Operational Excellence Analyst- Onsite
Careers that Change Lives
LOCATION: This role is required to sit onsite in Boulder- supporting Colorado Campus projects
Travel: 5-10% domestically
Are you looking to drive strategic continuous improvement projects for a leader in the Medical Technology industry? As a core member of the Operational Excellence team, you will have responsibility for the planning and execution of strategic Lean improvement projects at the Boulder Manufacturing plant.
You can grow your career with us; we hope you’ll consider joining our team!
A Day in the Life
• Plans, performs and implements process improvement initiatives (such as Lean or Six Sigma)
• Diagrams and evaluates existing processes
• Organizes, leads and facilitates cross-functional project teams
• Develops metrics that provide data for process measurement, identifying indicators for future improvement opportunities
• Collects data to identify root cause of problems
• Measures performance against process requirements
• Aligns improvement to performance shortfalls
• Provides consultation on the use of re-engineering techniques to improve process performance and product quality
• May deliver presentations and training courses including measurement, analysis, improvement and control
• Surveys and analyzes best practices for techniques and processes
• Communicates team progress
• Performs cost and benefit analyses
- Bachelors degree required
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience
Nice to Have
•Power BI and/or Power App Experience
•Green Belt, Black Belt, and/or Lean Training
•Lean Sigma Green Belt certification or equivalent
•Experience with Medtronic Cell Conversions or Lean transformations
•Experience with Medtronic’s Performance System and Policy Deployment
•DMAIC experience
•Ability to lead and/or coordinate high-impact process improvement projects
•Ability to manage multiple projects
•Proven skills working with cross-functional teams and presentation skills
•Proven ability to solve as well as lead others through complex problem resolution
•Demonstrated transformational abilities utilizing 5S and Visual Factory techniques
•History of delivering tangible results measured in employee satisfaction and engagement, financial savings, cycle and lead time reductions
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager, recruiter or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)
