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At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life
Medtronic has declared its bold ambition to become the global healthcare technology leader. By doing so, we seek to reach more patients in more meaningful ways, more quickly. 

Are you looking to create capability and competencies in Operational Excellence (OpEx) for the leader in the Medical Technology industry? 

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronic's Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic, subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential, enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.

As the Sr. Manager, Operational Excellence for Diabetes, you will be responsible for Operational Excellence to plan and execute process improvement objectives supporting the Diabetes Operating Unit. These objectives include specific operational performance targets as well as the development and training of employees to create a sustainable culture of continuous improvement.

You will partner closely with cross-functional leaders to drive strategic and sustaining improvement efforts. By developing the skills and competencies of our teams to deliver life-saving products, you will be at the forefront of Medtronic's mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.
As the Senior Manager of Operational Excellence, you will:

• Guide, deploy, and execute the Diabetes Operating System, our and tools
that support our holistic operational excellence program across the
Diabetes Operating Unit
• Contribute to the overall Operations organizational goals by identifying
organizational needs required to achieve key performance indicators.
• Develop and execute plans that deliver annual improvements in
performance, process excellence, and programmatic savings
• Partner with assigned Functional teams to eliminate waste, improve
process efficiency, and lead process and value stream transformation
activities across prioritized workflows
• Develop process thinking, problem-solving skills, and a Value Stream
mindset through Lean Six Sigma teaching, coaching, and mentoring.
• Facilitate strategic kaizen events with functional/cross-functional teams to
deliver improved performance

Must Have: 
Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 7 years of experience in manufacturing, Business Operations, and/or operational excellence structures or master's degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing, Business Operations, and/or operational excellence structures

•    Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (or equivalent)

Nice to Have:

• Practical experience in applying operational excellence methods in transactional environments with proven process improvement and cost savings success
• Strong change management, coaching, and mentoring competency 
• Ability to influence change without direct authority 
• Ability to travel 50-75% of the time (varies based on initiatives)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including leading training courses in-person or virtually, with the ability to convey and communicate complex concepts clearly 
• 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 in integrating continuous improvement   

Working Conditions:  Travel typically 50% to 75% but varies based on initiatives

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 exhaus