Operations Manager

Location: 6455 City W. Pkwy - Eden Prairie, MN

RTI Surgical & Midwest Swine is now Evergen!

This rebrand reflects our strategic evolution as a leading CDMO in regenerative medicine and comes at the end of a significant year for the business, including the successful acquisitions of Cook Biotech in IN. and Collagen Solutions/Midwest Swine, MN. Our new brand identity emphasizes our unique positioning as the only CDMO offering a comprehensive portfolio of allograft and xenograft biomaterials at scale.

About Evergen: 

Evergen (formally RTI Surgical) is a global industry-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in regenerative medicine. As the only regenerative medicine company that offers a differentiated portfolio of allograft and xenograft biomaterials at scale, Evergen is headquartered in Alachua, FL, and has manufacturing facilities in West Lafayette, IN., Eden Prairie and Glencoe, MN., Neunkirchen, DE., Glasgow, UK., and Marton, NZ. Read more about this change and Evergen’s commitment to advancing regenerative medicine here: https://lnkd.in/eMSfVJkM           

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Meets production goals related to including customer fulfillment, labeling, irradiation, warehousing, and equipment sterilization
• Manages daily production meetings and understands relevant metrics and drivers in assigned departments
• Collaborates with support functions such as planning, engineering, and quality
• Reviews performance metrics which may include injury rate, exceptions, delivery metrics, fallout, departmental expense, and leads strategic execution for improvement of these metrics
• Manages employee selection, training, and development including hiring, performance reviews, corrective actions, and more for direct reports
• Mentors supervisors, and provides guidance on team management for indirect reports
• Champions employee safety by ensuring all safety investigations and audits are completed quickly and proactive safety precautions are implemented regularly
• Improves overall employee engagement by reviewing annual employee engagement surveys and taking actions to improve areas of opportunity in partnership with operations leadership team
• Oversees use of materials, facility, processes, procedures, and equipment to ensure efficiency, compliance, waste reduction and continuous improvements
• Ensures timely closure of investigations related to quality review board, complaints, and non-conformances for assigned departments
• Provides daily leadership and oversight of workload for direct reports
• Other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:
Education

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management, or a related field* experience
• 5 years of experience in a manufacturing or regulated environment
• 3 years of leadership experience in a manufacturing or regulated environment
• Additional experience may substitute for education requirement

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software
• Project Management
• Process Improvement Methodologies
• Travel 10%

SAFETY:

Physical Requirement

• Move or lift objects up to 25 pounds
• Frequent (>75%) stationary position (standing or sitting) while utilizing digital displays
• Frequent (>75%) fine manipulation using hands and fingers (typing, opening, writing, clicking, paper sorting, etc.)

Working Environment

• Onsite: Office environment with assigned workstation

More about Evergen:

Evergen provides customers across a diverse set of market segments with leading-edge expertise, scale, and flexibility across end-to-end services including design, development, regulatory support, verification and validation, manufacturing, and supply chain management. 

Evergen is rooted in a steadfast commitment to quality, integrity, and patient safety with a focus on five key values:

• Accountable: We own our actions and decisions.
• Agile: We embrace change to stay ahead of the curve and evolve to drive innovation and growth. 
• Growth Mindset: We embrace challenges as opportunities for continuous learning.
• Customer-Centric: We prioritize customers at every touch point. 
• Inclusive: We thrive on the richness of our diversity and ensure every voice is heard, respected, and celebrated.

At Evergen, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where we embrace the richness of our diversity and ensure that every voice is heard, respected, and celebrated. We believe that by embracing diversity and promoting inclusivity, we not only uphold our values but also strengthen our position as the CDMO of Choice in regenerative medicine solutions. We recognize that cultivating a growth mindset is essential to our success, and we are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement in our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Through accountability and action, we strive to create an environment where individuals can thrive, innovate, and contribute their unique perspectives to drive our collective success.

Montagu Private Equity (“Montagu”), a leading European private equity firm, acquired RTI in 2020 and has supported the transformation of the company to its next level of potential.