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Job Description Summary

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 ISC VP or Director of Integrated Supply Chain, the Business Unit OPEX Leader will be passionate about creating a culture of operational and customer excellence, implementing change, and driving Continuous Improvement (CI) across the network through BD Excellence.

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 safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

This position also reports indirectly (dotted line) to the Segment OPEX Leader, who will provide additional oversight and guidance to the incumbent, during the execution of his/her work.

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.

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.

Reporting directly to the ISC VP or Director of Integrated Supply Chain, the Business Unit OPEX Leader will be passionate about creating a culture of operational and customer excellence, implementing change, and driving Continuous Improvement (CI) across the network through BD Excellence.

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 safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

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

I. 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 business unit leadership team in creating strategic vision of improvement goals, business master plan (deployment roadmap and maturity expectations based on priorities) and governance process across all functions and sites. The majority of time to be spent in the factory environment directly developing capability.

• Challenge existing paradigms, encourage, and promote internal and external benchmarking. Develop and grow zero loss mindset across critical areas to optimize safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

• People development, especially with regards to Business OPEX managers and Plant OPEX managers. As the OPEX function leader for a business unit, guide, coach, and show strength in BD Excellence concepts and systematic approach, including strategy development & deployment (SDD), core components, Zero Loss approach and all related methodologies/tools. Ensure execution of and resource breakthrough Kaizen events. Develop and grow capability through components and component teams to establish the fundamentals of excellence in safety, quality, and reliability. Coach and guide business unit leaders to ensure focus of resources and time on priorities.

• Continue to drive BD Excellence capability development and impact through deployment of progressively sophisticated aspects of component methodologies. Achieve long term CI objectives through cross functional alignment of all resources toward shared goals.

• Works closely with the Business Unit OPEx Managers, Plant Managers and Site OPEx Manager to support the development and implementation of the improvement strategy for their BD Excellence Maturity.

• Drive collaboration within business unit to generate, sustain, and deliver a multi-year Cost to Win (CTW) portfolio, be responsible for governance processes, and optimization of loss awareness and loss landscape for entire business unit. Meet or exceed CTW goals by supporting Focused Improvement team savings projects. Create and handle CI budget. CTW scope is focused on improving operational performance that manufacturing plants are accountable for. Does not typically include enterprise CTW initiatives such as changes to product design, manufacturing location, etc.

2. Sphere of influence

• Plays a significant role in the development of operating plans.

• Serves on business unit leadership team.

• Influencing key business decisions.

• Resource planning.

3. Impact on results

Degree of Accountability:

• Accountable for the achievement of cost-to-win performance on operational efficiency for the business unit.

• Has a strong direct impact on strategy execution of the business unit.

• Often leads project / initiative teams or plays a key sponsorship role of the teams accountable for the achievement of key OPEX goals and key operational goals, including BD Excellence capability development to achieve sustained SQDC performance improvement, cost-to-win, 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 for the business unit. Responsible for business unit Operational CtW performance.

• Handles BU OPEX budget.

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

II. Required skills and knowledge:

Technical Area of Expertise:

• Demonstrates mastery of one or more areas of BD Excellence and has direct experience in owning the application of Operational Excellence / LEAN production.

• Demonstrates expertise in problem solving, as well as training and coaching others.

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

• Master’s degree desirable, e.g., business administration / LEAN production.

• 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 10 years manufacturing experience / leadership experience in a plant/

• 3 to 5 years of Experience leading Kaizen events, coaching and challenging at multiple levels of the plant’s organization to accelerate capability development and pace of improvement.

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

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

• Consistent track 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/specialist in multiple components of the Operating System.

Personal Specification:

• Flexible and able to travel. Expected travel up to 75% to be present within plants driving Kaizens, improving flow and developing/growing capability within the site.

• Must be collocated at a large or significant site within the BU, preferably Baltimore (e.g. Sparks).

• Language: Fluent English mandatory.

• Standout Colleague.

• Ability to influence without authority.

• Leadership and Critical thinking.

• Working with highly matrixes organization / Organizational savvy.

• Building effective transversal team and network.

• Leading Complexity and diversity / Adaptability.

• Financial acumen.

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

• Results Oriented.

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.

You will learn and work 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. And through the organization’s investment in BD University, you will continually level up your tech skills and expertise.

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 aim 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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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.