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

Join us at Medtronic, where we are partnering across the industry to tackle systemic healthcare challenges with bold leadership. If you seek a challenging, energizing, and rewarding career that changes lives, we invite you to join our team. Become part of the next generation of life-changing medical technology, impacting patients worldwide.

At Medtronic, we must work with a sense of purpose and ownership, knowing there is a human life on the other side of every decision.

The Sr. Manufacturing Director | Site Leader is responsible for all safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and people aspects in our manufacturing site in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This position reports to the VP Manufacturing Midwest and leads all phases of manufacturing and technical functions to advance existing technology to produce the highest quality Medtronic products. This leader embraces innovation and continuous improvement through the alignment of people, strategy, and culture while driving sustainable performance.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working 5 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

The Sr. Manufacturing Director | Site Leader leverages the Medtronic Performance System (MPS) to establish Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) targets, prioritize key initiatives, and partner with Operating Units and Global Supply Chain functions to set breakthrough objectives and capacity plans.

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

Medtronic is intensely focused on creating a workplace environment which reflects our standing as the world’s top medical device company. The ideal candidate will have a passion for the patients we serve and an unrelenting desire to improve our business.

Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Lead and build winning teams to further our mission: alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life by building products in a safe working environment with the highest quality and speed at the most optimal cost.

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

• Implement and execute comprehensive operations strategies that assure success of the organization and accountability for safety, quality, production, cost, and people.

• Plan and administer budgets, including making budgetary recommendations on capital expenditures and labor requirements.

• Implement cost reduction, waste reduction, quality improvement, and productivity improvement programs to ensure attainment of key performance metrics and sustainable performance improvements.

• Develop organizational capability through talent development, succession planning, and leadership engagement.

• Represent Medtronic in the community and in professional organizations at a local or regional level.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements:

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelor's degree required.

• Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in Operational Excellence, Production Planning, and Medical, Pharmaceutical, or CPG Manufacturing, including at least 10 years of managerial experience; or

• Advanced degree with a minimum of 13 years of relevant experience, including at least 10 years of managerial experience.

Nice to Have

• Degree in Engineering or Technical Sciences.

• Medical Device Manufacturing experience.

• Breadth of background across numerous roles/functions within Manufacturing.

• Demonstrated use of Lean Manufacturing principles to achieve results.

• Demonstrated knowledge of manufacturing systems.

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