Job Description Summary

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. 

Manager, BD Excellence (Diagnostic Solutions / Hunt Valley, MD)

I. General Function

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

Reporting directly to the Worldwide VP Integrated Supply Chain (DS), the Manager, BD Excellence (DS) 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.

This position also reports indirectly (dotted line) to the BD Excellence Business Unit Leader, who will provide additional oversight and guidance to the incumbent, during the execution of their work.

II. Main Responsibilities

1.Key tasks and strategic accountability:

• Lead strategy development and deployment (SDD).  Ensure strategic alignment through cascading Key Performance Indicators (KPIs’) top down and bottom up.  Support site leadership team in creating strategic vision of improvement goals, site master plan (deployment roadmap and maturity expectations based on priorities) and governance process across relevant BD Excellence components.

• Partner with plant Leadership team and Business Unit Managers / Leader to co-develop and execute the plant’s implementation of the 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 mindset 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 mindset 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.  Support collaboration within the site leadership team to generate, sustain, and deliver a multi-year Cost to Win (CTW) portfolio, oversee optimization of the site loss landscape.

• Coordinate activity of component teams and focused improvement project teams to eliminate loss, according to strategic goals.  Meet or exceed operational (factory-loss) CtW (Cost to Win) goals through leading and /or supporting Focused Improvement team savings projects driven by loss awareness and maturing loss landscape.

• 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.

• In support of strategic goals, coordinate the development and implementation of factory-loss improvement objectives.  Provide information to the site finance team to enable financial reporting.

• Create and manage CI budget. Immediate supervisor of BD Excellence Factory Engineers.

• Report progress on OEE, savings, etc. for BD Excellence global reporting and visibility.

2.Sphere of influence

• Serve on plant leadership team.

• Provides input into key plant decisions and resource planning.

• May represent company to external organizations.

• Executes responsibilities with a large degree of autonomy requiring minimal day-to-day oversight by immediate supervisor.

3.Impact on results

• Degree of Accountability:

• Accountable for the achievement of key operational goals, including the operational (factory-loss) element of cost-to-win.  Accountable for achievement of OPEX goals including BD EXCELLENCE capability development to achieve sustained SQDC performance improvement.

• Plays critical role in key projects, initiatives, and breakthrough events, e.g., drive OEE /OLE with purpose.

• Erroneous decisions may result in considerable expenditure of human capital and budgeted resources.

• Financial Impact:

• Has significant impact on cost and productivity.

• Manages OPEX budget.

• Accountable to maintain and optimize plant loss landscape and multi-year cost-to-win project pipeline.

• Responsible for plant CtW performance

III. Required skills and knowledge:

Technical Area of Expertise:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other bachelor’s relevant degree.

• 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

• Minimum 7 years manufacturing experience / leadership experience in a plant

• Excellent understanding of the interaction between operational excellence and customer service

• Excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills with people at all levels

• Strongtrack record in project or program management

• Experience of working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environment

• Business acumen and ability to display the linkage between projects and desired business results

• Minimum 3-years’ experience operating a production system.  Certified or recognized as a Production System practitioner.

Personal Specification:

• Flexible and able to travel. Expected travel up to 25%

• Language: Fluent English mandatory

• Team Player

• Ability to influence without authority

• Leadership and Strategic thinking

• Working with highly matrixes organization / Organizational savvy

• Building effective transversal team and network

• Managing Complexity and diversity / Adaptability

• Financial acumen

• Ability to translate business objectives into tactical activities for the plant

• Results Oriented

IV. Main contacts to do the job:

1.Examples of Internal Contacts

Plant leadership team, OPEX community at central, segment, business unit level and at other plants.

2.Examples of External Contacts

Business and /or OPEX consultants

V. Supervision

In accordance with guidance provided by OPEX and plant leadership, the incumbent will need to shape a direct or indirect team to achieve business needs, to drive change and to bring the adequate level of expertise in Lean Manufacturing across at plants level.  Will lead Plant OPEX Engineers.

VI. Any other key information

Career blueprint, next role:  BD Excellence Manager at Business Unit level, Plant Manager

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.  

To learn more about BD visit https://bd.com/careers

Becton, Dickinson and Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, or any other protected status. 

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