Vice President, Global Operations Excellence and Strategy

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Joining us is a chance to do important work that creates change and shapes the future of healthcare. Thinking differently is what we do best. To us, change equals opportunity. Every day, our colleagues are challenging what’s possible and making headway to innovate new treatment pathways to advance patient outcomes and set new standards of care.

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

The Vice President, Global Operations Excellence and Strategy is a key member of the global operations and supply chain team and has responsibility for shaping the strategic direction and optimizing operational efficiency for Integra Lifesciences.  This role has the responsibility of transforming our global operations and manufacturing organization to better meet the needs of our customers and enable growth.  They will provide strategic leadership in enterprise strategic decision making along multiple operational priorities including footprint and real estate optimization, capital investments, mergers and acquisitions, business continuity resilience, global operations training, and enterprise continuous improvement.  This individual will lead a team of directors, program management professionals as well as engineers and project managers.  The role is accountable and responsible for strategic planning, resource management, developing high performing teams, and achieving results in alignment with business objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Responsible for the creation, execution, and realization of the Global Operations & Supply Chain strategy in alignment with our company's priorities. This includes performing detailed strategic analysis, enabling the implementation of the strategic vision, and integrating key strategy elements needed to transform the business, with ongoing project and initiative elements needed to run and improve the business. Through their leadership and team, execute change management and optimize delivery to meet company’s strategic priorities.

• Develop and lead the Global Operations and Supply Chain Program Management Office (PMO).  Ensure the PMO drives the execution of operational initiatives and programs across all global operations functions and leadership staff ensuring all projects are managed effectively and according to client expectations. 

• Ensure your team is proactively identifying, managing, and executing projects of strategic importance. Projects may be cross-Functional, cross-Geographical and/or cross-Divisional opportunities that require collaboration/coordination across multiple stakeholders.  Requires strong stakeholder management and communication.

• Enable the development of multi-year strategic site master investment plans with operations, supply chain and plant leadership team members to both mitigate operational risks and ensure organizational growth target readiness. Create and lead the global operations and supply chain capital expenditure processes and ensure projects are delivered on-site and within budget.

• Lead real estate operations, facilities engineering, and global operational footprint optimization focused on both operational transfers and optimizing enterprise product flow aligned to organizational growth targets.  Responsible for global management of both manufacturing and office facilities. 

• Responsible for effective integration in collaboration with the business development team ensuring effective merger, acquisition and divesture activity.  Lead and manage the post-merger integration process to align the acquired entity with operations, culture, and strategic goals.  Assist in the due diligence process for future M&A transactions.

• Through the team, lead the global operations continuous improvement office that will drive enterprise level continuous improvement initiatives, sustain and improve upon organizational Lean Daily Management, provide enterprise leadership and training in Lean methodology, and support Global Operations focused improvements through WorkOuts, Kaizen Events, and Workshops.  Develop and manage Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure data driven decision making.

• Ensure the creation of a global operations and supply chain training center of excellence developing, delivering, and continuously improving the alignment of resources and workflow for all 14 manufacturing facilities. 

• Build a high-performance culture and team, empowering and holding direct reports and cross-functional teams accountable for successful operation and supply chain resilience. Lea