Contract Mfg Sr. Manager

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 7 Nov 2025

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 LifeThis role involves managing contract manufacturing operations to meet quality, delivery, and cost goals through expertise, collaboration, and process improvements, requiring a bachelor's degree, relevant manufacturing experience, bilingual English-Spanish skills, and knowledge of Lean Six Sigma and medical device industry standards, with preferred qualifications including extensive medical device experience, Six Sigma Black Belt certification, and strong leadership and financial skills.

Careers that Change Lives

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Primary responsibility is to become the subject matter expert for assigned contract manufacturers.

• Utilize knowledge of Medtronic's networked organization to ensure the proper resources are engaged to address issues raised by assigned contract manufacturers.

• Work with the Supply Chain organization and contract manufacturer to prioritize production schedules based on Medtronic needs.

• Setup and maintain Operational Reviews with assigned contract manufacturers.

• Manage & drive Run the Business activities with Contract Manufacturing operations sites to achieve Quality, Delivery, and Cost performance expectations 

• Coordinate the establishment and tracking of key metrics at the CM (Quality, Delivery & Cost)

• Conduct capacity planning with Contract Manufacturers

• Provide manufacturing/operations direction for implementation of sourcing & distribution strategies

• Identify and coordinate process improvement projects that have measurable impact on manufacturing quality, cost, and operational efficiency 

• Makes recommendations on capital expenditures.

• Document contract manufacturers' cost savings ideas for implementation by Medtronic.

• Assess contract manufacturer's current state of operations and develop appropriate improvement plans aligned with MPS processes.

• Management Skills: Management of Financial and Material Resources, Critical Thinking, Project Management, Management of Personnel Resources, Collaboration and Productivity Software, Effective Communication Skills.

• Functional Skills: Machining and Manufacturing Technologies, Proficient computer skills, Data Science and Analysis, Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement, Managing Quality.

• Performs duties in compliance with environmental, health and safety related site rules, policies or government regulations.

• All other duties as assigned.

• Travel requirement: 25-30%

Qualifications

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

• Fluent in English and Spanish

• Experience in manufacturing and/or manufacturing support functions

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• Demonstrated working knowledge of Medical Device Industry standards

• Application experience with Lean Sigma, Six Sigma

• Program management experience

• Supplier performance management experience

• Virtual and matrix management 

Nice to Have

• 10+ years medical device manufacturing experience or contract manufacturing management

• Experience with project and cost center budgets

• Global Collaboration and Engagement experience

• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt 

• Excellent x-functional leadership, cross-geography & interpersonal skills

• High customer focus and understanding of customer needs

• Solid Financials Skills

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of employees

• Technically competent and able to provide clear direction to engineers and technicians
  
  

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.  We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)

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. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.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.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$136,000.00-$204,000.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

U.S. Candidates

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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  
 

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. ("Medtronic") in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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