Job Summary

Drive a culture of Operational Excellence through designing approaches, plans and techniques for addressing, developing and implementation of major projects that result in financial benefit and/or improved customer satisfaction. Provide the expertise and leadership needed to drive process improvement with Operational Excellence practices and principles across the enterprise. By working closely with the senior leadership, sponsors, this role will serve as a change agent addressing cross functional opportunities. Interaction with leadership will stimulate critical and systems thinking to help pose new ways of doing things, challenge conventional wisdom and demonstrate successful application of Operational Excellence principles, Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. This role will report to the Manager, AI and Automation and have high visibility to senior management levels.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional teams focused on process improvement projects, managing timelines, resources, and budgets specific to our technology suite of offerings for customers.
Promote, manage, and deliver the continuous improvement of project/initiative activities amongst the team and seek opportunities to connect outcomes with other projects/priorities.
Create detailed process maps and flowcharts to visualize current processes and pinpoint areas for optimization.
Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure process effectiveness and monitor progress in process improvement initiatives.
Develop and implement process improvement strategies, methodologies, and best practices such as Lean Six Sigma.
Identify root causes of process issues and inefficiencies and provide solutions to address these issues effectively.
Provide regular reporting and updates to leadership on project status, milestones and key metrics. Maintain accurate documentation of process improvements, changes, and associated procedures. Provide training and support to employees involved in the newly optimized processes, ensuring understanding and adherence to updated procedures.
Maintain department's SOP's. Lead projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision.
Assist with the onboarding of new staff and train existing staff on internal processes.

Requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a business-related field.

Work Experience

At least 4 years of experience in supporting transformational efforts that have resulted in sustained, on-going process improvement.
Well-developed project management, process redesign, and analytical skills.
Strong understanding of business process mapping; application of these principles to solving complex business problems.
Display effective organization skills and manage multiple and often competing priorities.
Intermediate to advanced level skill in spreadsheet and data management tools - e.g. MS Excel, MS Access, Tableau, Alteryx, etc. Experience with SAP.

Preferred Requirements

Certification

Black Belt Six Sigma or Lean certification.

Work Experience

Analytically driven; fluent with data-driven analysis and performance metrics.

Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

The anticipated salary range for this position:

$96,200.00 - $144,560.00 Annual

The actual salary will vary based on applicant's location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.

Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click here. For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

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Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.