Senior Manager, Operational Excellence – Manufacturing

Medtronic; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 145,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition assistance/reimbursement

Well-being programs

Job summary

Medtronic Tempe Campus is seeking a Sr Manager Operational Excellence (OpEx) to lead continuous improvement initiatives, drive the Medtronic Performance System, and build high-performing teams that meet and exceed KPI targets. This on-site role focuses on deploying policy, managing a site-wide improvement culture, and delivering programmatic savings across manufacturing operations.

You will report to the Site Leader and partner with Global Operations and other functional stakeholders to align

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in manufacturing, Business Operations, and/or Operational Excellence structures (TPM, DBS, etc.) and 5+ years of managerial experience.
• This position is based on-site, 5 days/week at the Tempe, Arizona Campus.

Responsibilities

• Guide, deploy, and execute the Medtronic Performance System (MPS), our “one best way” methodology and tools that support our holistic operational excellence program.
• Establish and maintain a site-wide culture of continuous improvement and Operations excellence including policy deployment, tier management, visual management, leader standard work, Lean Sigma development, and related operating mechanisms.
• Lead site-wide programmatic savings activities targeted at reducing operational costs.
• Attract, coach, motivate, and foster professional development of direct reports, and change agents across site.
• Collaborate, develop, and implement the site roadmap to deploy and evolve MPS, reflecting organizational needs and external best practices to accelerate continuous improvement and common operating system adoption.

Skills

Manufacturing

Operational Excellence

Leadership

TPM

DBS

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Medtronic Tempe Campus is seeking a Sr Manager Operational Excellence (OpEx) to lead continuous improvement initiatives, drive the Medtronic Performance System, and build high-performing teams that meet and exceed KPI targets. This on-site role focuses on deploying policy, managing a site-wide improvement culture, and delivering programmatic savings across manufacturing operations.

You will report to the Site Leader and partner with Global Operations and other functional stakeholders to align