Site BD Excellence Manager will be passionate about creating a culture of operational and customer excellence, implementing change, and driving Continuous Improvement (CI) across the site through deploying BD Excellence program.
Job Description
We are the makers of possible
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.
We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you'll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us.
Key tasks and strategic accountability:
Lead strategy deployment (SD). Ensure strategic alignment through cascading Key Performance Indicators (KPIs') top down and b ottom up. Support site leadership team in creating strategic vision of improvement goals, site master plan (deployment roadmap and maturity expectations based on prior ities) and governance process across relevant BD Excellence components.
Partner with plant Leadership team and Business Unit Managers / Leader to co -develop and complete the plant's implementation of t he 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 approach across critical areas to optimize quality, delivery and cost while improving safety.
Develop and grow capability through components and component teams to establish the fundamentals of excellence in safety, quality, and reliability. Coach and guide site to 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 of component 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 attitude 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 with 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) goals through leading and /or supporting Focused Improvement team savings projects driven by loss awareness and maturing loss lands cape. Create and manage CI budget.
Immediate supervisor of BD Excellence Factory Engineers.
Technical Area of Expertise
Previous experience in implementing, and strong knowledge of, Lean and Six Sigma business systems. Six sigma black belt certification preferred.
Demonstrated passion for safety, customer centricity and operational excellence
Excellent understanding of the interaction between operational excellence and customer service
Excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills with people at all levels
Strong track record in project or program management
Experience of working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environment
Discernment and ability to display the linkage between projects and desired business results
Personal Specification:
Flexible and able to travel. Expected travel up to 25%
Language: Fluent English mandatory
Ability to influence without authority
Leadership and Critical thinking
Working with highly matrixes organization / Organizational savvy
Building effective transversal team and network
Managing Complexity and diversity / Adaptability
Financial competence
Ability to translate business objectives into tactical activities for the plant
Results Oriented
Education & Experience Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or other bachelor's degree preferred
Minimum 7 years manufacturing experience / leadership experience in a plant
Minimum 3-years' experience operating a production system.
Certified or recognized as a Production System practitioner.
For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company's receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD's Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.
Why Join Us?
A career at BD means being part of a team that values your opinions and contributions and that encourages you to bring your authentic self to work. It's also a place where we help each other be great, we do what's right, we hold each other accountable, and learn and improve every day.
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 health. At BD, you'll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow, and thrive. And find satisfaction in doing your part to make the world a better place.
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