This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your role at Baxter:
Saving and Sustaining Lives by optimizing the production processes within Solutions and Plastics operations, identifying opportunities and implementing projects and solutions that sustainably improve Manufacturing performance through the application of technical knowledge, data analysis, and Lean principles. This role contributes to achieving results in safety, quality, productivity, capacity, efficiency, and operational cost performance.

What you'll do at Baxter:

• Identify, develop, and implement optimization opportunities and projects within Solutions and Plastics processes by defining objectives, scope, and expected outcomes, while ensuring proper execution and follow-up to deliver sustainable improvements in safety, quality, productivity, capacity, efficiency, and cost.
• Analyze information from Baxterity, daily production reports, financial indicators, and other operational data sources to identify trends, losses, and opportunities. Implement actions aimed at improving OEE, TEEP, productivity, efficiency, and capacity utilization.
• Drive process improvements through the application of Lean principles and tools across Manufacturing processes, focusing on waste elimination, process simplification, flow improvement, and operational excellence, in alignment with organizational methodologies.
• Promote active participation of Manufacturing teams in continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives by encouraging idea generation, implementation of improvement opportunities, and sustained adoption of Baxter's management system standards and practices.
• Calculate and analyze projections for Finished Goods and WIP (Work in Progress) units for Budget, Forecast, OPlan, and related updates, considering Manufacturing capacity utilization and operational assumptions such as shifts, resources, product mix, and process constraints. Evaluate scenarios, risks, and opportunities to support decision-making and cross-functional alignment.
• Participate in and lead PFMEA activities, protocols, and change controls associated with projects and improvements under your responsibility, ensuring compliance with applicable technical, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Comply with current regulations regarding health, environmental, and safety requirements defined in CO6001A, as well as applicable Quality standards (GMP, quality manuals, and procedures), Supply Chain Security requirements, the Integrated Energy Management System, and corporate policies related to the role. Ensure compliance with Decree No. 4725 of 2005, which regulates sanitary registrations, commercialization permits, and health surveillance of medical devices for human use.

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• 2 years of experience in Manufacturing processes, with experience implementing projects and continuous improvement tools aimed at process optimization and operational performance improvement (preferred).
• Additional training in process improvement tools, data analysis and visualization, and applied Artificial Intelligence (preferred).
• Training in Lean tools and methodologies (preferred).
• Intermediate English proficiency.
  

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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