Operational Excellence Director – Transactional Processes
| Company | Medtronic |
|---|---|
| Location | Tempe, AZ, USA, North Haven, CT, USA, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| Salary | $168000 – $252000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of experience in manufacturing, business operations, and/or operational excellence structures (TPM, DBS, etc.) or an advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of experience in manufacturing, business operations, and/or operational excellence structures.
- Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Responsibilities
- Guide, deploy, and execute the Medtronic Performance System (MPS), our ‘one best way’ methodology and tools that support our holistic operational excellence program.
- Build and implement the roadmap for your assigned function(s) platform to deploy and evolve MPS to reflect organizational needs and external best practices to accelerate continuous improvement and common operating system adoption.
- Contribute to the overall Global Operations & Supply Chain organizational goals by identifying organizational needs required to achieve strategic plans. Develop and execute plans that deliver annual improvements in performance, process excellence, and programmatic savings.
- Facilitate strategic kaizen events with leadership teams.
- Partner, develop, govern, and deliver sustained quantitative and qualitative results of Operational excellence effectiveness within global function(s).
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficient and experienced in coaching and leading quantitative and qualitative assessments of OpEx effectiveness across functions
- Strong change management, coaching, and mentoring competency
- Ability to influence change without direct authority
- 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
- Practical experience in applying operational excellence methods in transactional environments with proven process improvement and cost savings success.
- 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
- Ability to travel 50% to 75%, varying based on initiatives.