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
We’re a mission-driven leader in medical technology and solutions with a legacy of integrity and innovation.Work with us to incentivize better patient care, and partner across the industry to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Be a part of a community of experts committed to ensuring quality, affordable healthcare worldwide.
Together, we can confront the challenges that will change the face of healthcare. Join us for a career that changes quality of lives for patients.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
Plans, performs and implements process improvement initiatives (such as Lean or Six Sigma).
Diagrams and evaluates existing processes.
Organizes, leads and facilitates cross-functional project teams.
Develops metrics that provide data for process measurement, identifying indicators for future improvement opportunities.
Collects data to identify root cause of problems.
Measures performance against process requirements.
Aligns improvement to performance shortfalls.
Provides consultation on the use of re-engineering techniques to improve process performance and product quality.
May deliver presentations and training courses including measurement, analysis, improvement and control.
Surveys and analyzes best practices for techniques and processes.
Communicates team progress.
Performs cost and benefit analyses.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
Minimum of 4 years relevant experience
Practical knowledge of project management.
Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (or higher) preferred.
Deep understanding of Lean principles (waste elimination, value stream mapping, Kaizen, flow optimization).
Leading site-wide transformation projects (cost reduction, efficiency improvements, automation)
Knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, or other data visualization tools
Aligning operational improvements with financial performance.
Coaching and mentoring OPEX teams and Yellow/Green Belt candidates.
Strong influencing skills to drive a continuous improvement culture across all levels
Tiered Management & Governance
Experience in Leading Kaizen Workshops
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
