Medtronic

Operational Excellence Director

Medtronic

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Plymouth • Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $172,000 - $258,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Ignite a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, empowering teams to challenge conventions and deliver breakthrough results.
  • Guide, deploy, and execute the Medtronic Performance System (MPS).
  • Establish and maintain a site-wide culture of continuous improvement and Operations excellence.
  • Lead site-wide programmatic savings activities targeted at reducing operational costs.
  • Attract, coach, motivate, and foster professional development of direct reports, and change agents across site.
  • Collaborate, develop, and implement the site roadmap to deploy and evolve MPS.
  • Set strategy and govern site Program Management Office (PMO) projects.
  • Set site training strategy, collaborating with cross-functional partners.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in manufacturing, Business Operations, and/or operational excellence structures (TPM, DBS, etc.) and 7+ years of managerial experience OR an advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience in manufacturing, Business Operations, and/or operational excellence structures (TPM, DBS, etc.) and 7+ years of managerial experience.
  • Proficient and experienced in coaching and leading quantitative and qualitative assessments of OpEx effectiveness at sites and across functions.
  • Strong change management, coaching, and mentoring competency.
  • Strategic minded while having the ability to focus on the critical actions and daily management systems.
  • Experience in training management and execution.
  • Strong portfolio project management and people management experience and skillset.
  • 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 clearly.
  • Practical experience in applying operational excellence methods in manufacturing 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.
  • Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Benefits
  • Health, Dental and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
  • Life insurance
  • Long-term disability leave
  • Dependent daycare spending account
  • Tuition assistance/reimbursement
  • Simple Steps (global well-being program)
  • Incentive plans
  • 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
  • Short-term disability
  • Paid time off
  • Paid holidays
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
  • Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
operational excellencecontinuous improvementquantitative assessmentsqualitative assessmentsproject managementtraining managementcost savingsprocess improvementfinancial acumenEngineering
Soft skills
coachingmentoringchange managementstrategic thinkingcommunicationpresentation skillsinfluencetime managementclient relationship managementconflict resolution
Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt