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A Day in the Life

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 12th of December 2025.

Careers that Change Lives

Act boldly. Compete to win. Move with speed and decisiveness. Foster belonging. Deliver results…the right way. That’s the Medtronic Mindset — our cultural norms. Our brand is rooted in action, not just words. The Medtronic Mindset defines the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your extraordinary potential to ensure future generations live better, healthier lives.

Make an impact by joining the Operational Excellence team at the Plymouth, Nathan Lane Site. This position blends your technical engineering skills with your analytical acumen to solve complex operations problems that drive capacity improvement, space and line optimization, cost reductions, operational efficiencies, all to provide a competitive advantage to the site and Medtronic.  Take your career to the next level while supporting our mission to “alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.” 

A Day in the Life
In this role, you will be focused on accelerating performance at our Plymouth Nathan Lane Site, through the deployment of the Medtronic Performance System (MPS). This will be accomplished through coaching and training teams, and employees on the tools and elements that make up MPS. You will deploy and sustain continuous improvement programs around Zero Loss, Strategy Excellence, Innovation Excellence, Value Stream Excellence, Maintenance Excellence, and Improvement Excellence with A3/DMAIC thinking and Lean Sigma toolsets, to support our growth.

This position will be 5 days per week, day shift on site.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop, implement, and sustain process improvement initiatives utilizing Six Sigma methodologies.

• Guide and mentor the use of Medtronic Performance System tools and methodologies

• Deploy and sustain daily management systems (tier boards)

• Provide training and support to employees on continuous improvement tools and techniques

• Introduce and educate employees on the 5S methodology, while conducting regular audits to ensure adherence to 5S standards and pinpoint opportunities for improvement

• Create and maintain value stream maps to identify waste and opportunities for process improvements

·         Participate in, support, and lead kaizen events to drive rapid improvements in processes and operations.

• Collaborate with team members to implement lean tools and methodologies such as root cause analysis (5-why) and standard work

• Establish and maintain performance metrics to measure program success.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

·         Requires high school diploma, or equivalent

Nice to Have

·         Lean and/or Six Sigma certification or training

·         Proficiency in process mapping/value stream mapping

·         Prior Continuous Improvement experience

·         Communication & collaboration skills

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 e