipment, materials, and consumables at the required capacity and time.
  • Ensure customer commitments are met, particularly order-processing deadlines.
  • Ensure production activities comply with the Quality Management System and medical-device regulatory requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with quality procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices.
  • Participate in internal, customer, and certification audits.
  • Lead corrective and preventive actions related to nonconformities and technical issues in collaboration with Quality and relevant functions.
  • Integrate quality considerations into operational decisions and production performance.
  • Develop continuous improvement in the workshop using Lean Manufacturing methods, including 5S, visual management, structured problem-solving, SMED, and Kaizen.
  • Analyze industrial performance and identify ways to improve productivity, quality, and flows.
  • Reduce costs of poor quality, scrap, and downtime.
  • Structure and standardize practices to make production more robust and effective.
  • Support workshop automation and digitalization projects.
  • Anticipate capacity needs arising from growth and help define the resources required.
  • Participate in capacity-increase projects and related investment decisions.
  • Support production ramp-up while aligning volumes, resources, skills, equipment, and organization.
  • Contribute to the introduction of new products, processes, and production technologies.
  • Help evolve the industrial organization to support scaling production.
  • Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental rules in the workshop.
  • Develop a strong safety culture among managers and teams.
  • Monitor safety indicators, including frequency and severity rates.
  • Contribute to risk prevention and improved working conditions.
  • Collaborate closely with Supply Chain, Quality, Research and Development, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, and General Services.
  • Prioritize and arbitrate decisions in support of Narval's overall performance rather than optimizing a single production area.

Desired Qualifications

  • Additional experience in Lean Manufacturing or Operational Excellence is appreciated.

About the Company

Resmed

Cloud-connected medical devices and software platforms

ResMed creates cloud-connected medical devices and software platforms to treat and manage sleep apnea, COPD, and other chronic diseases. Its devices (like sleep therapy gear) collect patient data and deliver therapy, while connected software platforms enable remote monitoring, coaching, and caregiver support. The company sells medical devices and offers software subscriptions, generating revenue from product sales and ongoing service fees. Unlike some competitors, ResMed combines hardware with cloud-based analytics and a broad ecosystem that supports patients, healthcare professionals, and caregivers across more than 120 countries. Its goal is to improve patient care and quality of life while reducing hospital visits and overall healthcare costs.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
Founded
1989

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