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Medtronic Continuous Improvement Engineer in Kerkrade, Netherlands
Careers that Change Lives
Are you ready for a position that will allow you to build and strengthen our Operational Excellence foundation?
We are transforming towards a High-Performance Culture, promoting autonomous decisiveness and bold acting and driving Excellence in Operations. In line with this transformation, we are building our department, while attracting additional talents. Will you excel in this environment and are you an engaged process improver? Then join us as an Operational Excellence Engineer.
You are a vibrant engineer with groundbreaking successes which is fully committed to building and strengthening our Operational Excellence foundation. You stimulate continuous improvement and simplification, within a transformational setting whilst delivering results to your internal customer – the value chain. You are on a self-development journey and you continuously raise the bar whilst showing state-of-the-art performance, even in challenging situations. You solve problems cooperatively, coach others and act through constructive conflict. You earn respect through effective, informal communication, and you compete to win.
A Day in the Life
Your main tasks and responsibilities include, you:
• Troubleshoot and improve processes, focused on unburdening our manufacturing-, inspection- and warehouse teams.
• Apply and support deployment of our Medtronic Performance System (MPS), thereby optimizing reliability, productivity, throughput times, compliance and safety.
• Develop and practice effective Tier management from a process improvement perspective.
• Execute Value Stream Analyses and Zero Loss initiatives.
• Provide hands-on support - troubleshooting and structural improvement.
• Implement process automation and digitization.
• Apply data analysis and implement data visualization.
• Lead and execute improvement projects and workshops.
Must Haves
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering
• 5 to 7 years of work experience in similar roles in a production environment
• Intrinsic Lean Six Sigma commitment with a proven track record of continuous improvement and achieving outstanding performance across an industrial value chain
• Expertise in developing and visualizing data-driven Performance Management structures
• Demonstrable successes in driving change and transformation in a multidisciplinary organization
• Project Leadership Skills: exceed expectations and deliver on Time
• Strong proficiency in Dutch and English (oral and written)
• Willingness to incidentally (< 5%) travel internationally to other Medtronic locations
Nice to Haves
• Basic knowledge of production technology, discrete manufacturing and manual assembly processes
• Affinity with the medical devices industry
• Preferably a Lean Six Sigma green or black belt and some knowledge of process automation and digitization
• Good documenting, reporting, and presentation skills
• Extensive knowledge of Office 365 and business intelligence reporting tools (e.g. Power BI)
We Offer
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package to all our employees:
• Flexible working environment
• Annual Incentive Plan % depending on company results
• Pension scheme and group discount on healthcare insurance
• Training possibilities via Cornerstone/Skills Lab
• Employee Assistance Program and Recognize! (our global recognition program)
Our Commitment
Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communities if we hope to have long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.
About Medtronic
Bold thinking. Bolder actions. We are 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 90,000+ passionate people. Powered by our diverse knowledge, insatiable curiosity, and desire to help all those who need it, we deliver innovative technologies that transform the lives of two people every second, every hour, every day. Expect more from us as we empower insight-driven care, experiences that put people first, and better outcomes for our world.
In everything we do, we are engineering the extraordinary.
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