• Job Description

  Req#: 87874

  Overview

  Production Manager - Miramar, FL - Tuesday - Saturday 5:00am-1:30pm with occasional 3rd shift hours.

  Manage the Specimen Management department areas (including Accessioning, Tech Ops, Referrals) to process specimens and on-time hand off to internal customers and with focus on quality, compliance, and productivity. The incumbent will own and ensure adequate workflow of specimens from sample of drop off through the time of transfer to the testing areas.

  The role is responsible for monitoring performance metrics across all areas, managing priorities, ensuring effective communications between all area leaders through various daily management mechanisms, ensuring timely escalation in case of equipment downtime, and detecting and communicating potential cost saving ideas or process improvements. The ideal candidate must have strong people leadership skills, robust problem-solving experience within a fast-paced setting, data-based decision-making abilities, and be highly organized.

  Additionally, the candidate must ensure maintenance of a safe, ergonomically sound, professional environment.

  Responsibilities

  • Must have the mental alertness and high energy required to appropriately perform the job.
  • The ability to effectively work with other departments to resolve problems. Must have interpersonal skills to gain cooperation with other departments and foster continuous improvements.
  • Demonstrate excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, and is able to manage client concerns, technical department and employees in a professional manner.
  • Make independent decisions and exercise consistent sound judgment.
  • Capable of handling multiple priorities in a high-volume setting.
  • Able to organize and lead projects within the work group and with cross functional groups. Required to give presentations and speak in front of groups.

  Qualifications

  Required Work Experience:

  Minimum of 8 years laboratory experience with at least 4 years of direct supervisory experience in the clinical or anatomical pathology laboratory.

  Preferred Work Experience:

  Medical or production background preferred

  Skills and Competencies:

  • Proven people and project leadership skills
  • Must be detail and quality oriented and data driven
  • Ability to work independently, as well as multi-task as necessary
  • Experience working in a regulated industry– Highly desirable
  • Strong performance management and people development experience
  • Must have high energy and positivity to drive the team through issues if they occur.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel , PowerPoint, and Outlook). Desirable- Power BI

  Personal Traits:

  • Servant Leader with excellent communication & listening skills
  • Coaching / mentor demeanor
  • Strong cross-functional collaborator and interpersonal skills
  • Strong problem-solving and continuous improvement / Lean skills – Highly desirable
  • Highly self-driven / motivated
  • Excellent listening skills
  • Bias to results / Change agent

  EDUCATION Bachelor’s Degree(Required)

  EEO

  Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets or any other legally protected status.

• About the company

  Quest Diagnostics is an American clinical laboratory. A Fortune 500 company, Quest operates in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Brazil. Quest also maintains collaborative agreements with various hospitals and clinics across the globe.

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