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

Location: Irvine CA
Onsite: 100%

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Apply Lean Six Sigma and structured problem-solving methodologies to diagnose root causes implement sustainable improvements and quantify business value within manufacturing processes.

• Facilitate cross-functional value stream mapping process improvement workshops and Kaizen events to identify inefficiencies eliminate waste and develop integrated future-state processes.

• Organize lead and facilitate cross-functional project teams managing the Kaizen roadmap and ensuring timely execution of improvement projects.

• Collaborate with production engineering quality supply chain and other departments to drive operational excellence and integrated process solutions.

• Develop monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track progress and identify future improvement opportunities.

• Collect and analyze operational data perform cost-benefit analyses and present actionable insights and proposals to leadership.

• Guide the deployment of the Medtronic Performance System (MPS) developing and executing plans for continuous improvement and programmatic savings.

• Deliver training and coaching in Lean and Six Sigma methodologies building problem-solving skills and a value stream mindset across the organization.

• Provide consultation analyze best practices and ensure alignment of improvement initiatives with business objectives.

• Communicate team progress maintain engagement with leaders and ensure improvement activities are strategically aligned with organizational goals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree plus a minimum of 4 years relevant hands-on experience or advanced degree plus a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

-Advanced lean six sigma knowledge (Green/black belt certified)

-Strategy planning experience with aligning improvement activities to business goals

-Strong change management coaching and mentoring competency

-Ability to influence change without direct authority

-Excellent communication and presentation skills including leading training courses with the ability to convey and communicate complex concepts clearly

-Project management skills with good time management conflict resolution training facilitation and administrative skills

-Preferred background in manufacturing operations or other process-intensive environments.

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.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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.

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.