Manager, Operational Excellence

Vantive: A New Company Built on Our Legacy

Since last year, Baxter has been on a journey to separate our Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

*Completion of the proposed sale of Vantive to funds managed by the Carlyle Group is subject to receipt of customary regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other closing conditions.

Your Role

This is where we make life-saving products

You have deep knowledge of and experience with manufacturing processes. You understand the importance of building relationships, establishing order, and maintaining clear communication channels. As a Operational Excellence Manager, you are a leader who is willing to listen and inspire others by your actions. You also appreciate the stability of a large multinational company with a long history of growth and success. Your team is an extension of your family, and you know how to support them as individuals while helping them achieve results as a team.

Your role as the Operational Excellence leader, this person will drive OpEx deployment at the plant. This individual should be a strong team player with highly developed communication and presentation skills. This position reports to the engineering manager with dotted reporting to the GBU/Region OpEx Lead.

Your Team

Baxter is focused on saving and sustaining lives by finding solutions to complex problems. Each day, the manufacturing team strives to create quality products for our customers—and are sometimes met with unforeseen issues to tackle. The high-caliber talent at Baxter meets these challenges head-on, as a team, to create products with the customer's needs top-of-mind.

We build relationships with each other to get work done.

As a multidisciplinary environment, we are always learning from others and exchanging ideas. This means we are open to new opinions and encourage Baxter employees always to be their authentic selves and celebrate our various backgrounds.

A manufacturing facility is a high-energy environment with little downtime. We have robust processes that ensure our employees are safe and healthy—both mentally and physically. We pride ourselves on being top of the line regarding cleanliness and safety.

We provide opportunities for you to continue to learn through training, conferences, certifications, and support for advanced degrees. Growth from role to role or level to level is encouraged and is supported by management to ensure employees are consistently engaged with their work.

What you'll be doing

• Drive OpEx program deployment at our site within the operations functions
• Ensure each applicable function has OpEx support infrastructure and deployment plan
• Work closely with department management to better understand how OpEx can assist in their continuous improvement journey
• Develop an OpEx team support and deployment plan
• Assist in the coordination and development of the organization’s Operational Excellence deployment plan to include EMS, MIP, Certification Programs, Best Practices Sharing, and others
• Assists leadership in establishing baseline and target metrics for key processes
• Work with leadership in installing organizational support for Operational Excellence (reviews, communications, rewards, software, etc.)
• Coach and mentor site-wide Black Belt and Green Belt candidates to ensure timely completion of their quality and/or cost focused projects- ultimately leading to the candidate’s certification

What you'll bring

• BS/BA degree or equivalent degree in Business Management, Engineering, or other related field of study. MBA, MS or other technical graduate degree preferred.
• Certified Green or Black Belt preferred but may pursue certification while in role
• Demonstrated knowledge of LEAN Manufacturing principles with a minimum 5-7 years of business operations and/or plant manufacturing or engineering experience, which includes a minimum of 3+ years of demonstrated process improvement success
• Must have experience managing teams and developing support programs
• Must be able to directly lead and/or co-lead high-impact process improvement projects
• Ability to manage multiple projects. Demonstrated skills in planning, budgeting and project management directed toward ach