Realise your career ambitions in Wound Care at Mölnlycke.

If you're ready to have an impact in a career that makes a difference, Mölnlycke could be your next step. You'll be helping to equip medical professionals around the world with solutions to improve outcomes for patients. And you'll be developing yourself in a global environment with an inspirational culture, with lots of opportunities. All the while building a successful career, with real purpose.

Mölnlycke is now looking for a Production Manager to join our Production team at the Mikkeli Factory.

Purpose of Position

In this role you'll oversee and manage the manufacturing operations of the Mepilex Border production area at the Mikkeli factory, ensuring that production adheres to agreed-upon plans and specifications, while complying with applicable laws, standards, and directives.
As the Production Manager you are responsible for achieving both strategic and annual production targets set for the factory and continuously improving productivity, personnel competence, and the working environment to reach "World Class" production level.

Your Growth and Development:

At Mölnlycke, we prioritize your professional growth and development. You'll have the opportunity to enhance your skills. We'll provide you with the challenges, training, and support you need to advance your career within a world-leading medical solutions company.

Need to Know:

- Office-based at our Mikkeli Factory, with a requirement to be onsite 5 days a week.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package

Key Accountabilities

- Health & Safety: Secure the health and safety of production personnel, ensuring a good working environment.
- Target Achievement: Communicate and achieve the strategic and annual production targets.
- Compliance: Ensure compliance with laws, directives, and standards (ISO9001, ISO13485, FDA QSR, ISO14001, OHSAS18001, MDD).
- Continuous Improvement (CI): Promote continuous improvement in both human resources and production processes.
- Human Resources: Ensure efficient and sufficient staffing levels in production, and continuously develop personnel competence.
- Industrialization of New Products: Organize a fast and efficient industrialization process for new products.
- New Equipment: Implement new machines or production lines flexibly, efficiently, and cost-effectively.
- Production Efficiency: Ensure the effective and economical realization of production plans, meeting customer needs and driving continuous improvements in production methods and equipment.
- Maintenance Oversight: Provide oversight for preventive and repair maintenance, as well as hygiene and cleaning processes, collaborating with the maintenance teams to carry out corrective actions when necessary.
- Budgeting: Create and manage the annual production area budget, focusing on competitiveness and continuous improvement.

What You'll Need:

- Manufacturing Knowledge: Expertise in manufacturing, production, maintenance.
- Analytical & Negotiation Skills: Ability to analyze complex situations and negotiate effectively.
- Leadership Qualities: Strong leadership and people management skills.
- Financial Acumen: Understanding of financial principles related to production budgeting and cost management.
- Experience: Proven experience in managerial assignments in production, with demonstrated success over a few years.
- Education: Academic degree in a technical field.
- Languages: Fluent in Finnish and English.

Our Approach to Diversity and Inclusion:
We strive to have a diverse mix of people from different cultures, ages, geographies, and genders, to reflect the world in which we operate and to facilitate innovative thinking across the business.

About Mikkeli
Mikkeli Factory is specialized in manufacturing and supplying high quality wound care products to enhance the performance of healthcare professionals around the world - from the hospital to home. The factory employs around 600 employees, it operates 24/7 and is known for its continuous investments in people, superior work culture, technology development and efficient processes.

About Mölnlycke:
Mölnlycke is a world-leading medical products and solutions company that equips healthcare professionals to achieve the best patient, clinical and economic outcomes. Our business is organised in the four business areas Wound Care, Operating Room Solutions, Gloves, and Antiseptics, where customer centricity, sustainability, and digitalisation are at the heart of everything we do.

Mölnlycke employs around 8,700 people. The company headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden, and we operate in more than 100 countries worldwide. Mölnlycke is a founding partner of GoCo Health Innovation City, a world-class innovation cluster for health, and in early 2025 our headquarters will move there.

Since 2007, the company has been part of Investor AB, an engaged owner of high-quality, global companies which was founded by the Wallenberg family in 1916. For more information, please visit www.molnlycke.com and www.molnlycke.com/careers

If this sounds interesting, we want to hear from you as soon as possible as we will review candidates continuously! Please submit your application in English.