Sr. Manager, Global Value Stream

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Job Description:

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Sr. Manager, Global Value Stream, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Driving value stream strategy & network optimization across plan, source, make and deliver
• Partnering with operations and supporting functions to identify, prioritize and execute the end-to-end value stream improvements over the mid-to-long-term planning horizon
• Developing internal strategic capacity roadmaps to achieve unconstrained demand plan, expand gross margin and deliver top quartile service to the customer
• Supporting new product introduction (NPI) with strategic insights (Source of Supply (SoS) decisions, technology clusters)
• Developing, deploying and upholding standard for value stream simplification that aligns to long term supply chain strategy
• Championing accountability and delivery of the value stream optimization plan across Global Supply Chain (GSC) functions
• Supporting operations on special projects and critical initiatives to ensure supply continuity and performance excellence

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited institution (completed and verified prior to start) AND ten (10) years of combined experience in manufacturing and/or supply chain leadership in a private, public, government or military environment

OR

• High School diploma/GED from an accredited institution (completed and verified prior to start) AND fourteen (14) years of combined experience in manufacturing and/or supply chain leadership in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Production, value stream/product/manufacturing, plant management experience
• International manufacturing and supply chain experience
• Experience leading projects involving Capital Expenditures and/or New Product Introduction
• Experience working in regulated markets/industries
• Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
• Strategic leadership mindset
• Ability to capture end-to-end customer/business needs across the value stream and lead a team to deliver those results
• Capability to drive success in a customer first, global, end to end value stream
• Strong coaching and collaboration skills

Work location: Hybrid Eligible (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel to Maplewood, MN, Columbia, MO, or Brookings, SD)

Travel: May include up to 20% domestic and international
Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

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