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

Careers that Change Lives 

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 Program Manager, Contract Manufacturing, you will be a Core Member of a function or multi-function Team representing Operational Excellence to plan and execute process improvement objectives. 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. 

 A Day in the Life 

 As the Operational Excellence Program Manager, Contract 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 across assigned Functional teams
• Contribute to the overall Global Operations & Supply Chain 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 MPS and 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
• Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt   
• Advanced English skills

Nice to Have: 

• Strong change management, coaching, and mentoring competency 

• Ability to influence change without direct authority 
• Demonstrated success applying operational excellence methods in strategic and big picture value streams and transactional environments with proven transformation and process improvements across multiple functions.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including leading training courses in-person or virtually, with the ability to convey and communicate complex concepts simply and 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 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. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here