Service Operations Manager
Baxter · Downey, CA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Production
- Base pay
- $104k–$143k
- Travel
- 30%
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A management production role at Baxter (medical devices) in Downey, CA. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Base pay
- $104k–$143k
- Day to day
- about 30% travel
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Production Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $125k–$175k. This one lists $104k–$143k.
Median of the low and high ends of 60 live postings that list pay, out of 141 production engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
California plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 140 other live production postings in California.
- Base pay
- About 15% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $119k–$170k, from 48 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- New product launch 37%
- Lean 30%
- Root cause 28%
- ✓ Team leadership 26%
- Automation 26%
- Python 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
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Your role at Baxter
Provide direct supervision, leadership, coaching, and daily direction for a multi-site (geographically disbursed) staff. Overall responsibility for training and performance within safety, customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, achievement of performance metrics and following all SOPs and work instructions for a technical and customer service focused team. The Customer Service Operations Manager will need to establish strong communication links with the internal sales team to review financial and profitability goals, customer service plans and growth opportunities across the rental, purchased and Asset Advantage businesses. They are accountable for the achievement of revenue generation through Fee for Service (FFS) targets and service contract renewals, achievement of set cost targets, customer satisfaction, associate development, and operational improvements.
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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.
Job Description
Your team
- •This role will be a part of a dynamic team who achieve results with our various internal and external customers. You will be at the forefront of making a difference in our patients lives.
- •Baxter offers a great benefits package including Healthcare Insurance, 401K, Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
What you'll be doing
- •Provide supervision, leadership, and mentoring for single and multi-site locations with 7 to 28 non-exempt and exempt associates - including recruiting, hiring, training and developing.
- •Establish reputable working relationships with sales colleagues, as well as with other departments, external customers and suppliers to ensure strategic cross-functional collaboration and success.
- •Conduct biannual/annual performance reviews to ensure performance expectations are set and performed. Be a change champion by developing associates and establish an environment for open and proactive communication.
- •Achieve operational results by achieving all key performance metrics in the areas of safety, development, customer satisfaction, operations improvements and cost containment to reassess priorities and realign goals. Develop key project plans to support personnel and equipment requirements.
- •Achieve financial results by driving profitability through the efficient execution of service resources to complete contract terms and conditions.
- •Direct responsibility for FFS generation and meeting set targets while assisting in service revenue retention through the compliance of service contract performance to plan and renewal based on performance and value of service provided.
- •Meet or exceed customer satisfaction through related metrics such as elapsed time, open calls, capital contract compliance, 24-hour repairs, etc.
- •Partner to develop and present quarterly business reviews to customers.
- •Identify and resolve problems, efficiently and strive to provide consistent communication.
- •Ensure compliance by demonstrating, instructing and monitoring all federal, state, and local regulations and company policies while supervising to ensure the implementation of all continuous improvement opportunities for all operational processes and standards.
- •Build and maintain a safe work environment while participating in, and leading safety initiatives such as investigation of incidents and implementation of counter-measures.
What you'll bring
- •Bachelor’s Degree required.
- •5+ years supervisory experience (related industry preferred).
- •Ability to travel overnight and up to 30% within the assigned area.
- •Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office.
- •Proven competence in communicating vision and aligning staff’s performance, while establishing goals and standards to coach, develop, recognize and reward.
- •Demonstrated ability in building customer relationships, working as an excellent teammate, and following-up & following through.
- •Live within geographic area assigned or willing to relocate.
- •Salesforce experience preferred.
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