Director of Operational Excellence
Core
Lead large-scale manufacturing transformation and embed Operational Excellence practices across a flagship operation combining legacy and new facilities.
Role type
Director of Operational Excellence (Site Level)
Builds
Future operating model, lean management systems, and sustainable continuous improvement culture for manufacturing sites.
Domain
Medical device manufacturing / Operational Excellence
Required skills
Large-scale manufacturing transformation leadership, greenfield/brownfield facility launch, strategic thinking, lean methodologies (strategy deployment, value stream mapping, visual management), change management, organizational capability development, matrix environment navigation.
Preferred skills
Degree in Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering, coaching senior leaders, establishing Operational Excellence frameworks.
Technologies
Lean management systems, manufacturing operating systems
Responsibilities
Define and execute multi-year transformation strategy, influence leadership behaviors and ways of working, coach and develop teams across all levels, drive performance against key business metrics, establish credibility across the organization to overcome resistance.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership & transformation