We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 8 Jul 2025

 

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?

As the Operational Excellence Director, Manufacturing, Central Region, you will be a core member of the region leadership team. 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 Operational Excellence Director, Manufacturing, you will:

• Guide, deploy, and execute the Medtronic Performance System (MPS), our “one best way” methodology and tools that support our holistic operational excellence program.

• Build and implement the roadmap for the Central region and sites to deploy and evolve MPS, reflecting organizational needs and external best practices to accelerate performance improvement and standard operating system adoption.

• Contribute to the overall Global Manufacturing and Central region organizational goals by identifying organizational needs required to achieve strategic plans. Develop and execute plans that deliver annual improvements in performance, process excellence, and programmatic savings.

• Facilitate strategic kaizen events with leadership teams & work across regions to increase the speed of learning and performance.

• Partner, develop, govern, and deliver sustained quantitative and qualitative operational excellence and effectiveness results across global manufacturing.

Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in manufacturing, Business Operations, and/or operational excellence structures (TPM, DBS, etc.) or an advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience in manufacturing, Business Operations, and/or operational excellence structures (TPM, DBS, etc.

• Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt  

• Ability to travel 50-75% of the time, based on initiatives

Nice to Have:

• 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

• 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 in integrating continuous improvement

Working Conditions:  Travel typically ~50-75% 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 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 employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

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