Sr. Manufacturing Director ( Site Leader)

Medtronic; Kulim; On-site; MYR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Short-term incentive (MIP)

Annual long-term incentive

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Director to lead the establishment and scale-up of a new manufacturing site in Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia. You will drive site readiness, facility development, product transfers, and workforce ramp-up while delivering across Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, and People metrics.

This onsite leadership role requires deep manufacturing leadership in a regulated industry. You will partner across Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Strategy teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 15+ years of relevant manufacturing/operations/engineering experience and 10+ years in site leadership.
• Experience leading manufacturing site start-ups, greenfield facilities, and product transfers in regulated settings.
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma certification with structured problem-solving experience.
• Experience operating in a global matrix, partnering across functions and regions.

Responsibilities

• Lead establishment, scale-up, and long-term operation of a new manufacturing site.
• Develop and execute site strategy, capacity plans, and growth initiatives.
• Drive Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, and People metrics with accountability culture.
• Oversee product transfers, site readiness, and cross-functional execution.
• Build and retain a high-performing leadership team and workforce.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing management

Lean manufacturing

Product transfers

Regulated environment

Budgeting & cost control

Global matrix collaboration

Site start-up experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technical

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Onsite

Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia

Full time

R77343

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year.

A Day in the Life

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide, which is why we're embarking on a new venture in Malaysia and invite you to be part of our next chapter of innovation. As Senior Manufacturing Director, you will lead the establishment and scale-up of a new manufacturing operation, helping build the site, organization, operational capabilities, and infrastructure needed to support the next generation of life-changing medical technologies for patients around the world.

Working closely with leaders across Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations Excellence, and Strategy & Technology teams globally, you will play a key role in driving site readiness, facility build-out, product transfers, workforce ramp‑up, and long‑term operational success. This is an onsite leadership role based in Kulim, Kedah Malaysia.

As Senior Manufacturing Director, you will lead the establishment and growth of a new manufacturing site and be accountable for performance across Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, and People. You will oversee multiple parallel workstreams including facility development, product transfers, hiring and organizational build‑out, while partnering across a global matrix to ensure successful site readiness and operational execution. This role requires a leader who can drive execution, make timely decisions, align stakeholders, and deliver results in a dynamic and evolving environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the establishment, scale‑up, and long‑term operation of a new manufacturing site, ensuring successful execution of site readiness objectives and business priorities.

• Develop and execute site strategy, operational plans, and capacity initiatives to support facility build‑out, organizational growth, product transfers, and future business expansion.

• Drive performance across Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, and People metrics while building a culture of accountability, execution, and continuous improvement.

• Lead complex product transfer activities and cross‑functional workstreams to support successful site launch, operational readiness, and manufacturing performance.

• Build and develop a high‑performing leadership team and workforce through talent acquisition, organizational capability development, succession planning, and employee engagement.

• Drive operational excellence through Lean Manufacturing, the Medtronic Performance System, GEMBA practices, structured problem‑solving, and value stream optimization.

• Partner with Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Excellence, Strategy & Technology, and other stakeholders globally to ensure alignment, effective decision‑making, and execution of key priorities.

• Oversee site budgets, resource allocation, and operational investments while representing the organization with external stakeholders, professional organizations, and local community partners.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 15+ years of relevant manufacturing, operations, engineering, quality, or supply chain experience and 10+ years of manufacturing site leadership experience; or an advanced degree with 13+ years of relevant experience and 10+ years of manufacturing site leadership experience.

• Plant Manager, Site Leader, or equivalent leadership experience within a large‑scale manufacturing environment.

• Medical device or pharmaceutical manufacturing experience.

• Experience leading manufacturing site start‑ups, greenfield facility development, manufacturing site build‑outs, and product transfer initiatives within a regulated manufacturing environment.

• Demonstrated success developing and executing operational strategies, building organizational capability, and leading large‑scale manufacturing organizations.

• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma certification with experience applying structured problem‑solving methodologies and continuous improvement principles.

• Experience operating effectively within a global matrix environment, partnering across functions, geographic regions, and leadership levels.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Engineering or Technical Sciences.

• Experience overseeing facility development, site readiness, workforce ramp‑up, and organizational scaling activities.

• Breadth of leadership experience across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain functions.

• Strong financial and operational management experience within a large‑scale manufacturing operation.

• Experience leading operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives within a regulated manufacturing environment.

• Experience leading large‑scale change management initiatives.

• Proficiency in both Malay and English, with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.

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.

This position is eligible for a short‑term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

This position is eligible for an annual long‑term incentive plan.

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.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life‑changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life‑long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career‑building resources you need.

Life‑transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight‑driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting‑edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare settingis considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

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