BD Excellence Senior Director Europe

Becton Dickinson Medical Devices; Schweiz; On-site; CHF 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Becton Dickinson Medical Devices is seeking a Senior Director Europe to drive the adoption and execution of BD Excellence across Europe, partnering with the Europe Leadership Team to lead continuous improvement and transformation efforts.

The role emphasizes Kaizen, visual management, and data-based decision making, with responsibility for shaping strategic deployment and ensuring alignment across BUs and functions in a complex matrix environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional transformation in a matrix organization.
• Strong capabilities in Kaizen, visual management and continuous improvement.
• Ability to partner with Europe Leadership Team and drive enterprise strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead BD Excellence adoption across Europe and enable execution of strategy.
• Coach senior leaders and enable governance with measurable outcomes.
• Drive enterprise-wide transformation programs and digitalization initiatives.

Skills

Executive leadership

Continuous improvement

Problem solving

Kaizen mindset

Job description

We are the people who give possibilities purpose

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it's no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

Job Description

Overview of the role.

The BD Excellence Senior Director Europe will be responsible to drive the adoption and execution of the BD Excellence vision and strategy in Europe to support structured growth and innovation across various business and functional areas.

You will be a key partner in our journey to BD Excellence, acting as reference and advisor to the Europe Leadership Team (ELT) and will support the leadership team in owning the Continuous Improvement process, with emphasis on visual management, problem solving and KAIZEN, assisting in deploying of strategic plans, ensuring alignment through cascading indicators top-down and bottom-up, taking the lead on delivering and coaching BD Excellence across the Europe BUs and Functions.

This is a phenomenal opportunity for a dynamic and ground-breaking leader with strong commercial experience and expertise in business operations, process optimization, and organisational change, and highly capable of getting results in a matrix organization.

Key Responsibilities

Executive Leadership Influence and Organizational Transformation

• Serve as a trusted partner to the Europe Leadership Team, influencing business performance, organizational capability, and long-term growth.
• Represent Europe within the Global BD Excellence community, shaping enterprise standards and sharing protocols.

BD Excellence Strategy Development and Deployment:

• Serve as the principal BD Excellence advisor to the EVP President Europe and Europe Leadership Team, partnering to shape strategic priorities, resource allocation decisions, and business performance improvements across the region.
• Act as the steward of Europe Strategic Deployment, ensuring critical growth, profitability, customer, and transformation objectives are translated into executable plans with clear accountability, governance, and measurable outcomes.
• Challenge, influence, and coach senior leaders to apply BD Excellence principles in strategic decision-making, organizational design, and business planning processes.
• Facilitate leadership forums by challenging assumptions, surfacing organizational risks, and ensuring decisions are based on data, customer impact, and enterprise priorities.
• Partner with Business Unit, Functional, and Regional leaders to identify systemic barriers to execution and lead cross-functional interventions that unlock growth, improve organizational effectiveness, and strengthen strategic alignment.
• Lead the design and facilitation of executive strategy deployment workshops, operational reviews, and transformation initiatives, ensuring priorities are properly funded, resourced, and embedded into business operations.
• Drive adoption of an open, fact-based management culture, promoting visibility of performance challenges and accelerating enterprise problem‑solving across Europe.

Enterprise Transformation and Continuous Improvement

• Lead implementation of enterprise-wide BD Excellence initiatives across Europe
• Sponsor major transformation programs that improve growth, profitability, customer experience, and organizational effectiveness
• Establish mechanisms to find opportunities, prioritize improvement initiatives, and ensure sustainable adoption and benefits realization
• Drive innovation, digitalization, and continuous improvement methodologies across Business Units and Functions

Cultivate BD Excellence culture and Capability Development:

• Build organizational capability and leadership ownership of BD Excellence across Europe, ensuring sustainable adoption and business impact
• Coach and develop leaders to embed continuous improvement, accountability, and customer‑centric thinking into day‑to‑day operations
• Foster a culture of transparency, problem‑solving, and continuous improvement across Business Units and Functions
• Develop the