Job Description Summary

This position represents a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated, highly motivated, and positive individual to become a proactive member of BD’s global Operational Excellence (OPEX) community.

As Global BD Excellence Senior Manager, you will report directly to the Associate Director Global BD Excellence, the Global BD Excellence Senior Manager – Factory Flow will be passionate about creating a culture of operational and customer excellence, implementing change, and driving Continuous Improvement (CI) across the network through the BD Excellence program.

This strong operational excellence and continuous improvement identity will be created through the systematic application of LEAN production and CI principles, methodologies, and associated tools, to ensure sustainable optimization of performance in the areas of quality, delivery, and cost, whilst improving safety.

Job Description

Main responsibilities will include:

• Coach factory teams, 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 sites 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 multi-functional alignment of all resources toward shared goals.
• Develop and grow BD Excellence capability to help the site deliver a multi-year cost-to-win (CtW) program. Focus on building capability that improves problem solving, increases loss awareness, and empowers teams to eliminate factory-loss in an impactful, efficient, and sustainable way.
• Coach associates on continuous improvement methodologies within manufacturing areas, with particular focus on Lean Workplace and Factory Flow component.
• Support plant BD Excellence Manager, BD Excellence Engineer, Logistics Engineer and Factory Flow / Lean Workplace component Leader in the definition of the Factory Flow and Lean Workplace Roadmap, tracking critical metric and realize saving in Internal Logistics and Labor Productivity framework.
• Define the Roadmap of the Lean Workplace and Factory Flow component.
• Facilitate and/or lead specific breakthrough Kaizen events and /or bootcamp to enable targeted performance improvement and solution realization.
• On site coaching and assessments of the kaizen activities. Create governance to follow up the project and saving status.
• Help site leadership teams create strategic vision, ensure alignment through cascading Key Performance Indicators (important metrics’) top down and bottom up.
• Support Lean Flow centers-of-excellence (COEs). Help develop standards and best practices.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Engineering
• Previous experience in implementing, and strong knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma business systems. Six sigma black belt certification preferred.
• Confirmed manufacturing experience / leadership experience in a plant
• Experience of working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environment
• Minimum 3-years’ experience operating a production system. Certified or recognized as a Production System practitioner.
• BD Excellence Factory Flow and Lean Workplace Knowledge : Time study knowledge (included 3M and Golden Zone); Mizusumashi and Internal Logistic Flows ; Supermarket implementation; Call off systems knowledge; Kanban Methodology, 5S and 5T.
• Flexible and able to travel. Expected travel up to 70%
• Proficient level of english, Spanish is a plus.

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.

Why join us?

A career at BD means learning and working alongside inspirational leaders and colleagues who are equally passionate and committed to fostering an inclusive, growth-centered, and rewarding culture. You will have the opportunity to help shape the trajectory of BD while leaving a legacy at the same time.

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.

Become a maker of possible with us!

Click on apply if this sounds like you!

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Primary Work Location

ITA Milano - Via Enrico Cialdini

Additional Locations

DEU Karlsruhe, ESP Huesca - Fraga, FRA Le Pont-de-Claix Cedex

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