Operational Excellence Specialist - Athlone

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. A Day in the Life Medtronic At Medtronic, we value what makes you unique. Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. Our Purpose At our Operational Excellence department in Medtronic, we focus on creating a Mission Driven culture, enabling all our employees with the skills to continually improve the work we do every day and continually improve their processes. We deliver significant business results using scientific problem-solving techniques such as lean deployment and six sigma methodologies. The Business Process Improvement Analyst will be joining an established team and will be instrumental in leading, deploying, and implementing Lean and Continuous Improvement within the site. Come for a job, stay for a career! A Day in Life Of: Drive & champion Medtronic Performance System (MPS) and associated ‘One Best Way’ standards, leading, advocating and influencing change while striving for process and systems excellence Lead value stream analytics and transformation activities within a cross functional team for key product lines, delivering transformational improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery & Cost. Support teams to drive effective daily tier management throughout the manufacturing floor, coaching and mentoring the teams to challenge the status quo and continuously improve to achieve target conditions. Develop A3/DMAIC problem solving competency of the organization enabling all employees to contribute to our continuous improvement culture. Facilitation and support of Kaizen events and other continuous improvement projects across the site production, inventory control, quality, and business processes. Key Skills & Experience Educated to level 8 in the National educational Framework ideally with 2 years+ experience within a lean/six sigma/CI role Green Belt Certified A dynamic collaborator who can work effectively and proactively on cross functional teams. Builds and maintains positive relationships, show respect for others. Good communicator and fluent in English, both written and verbal. Has an appetite to work in a fast paced, dynamic manufacturing environment. Will be flexible to the business need and be capable of juggling multiple assessments concurrently. Nice to Have: Green or Black belt certified Proven ability to reach consensus across groups with different objectives Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package #IJ Physical Job Requirements The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. Benefits & Compensation Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Ireland: 46,000.00 EUR - 69,000.00 EUR | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). About Medtronic We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here