Technical Lead Value Engineering

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At Baxter we believe every personregardless of who they are or where they are fromdeserves 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.

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Your role at Baxter

This is where your expertise helps people

You are a problem solver. Complex projects or unexpected challenges are just opportunities to bring your considerable abilities to use. Whether working independently or with a trusted team you are always ready to tackle a project and work hard to find solutions.

Your talent is needed across a wide variety of industries. As a Technical Cost Out (TCO) Lead you have a wide array of career choices but are motivated by the opportunity to work in a company that supports innovation professional development and a purposeful mission.

Your team

We are a team of inquisitive individuals who embrace a collaborative environment to take on sophisticated challenges that meet the needs of our patients. We often need to change directions and respond to issues to avoid disruptions in our fast-paced manufacturing environment. Together we build and maintain a positive work environment.

Our team is dedicated to quality. Delivering life-saving products is about getting them right and our technical expertise and experience working in a manufacturing environment empower us to meet that challenge.

When you join us you will work with a team of committed individuals who trust each other to deliver on the tasks at hand. We support innovation and out-of-the-box thinking balanced with collaboration across functions and other teams. Our leadership understands the need for continuous education and provides opportunities for further development.

The Technical Lead TCO Engineering is a core member of the TCO (Technical Cost Out) team and is accountable for delivering material and component cost reduction supply resilience and margin improvement through technical analysis specification optimization alternate sourcing and cross-functional execution. The role partners closely with Procurement R&D Quality Operations and Suppliers to identify validate and implement cost optimization opportunities while maintaining product performance regulatory compliance and supply continuity.

This role sits within the TCO team within the ISC organization with strong dotted-line engagement to Procurement R&D and Operations. The role is execution-focused and operates within established governance forums.

What youll be doing

TCO Opportunity Identification & Analysis:

• Identify and evaluate total cost optimization opportunities across materials components and processes across ITP sites with specific focus on insourcing alternate sourcing and process & product value engineering. Ensure alignment to site and partner with Manufacturing Strategy to align to designed future state.
• Perform structured should-cost clean-sheet and teardown analyses.
• Support category strategies with fact-based cost drivers and benchmarks.
• Facilitate cross functional Continuous Improvement Kaizen and Cost Optimization events to generate and prioritize ideas.

Technical Execution & Validation:

• Lead a cross functional technical team through the planning and execution of projects using various engineering and scientific techniques procedures and criteria. This includes constructing detailed accurate schedules driving and collaborating with a core team and guiding technical support groups.
• Lead or support technical change execution including specification and material substitution.
• Coordinate sample builds trials and testing.
• Support change control processes validation and implementation (e.g. cut-in planning).

Cross-Functional & Supplier Collaboration:

• Partner with Procurement Quality R&D Operations Strategy and Finance among others.
• Engage suppliers on process capability readiness and cost transparency.
• Support dual qualification risk mitigation and capacity assessments.

Performance Tracking & Governance:

• Lead and track initiatives end-to-end from opportunity assessment business case development full execution and hand over of project and savings to operations.
• Maintain documentation of assumptions risks and approvals.
• Escalate quality service regulatory cost or timeline risks.
• Document and leverage best practices as part of the internal TCO center continuous improvement methodology.

What youll bring

• 5-8 years experience with Bachelors degree in Mechanical Materials Plastics Chemicals Packaging or Manufacturing engineering or related field.
• Proven experience delivering multi-million dollar value engineering savings.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional projects end-to-end using structured project management methods.
• Working knowledge of GMP change control deviation/CAPA concepts and validation/qualification principles.
• Strong analytical capability.
• Strong communication skills and cross-functional influence skills.
• Travel required 10-20%.

Preferred:

• Experience in alternate sourcing and supplier qualification (APQP/PPAP) in regulated manufacturing with endtoend technical and procurement leadership delivering cost savings.
• Experience translating technical changes into measurable business value insourcing transitions and tech transfer activities.
• Experience in value engineering and design for manufacturability.
• Experience with cost modelling should-costing or clean-sheet methodologies.
• Lean / Six Sigma certification.

Applicants must be authorized to work for an employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter we are committed to equitable pay for all employees and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $112000 - $154000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location skills and expertise experience and other relevant factors. For questions about this our pay philosophy and available benefits please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

Other Duties as Assigned

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Overtime is worked as required.

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