Senior Manager, Business Excellence

Role Summary

Senior Manager, Business Excellence at Santa Clara, CA. Lead and collaborate across functions to align long-term business goals with initiatives, measuring and tracking performance, and identify opportunities for process improvement using lean principles.

Responsibilities

• Host, lead and/or support the Strategic Business Cycle and Performance Review Activities while deploying SC strategy.
• Lead the Supply Chain End-to-End Performance Management Reporting governance (SC scorecard and strategic project).
• Collaborate with source, operations, deliver, finance, engineering, and quality to plan and realize continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead, develop, and implement process improvements and key business improvements.
• Implement key business improvement initiatives around Product Supply and Cost using Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Manufacturing Excellence principles/tools.
• Facilitate New Idea meetings, site process and continuous improvement initiatives/projects, including managing resources, timelines, and change-management tools.
• Identify opportunities with plant and functional leaders to improve process quality, delivery, and cost performance.
• Develop processes with finance and operations to measure and analyze cost actions monthly and review with manufacturing leadership.
• Lead projects that optimize value for multiple product platforms and end-to-end value streams.
• Facilitate review of project objectives, assumptions, and validation approaches.
• Facilitate project portfolio reviews with manufacturing leadership and provide clear line of sight to actual vs. target performance for relevant metrics.
• Drive end-to-end capacity assessment to deliver BP and LRFP commitments.
• Lead Lean and Six Sigma trainings and certifications program.
• Drive continuous improvement and transformational results through end-to-end value streams.
• Performs other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• A bachelor‚Äôs degree is required; Industrial Engineering preferred. Advanced degree (MA, MS, MBA) is an asset.

Experience And Skills

• Minimum of 12 years in a manufacturing environment with at least 2 years in a Business / Process Excellence role.
• Experience in a highly regulated environment (FDA, ISO, etc.).
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Process Excellence/Six Sigma tools and methodology.
• Experience as a practitioner of Lean or DMAIC/DMADV.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Excellent verbal and written communication; strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate with all levels of management in a matrix environment.
• Strong ability to communicate and drive results through others.

Preferred

• Experience developing and executing change management plans.
• Direct experience in the medical device industry.
• Experience with SPC, process characterization, ANOVA, DOEs, and hypothesis testing.
• Experience with PFMEAs and/or DFMEAs.
• Experience with project management tools and processes.
• Process Excellence/Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification preferred.
• LEAN or DMAIC/DMADV training experience asset.
• Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations certification (e.g., APICS, ISM, Six Sigma, PMP, FPX).

Education

• Bachelor‚Äôs degree required; Industrial Engineering preferred. Advanced degree (MA, MS, MBA) an asset.

Additional Requirements

• 10% travel domestically.