Operational Excellence Program Manager Contract Manufacturing (Black Belt)
Operational Excellence Program Manager Contract Manufacturing (Black Belt)
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Job Description
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
Careers that Change Lives
Medtronic has declared its bold ambition to becometheglobal healthcare technology leader. By doing so we seek to reach more patients in more meaningful ways more quickly.
Are you looking to create capability and competencies in Operational Excellence (OpEx) for the leader in the Medical Technology industry
As theOperational Excellence Program Manager Contract Manufacturing you will be a Core Member of a function or multi-function Team representing Operational Excellence to plan and execute process improvement objectives. These objectives include specific operational performance targets as well as the development and training of employees to create a sustainable culture of continuous improvement.
You will partner closely with cross-functional leaders to drive strategic and sustaining improvement efforts. By developing the skills and competencies of our teams to deliver life-saving products you will be at the forefront of Medtronics mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life.
A Day in the Life
As the Operational Excellence Program Manager Contract Manufacturing you will:
- Guide deploy and execute the Medtronic Performance System (MPS) our one best way methodology and tools that support our holistic operational excellence programacross assigned Functional teams
- Contribute to the overall Global Operations & Supply Chain organizational goals by identifying organizational needs required to achieve key performance indicators. Develop and execute plans that deliver annual improvements in performance process excellence and programmatic savings
- Partner with assigned Functional teams to eliminate waste improveprocess efficiency and lead process and value stream transformation activities across prioritized workflows.
- Develop process thinking problem-solving skills and a Value Stream mindset through MPS and Lean Six Sigma teaching coaching and mentoring.
- Facilitate strategic kaizen events with functional/cross-functional teamsto deliver improved performance.
Must Have:
- Bachelors degree with a minimum of 7 years of experience in manufacturing Business Operations and/or operational excellence structures
- Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Advanced English skills
Nice to Have:
- Strong change management coaching and mentoring competency
- Ability to influence change without direct authority
- Demonstrated success applying operational excellence methods in strategic and big picture value streams and transactional environments with proven transformation and process improvements across multiple functions.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills including leading training courses in-person or virtually with the ability to convey and communicate complex concepts simply and clearly
- Project management skills with good time management client relationship management conflict resolution training facilitation and administrative skills
- Solid understanding of Engineering Project Management and financial acumen with proven knowledge and experience integrating continuous improvement
Working Conditions: Travel typically 50-75% but varies based on initiatives.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits resources and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 passionate people.
We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room every one of us experiments creates builds improves and solves. We have the talent diverse perspectives and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity here
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
