BD Excellence Leader — Strategy, CI & Lean Impact

bdx; North Carolina; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

BD in Columbus West is seeking a Senior Manager, BD Excellence to lead strategy deployment, KPI alignment, and continuous improvement initiatives across the site. This role requires coaching plant leadership, driving a zero-loss mindset, and ensuring safety, quality, and reliability.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated passion for safety, customer centricity and operational excellence.
• Excellent understanding of the interaction between operational excellence and customer service.
• Strong track record in project or program management.
• Verbal and written communication skills with people at all levels – Advanced.
• Business acumen and ability to display the linkage between projects and desired business results – Proficient.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy deployment (SD). Ensure strategic alignment through KPIs top-down and bottom-up.
• Co-develop and execute plant implementation of BD Excellence and CTW plan/budget.
• Coach leadership on BD Excellence, benchmarking, and zero loss mindset.
• Grow capability in safety, quality, and reliability; focus resources on priorities.
• Coordinate BD Excellence components deployment and drive capability development.

Skills

Safety

Operational Excellence

Project Management

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Financial Acumen

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or relevant field

Tools

MS Office

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

Job PositionTitle:SeniorManager, BD Excellence

Function:BD Excellence Team

Location:Columbus West

Job Group/Grade:JG5

PositionSummary:

Site BD ExcellenceSeniorManager will be passionate about creating a culture of operational and customer excellence, implementing change, and driving ContinuousImprovement(CI) across the site through deploying BD Excellence program.Ensurescompliance with BD quality systems, policies,proceduresand best practices, and all local, state, federal and BD safety regulations,policiesand procedures.Regular, punctual attendance is an essential job function.Ability to read and write and converse in English.Willing and able to uphold BD Values.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Lead strategy deployment (SD).Ensure strategic alignment through cascading Key Performance Indicators (KPIs’) top down and bottom up.Support site leadership team increating strategic vision of improvement goals, site master plan (deployment roadmap and maturity expectations based on prior ities). Supportovernance process acrossrelevant BD Excellence components.

• Partner with plant Leadership team and Business Unit Managers/Leader to co-develop and execute the plant’s implementation of the BD Excellence and Cost to Win plan/budget.

• Coach the plant leadership team, with regards to BD Excellence, with focus on external and internal benchmarking. Develop and mentor zero loss mindset across criticalareas to optimize quality, delivery and cost while improving safety.

• Develop and grow capability through components and component teams to establish thefundamentals of excellence in safety, quality, and reliability.Coach and guide siteto ensure focus of resources and time on priorities.

• Coordinate BD Excellence components deployment.Continue to drive BD Excellence capability development through deployment of progressively advanced aspects ofcomponent methodologies.Achieve long term CI objectives through cross functional alignment of all resources toward shared goals.

• Teach, coach, and demonstrate proficiency in BD Excellence concepts and systematic approach, including strategy development & deployment (SDD), core components,Zero Loss mindset and all related methodologies/tools. Lead and facilitate breakthrough Kaizen events.

• Lead the Focused Improvement component team.Develop and grow problem solving capability at all levels.Drive collaboration w ith site leadership team to generate,sustain, and deliver a multi-year Cost to Win (CTW) portfolio, oversee governance processes, and optimization of the site loss landscape.

• Coordinate activity of all component teams and focused improvement project teams to eliminate loss, according to strategic goals. Meet or exceed CtW (Cost to Win) goalsthrough leading and/or supporting Focused Improvement team savings projects driven by loss awareness and maturing loss landscape. Create and manage CI budget.

• Immediate supervisor of BD ExcellenceManager.

• Flexible and able to travel. Expected travel up to 25%.

• Other duties asrequiredto support the needs of the business.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree inengineeringor relevant fieldrequired.

Experience:

• Seven years’ manufacturing experience/leadership experience in a plantrequired.

• Three years’ experienceoperatinga production systemrequired. Certified or recognized as a Production System practitionerrequired.

• Previousexperience in implementing, and strong knowledge of, Lean and Six Sigma business systems required.Six sigma green or black belt certification preferred.

• Experience of working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environmentrequired.

Knowledge,Skillsand Abilities:

• Demonstrated passion for safety, customercentricityand operational excellence.

• Excellent understanding of the interaction between operational excellence and customer service

• Strongtrack recordin project or program management

• Verbal and written communication skills with people at all levels – Advanced

• Business acumen and ability to display the linkage between projectsanddesired business results – Proficient

• Able to develop compelling business case for resource investment, aligned with CTW finance policies and guidelines – Proficient

• Team player – proficient

• Ability to influence without authority – Proficient

• Leadership and Strategic thinking - Proficient

• Working with highly matrixes organization/organizational savvy – Proficient

• Building effective transversal team and network – Proficient

• Managing complexity and diversity / Adaptability – Proficient

• Financial Acumen – Proficient

• Results Oriented – Proficient

• Computer skills(MS Office)- Proficient

• Communication and presentation skillsrequired- Proficient

PCP Level:NA

Why Join Us?

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.

We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.

To learn more about BD visit https://bd.com/careers.

Becton, Dickinson, and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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Primary Work Location

USA NE - Columbus (West)

Additional Locations

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