Sr. Director, Manufacturing Excellence
Terumo Medical CorporationAbout the role
Terumo Medical Corporation (TMC) develops, manufactures, and markets a complete, solutions-based portfolio of high-quality medical devices used in a broad range of applications for numerous areas of the healthcare industry. TMC places a premium on providing customers with world-class products, training and education programs that drive clear economic value, better clinical outcomes and improved quality of life for patients. TMC is part of Tokyo-based Terumo Corporation; one of the world’s leading medical device manufacturers with $6+ billion in sales, 30,000+ employees worldwide and operations in more than 160 nations. Terumo Medical Corporation is comprised of two strategic business divisions: Terumo Interventional Systems and Terumo Medical Products.
We believe that the future is bright for everyone at Terumo. We work with the future in mind to generate lasting change, create a bigger impact and produce greater outcomes for today, and for decades to come.
At Terumo we believe in the power of personal growth and will encourage you to get in the driver's seat - progressing in the direction you want to go by deepening your skills throughout your career. We want you to be bold, think outside the box, experiment, innovate and deliver what's next for quality healthcare. You will be part of a collaborative, respectful and resilient team of associates and leaders around the world, working together as partners to achieve more than you thought possible, providing real-world, impactful solutions for patients.
Join us and help shape wherever we go next!
Advancing healthcare with heart
Job Summary
The Senior Director, Manufacturing Excellence is responsible for driving enterprise-wide manufacturing performance improvements across the Terumo Medical Corporation (TMC) network of manufacturing sites. This role will primarily report into the Vice President, Operations TMC with a dotted line to the CEO, TMC.
This role focuses on establishing and implementing best practices, sustainable cost reduction, throughput acceleration, and operational consistency. This role will also engage with our sister sites such as Ashitaka, Hangzou, Glasgow and Vietnam to understand best practices within Terumo to advance the organization globally. The leader will partner with cross-functional and cross-regional teams to optimize direct and indirect cost structures, reduce variability, and enhance overall equipment and process effectiveness while maintaining the highest quality and regulatory standards for Class II and Class III medical devices.
Job Details/Responsibilities
- Act as the Center of Excellence for manufacturing across the TMC site with initial focus on Elkton – establishing and leveraging best practices, standardizing manufacturing processes to improve efficiencies with:
- Strong emphasis on manufacturing cost improvement, variance reduction, and throughput optimization.
- Establishing and benchmarking best-in-class performance standards for direct vs. indirect labor models across multiple manufacturing sites.
- Assisting in developing and implementing robust performance management systems, including KPIs, dashboards, and governance routines to sustain gains.
- Engage with sister sites and Terumo Corporation to (1) to understand best practices within Terumo and identify what improvements can be made at the TMC site; (2) understand the potential of manufacturing network optimization for the longer term.
- Work cross-functionally with the site leaders, production teams and quality teams and closely advise engineers (manufacturing engineers, LCM/ sustain etc.) to optimize processes, reduce scrap and prevent downtime.
- Partner with site leadership teams to identify and execute high-impact productivity initiatives across machining, extrusion, coatings, and complex assembly operations.
- Assist in driving measurable improvements in cost of goods sold (COGS), including direct labor, material yield, scrap reduction, and indirect overhead efficiency.
- Champion Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, including value stream mapping, Kaizen, DMAIC, and statistical process control, to eliminate waste and reduce process variability.
- Work closely and advise senior leadership (TMC leadership, TAH strategy and TC) providing data-driven insights and recommendations and evaluate strategic options around:
- Manufacturing footprint optimization, capacity balancing, site specialization, network rationalization.
- Driving adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies, including automation, AI-enabled analytics, MES, and digital factory systems to improve visibility, decision-making, a
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