Sr Lean Sigma Manager

Careers that Change Lives

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We're purposeful. We're committed. We're driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people worldwide. Join us as a valued team member at our newest Manufacturing site in Grand Rapids, MI. We look for accountable leaders who have a clear vision of where we are going and how to get there, bold inclusive thinkers who create new ideas and bring our best solutions forward to benefit our patients, business partners, and customers. Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions - we're a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare.

As the Sr. Lean Sigma Manager in our Grand Rapids, MI manufacturing site, you will lead, deploy, and implement Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement throughout the facility. You will initiate deployment activities within the site to ensure that improvement actions are directly linked to the strategic and tactical objectives of the operating unit, emphasizing the efficiency and effectiveness of manufacturing and business processes, and enabling breakthrough process changes and improvements. You will perform value assessments identifying key areas for improvement opportunities and create improvement plans that meet business goals; lead various Lean and Six Sigma projects; assess the status of processes using roadmaps to plan for the future of manufacturing, with associated milestones in line with plant maturity. You will coach and mentor multidisciplinary teams on manufacturing strategies specific to Medtronic Performance System; coordinate strategy deployment system and organizational alignment to accelerate improvement; participate on the leadership team of a Medtronic manufacturing plant, with associated quality, capacity, and financial planning process; deploy continuous improvement methodologies to include application across a value stream, including functions of safety, operations, engineering, quality, and facilities.

A Day in the Life

As the Sr. Lean Sigma Manager, you will partner with the site leadership team to manage short- & long-term vision and execution plans for the site overall and the Operational Excellence function; managing Operational Excellence programs and initiatives at the site for short- and long-term goal achievement, assuring culture and systems development in support of continuous improvement in cost and quality performance. You will establish and maintain a site-wide culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence including site leadership level policy deployment, tiered communications, value stream excellence, improvement excellence, and related operating mechanisms.

You will:

• Develop, implement, and sustain process improvement initiatives utilizing Six Sigma methodologies.
• Define, design, and implement continuous improvement programs to ensure programs are integrated vertically and horizontally across the organization.
• Define improvement projects aligned with business strategies.
• Analyze improvement programs and potential results.
• Facilitate and coach improvement teams.
• Establish and maintain performance metrics to measure program success.
• Install process excellence supports for program governance, project reviews, communications, training, certifications, and rewards.

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

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant Lean Sigma experience supporting manufacturing or an Advanced Degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant Lean Sigma experience supporting manufacturing.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Lean policy deployment and tier management
• Solid understanding of Engineering, Project Management, Lean Principles, Six Sigma, and Financial acumen.
• Medical device manufacturing experience
• Certified Master Black Belt
• Ability to manage cross-functionally with direct and indirect influence
• Ability to coach and facilitate individually and at the large-scale level
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Proven skills working with cross-functional teams and presentation skills
• Experience with the deployment of lean manufacturing
• Ability to directly lead and/or coordinate high-impact process improvement projects

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services 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.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements 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. Learn more about our benefits here. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) here. The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply to others).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

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. (ADA-United States of America)