COO MedTech (m/f/x) - IN FESTANSTELLUNG

Tagessatz

nach Vereinbarung

Spesen

zzgl. Spesen

Laufzeit

ab sofort - 31.12.2025

Einsatzland

Deutschland

Einsatzort

Nord-Bayern

Erfdl. Verfügbarkeit

100 %

Branche

Medizintechnik

Funktion

Unternehmensführung

Leistung

Operative Vakanz

The company is a leading global supplier of technology in the field of minimally invasive medicine.

POSITION SUMMARY

The COO / Vice President Global Operations is in charge of end-to-end operations at all sites, in particular 

• The Vice President Global Operations is responsible for the safety, quality, delivery and costs associated with producing and other products within the facility.
  
• The position has responsibility for all direct labor associated with manufacturing, assembly, test, and inspection of product
  
• The position leads the necessary indirect quality, purchasing, planning, and manufacturing engineering resources to accomplish their objectives to deliver quality product to customers on a timely basis.
  
• The position reports to the CEO
  

RESPONSIBILITY

• Provide quality excellence with a state of the art quality system and robust processes leading to defect free products and an organization that operates in substantial quality compliance.
  
• Establish a Continuous Improvement culture and drive Gross Margin improvement to achieve 500-700 bps of improvement by 2022
  
• Ensure high service levels while reducing inventory.
  
• Increase profitability with a focus on tube set production, consisting of plastic injection molding, tube set assembly and packing in a clean room environment.
  
• Deploy change through lean management and operational excellence methods, move production from a functional to a value stream based organization, from push to pull and to small lot sizes using integrated supply chains with vendor managed inventory.
  
• Implement automation in injection molding and assembly and drive material cost reductions with Value Analysis/Value Engineering together with suppliers.
  
• Integrate operations of acquired companies into the organization and leverage local competencies, develop own LCR location by upgrading eventually acquired facility.
  
• Retain and develop local operations talent, recruit additional expertise and prepare the team for long term growth
  

Personalverantwortung

keine Angaben

Budgetverantwortung

keine Angaben

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE SUMMARY

• 15 years leadership experience with building strong teams, managing change on shop floor as well on management level and recruiting talent.
  
• 5+ years’ experience in the Medical Device Industry and built quality excellence based on state of the art quality tools and systems in an FDA regulated environment.
  
• managed a plant with clean rooms or with very quality sensitive high volume products and device manufacturing; A thorough understanding of cost drivers in disposable manufacturing having managed a full P&L, and standard costing.
  
• moved a functional oriented organization into value streams or significantly improved a value stream based organization by layout improvements and integration of indirect functions into value streams.
  
• established pull principle based manufacturing; has taken a customer or supplier relationship from adverse logistic behavior to an integrated logistic behavior.
  
• successfully automated labor intense, quality sensitive processes.
  
• He/She shows a high quality and customer driven mindset with a good balance between strategic and hands-on orientation.
  
• He/She is accustomed to driving growth, delivering results and achieving operational excellence, while motivating and developing their team.
  

PIVOTAL EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Medtech Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in the Medical Device Industry and built quality excellence based on state of the art quality tools and systems in an FDA regulated environment.
  

Operations Management

• managed a plant with clean rooms or with very quality sensitive high volume products and device manufacturing;
  
• a thorough understanding of cost drivers in disposable manufacturing having managed a full P&L, and standard costing.
  
• moved a functional oriented organization into value streams or significantly improved a value stream based organization by layout improvements and integration of indirect functions into value streams.
  
• established pull principle based manufacturing; has taken a customer or supplier relationship from adverse logistic behavior to an integrated logistic behavior.
  
• successfully automated labor intense, quality sensitive processes.
  

Stakeholder Management

• Experience in demanding external customers in an OEM setting or internal business unit setting.
  
• Excellent people and organizational skills and know how to communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
  

Personality

• A global mindset with the ability to adapt into different national and cultural environments and to lead diverse teams.
  
• Willing to drive into detail to fully understand the business and root causes for issues and shows a Go to Gemba mentality
  

other

• Relevant education, University’ degree in engineering or business required.
  
• Experience in working in a company with a strong performance culture that excels in operating processes
  
• Prior experience in integration of acquired companies a plus.
  

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