Senior Industrial Engineering Manager Plymouth, MN
Plymouth, MA - USA
Job Summary
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
The Senior Industrial Engineering Manager will lead people processes and change to drive operational excellence at the Plymouth Nathan Lane Manufacturing site a key Medtronic campus supporting regulated medical device manufacturing. This role is responsible for developing and leading a high performing industrial engineering team planning and executing Lean and Six Sigmabased initiatives and sustaining change through strong leadership coaching and stakeholder engagement.This leader will partner closely with site leadership and cross functional teams to assess current state performance identify gaps and implement data driven improvements that are adopted sustained and scaled. Success in this role requires a strong balance of technical process expertise people leadership and change management capability to enable continuous improvement and long term business impact.
At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we -person exchanges are invaluable to our work. Were working a minimum of 5 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
Lead coach and develop a team of industrial engineers fostering a culture of continuous improvement accountability and engagement
Plan lead and implement process improvement initiatives aligned to site and enterprise priorities
Serve as a change leader guiding teams through transformation by applying structuredchange managementprinciples influencing stakeholders and addressing resistance
Organize lead andfacilitatecross functionalproject teams to drive measurable improvements in safety quality delivery and cost
Develop andmaintainoperational metrics and dashboards tomonitorperformance track benefits and reinforce sustained adoption
Align improvement initiatives to performance shortfalls and strategic priorities
Provide consultation and thought leadership onreengineeringtechniques to improve process performance and product quality
Communicate progress risks and outcomes clearly to site leadership and key stakeholders
Performcost benefitanalyses and ensure value realization from improvement initiatives
Deliver training coaching and presentations on continuous improvementproblem-solving and standard work
Identify share and deploy best practices across the site and broader organization
Minimum Requirements
Bachelors degree with a minimum of7 years of relevant experience including5 years of managerial experience
OR
Advanced degree with a minimum of5 years of relevant experience including5 years of managerial experience
Nice to Have
PreviousMedtronic experience includinghandsoninvolvement in Lean Six Sigma MPS or MDT continuous improvement initiatives
Proven successleading and developing teams through changein a regulated manufacturing environment
Demonstrated ability to influence across functions and levels including senior leadership
Strongexpertisein process mappingrootcauseanalysis and performance measurement
Experience building and using operational metrics and dashboards to drive behavior change
Background in delivering trainingfacilitatingworkshops and coaching leaders and teams
Proven success leadinglargescaleproductivity capacity or footprint optimization efforts
Experience supporting new product introductions (NPI) site expansions or major transformations
This role is a key people and change leader accountable not only for delivering results but for building capability and ensuring improvements are adopted and sustained.
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
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.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
At Medtronic we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B TN J etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Join us in our mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend lifewhere your unique background and perspective are valued.
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.
If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic Inc. (Medtronic) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County you can findhere a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
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